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From: chow@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Christopher Chow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: SFgetFile (or whatever) suggestion
Message-ID: <1930@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: Fri, 7-Aug-87 21:49:58 EDT
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In article <577@cup.portal.com> Charlie_Alan_Bounds@cup.portal.com writes:
>Rich Straka wants to know about some way to do searches from SFGetFile.
>There is a package called FindsWell from Working Software which is supposed to
>add a Find button to the SFGetFile dialog box.  I know naught about it except
>that it exists but it may do the job.  If anyone knows more (how it works,
>problems etc.) please post it as I for one am curious.
>
>Charlie Bounds        Charlie@cup.portal.com


Okay.  I just bought FindsWell today after using the demo version of for a
few days.  Findswell is an INIT which modifies the SFGetFile such that
there's a little button on the bottom of the dialog box that says
"FindsWell."  Either hitting the button or cmd-F will bring up the FindsWell
dialog box.  From there, you can type in a name and search for files.  The
search can be matched by "any part", "first part", or exactly.  Once a file
is found you can click on it and FindsWell will display the name, path,
size, creator, type, and last modification date.  You can also open it by
double-clicking or hitting cmd-O.  The search can be stopped midway by
hitting cmd-S.  If you have several files which you use often you can check
them so that they're already there when you open FindsWell.  They also
include the "Findswell Launcher", which is just a application launcher that 
displays a SFGetFile box.  You can prevent Findswell from loading itself at
boot time by holding down the shift key while the Mac boots.


After using it for a few hours it seems to work fine except for one
problem.  Occasionally, you'll hit cmd-F to bring up Findswell and instead
of what you normally get, you'll first see a copyright notice.  This can be
dismissed by clicking or typing something.  Unfortunately, this leads to a
problem.  Suppose I wanted to search by "foo" and this occasional copyright
notice comes up.  Since it usually dosen't come up, I don't expect it and
have already typed in "foo" and return for the search to start.  The first
character is eaten to dismiss the copyright notice, so I'm now searching for
"oo" instead of "foo."  Pretty obnoxious.

Christopher Chow
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