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From: ephraim@wang.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: PRAM 4.0 has a bad BNDL
Message-ID: <430@wang.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 23-Mar-87 16:10:00 EST
Article-I.D.: wang.430
Posted: Mon Mar 23 16:10:00 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 29-Mar-87 09:08:23 EST
Organization: Wang Labs, Lowell MA
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Keywords: PRAM DeskCheck

PRAM 4.0, recently distributed via mod.mac, has a defective BNDL
resource.  Under Finder 4.1, this produces a bloated desktop file
and problems in copying the program.  Running DeskCheck on it
shows that PRAM's bundle refers to missing resources ICN# 0 and
FREF 0.  I haven't tried the experiment, but it probably has nasty
effects under Finder 5.3, too.

To fix PRAM, open it with ResEdit, open the BNDL resource, and
Cut or Clear the second item in both the FREF list and the ICN# list.
Note that to remove a list item in ResEdit, you have to select the item 
separator, not the item's data field.  After closing and saving PRAM,
rebuild your desktop.  The quick way to do this is to hold down the
command and option keys while quitting an application (under Finder 5.3,
anyway).

Plug:  This is exactly the kind of problem that DeskCheck was meant 
to find.  Please use it on any software that you produce or distribute.
You'll save other people a world of trouble.  DeskCheck was also 
posted in mod.mac recently.

Ephraim Vishniac
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