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From: steig@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Mark J. Steiglitz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: bug in Finder 5.4
Message-ID: <1003@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: Wed, 13-May-87 13:20:11 EDT
Article-I.D.: batcompu.1003
Posted: Wed May 13 13:20:11 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 16-May-87 07:08:16 EDT
Reply-To: steig@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu.UUCP (Mark J. Steiglitz)
Organization: Cornell Theory Center, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
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Summary: closes all DAs before file copy

(This line inserted to appease inews.)

> From: DDUNHAM (Delphi Mac Digest V3 #27)
> 
> Apparently Finder 5.4 is closing working directories when you insert a
> disk. This causes great difficulties with desk accessories that try to
> be polite by not leaving files open all the time, instead just
> remembering the WDRefNum and name (for later saving).

I've found a bug almost as bad.  Whenever any file copy is performed, no
matter how small the files, no matter how much memory is available, Finder
5.4 closes all Desk Accessories.  Would some knowledgeable person from Apple
please explain why this is being done.
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