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From: berry@tolerant.UUCP (David Berry)
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Subject: Re: Re: HFS/Standard File Manager question
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Date: Thu, 30-Jan-86 17:13:58 EST
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> I'm not sure about what happens with HFS, since I don't have the docs
> yet, but with MFS, the standard file stuff saved the index of the volume
> to put up the next time it was opened in a low memory global called Filer3A
> at $214 (or real close to there). I used this in the DiskTools accessory
> of BatteryPak so that if you wanted drive information it would first
> show the drive that the standard file box was positioned to. I imagine
> that changing that global would have convinced standard file what volume
> to display, although I never tried it. Hope that helps (let me know if it
> works!)
> 
> Evan Gross

	Under MFS, setting $214 to some volume reference number will indeed
change where the Standard File dialog starts it's work.
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	David W. Berry
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