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From: gbrown@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Glenn Christopher Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: How do you open Alias files in ResEdit?
Message-ID: <1991Jun28.062727.7716@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
Date: 28 Jun 91 06:27:27 GMT
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root@nixbbs.uucp (System Operator) writes:

>In article <13368@uwm.edu> zark@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Steven M Kosloske) writes:
>>How do you open an Alias file in ResEdit?  Here's an example of what I'm

>If you really want to open the alias file itself, you must do it under System
>6.x.  If you try under 7.0, it'll just open what the alias references.

You can get resedit to open the resource for under system 7.0 by 'Getting 
Info' on the alias, and clearing the 'alias' bit.  Then you can view/edit
the resource fork of the alias... Just remember to reset the 'alias' bit!

Later,
--Glenn