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From: dudek@utai.UUCP
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Subject: Re: SFgetFile (or whatever) suggestion
Message-ID: <4029@utai.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 10-Aug-87 12:32:49 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 10 12:32:49 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 11-Aug-87 01:13:55 EDT
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Reply-To: dudek@ai.UUCP (Gregory Dudek)
Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto
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Summary: 

In article <1857@ihlpf.ATT.COM> straka@ihlpf.UUCP (55223-Straka,R.J.) writes:
>... "locator" type DAs.  If I know that the particular file was
>created with Word 3.0, for example, within Word 3.0, I could hit option
>when selecting "Open", and search for that file that I couldn't remember
>quite where I put it (or quite what I named it).  It might save me a
>trip to the finder or some multiple tries with a locator DA.

    I recently came across a shareware DA called "trojan menu" that
turns out to be very handy as a partial solution to this problem.  By
holding down a bunch of keys, an init that comes with this DA allows
you to get access to all the normal DAs even from within
a modal dialog.  When you're done, you can revert back to the modal
diaglog you were in before.
    Of course, you still need to use a "locator" DA.  Preferably one
that allows you to set the document type.
    Greg Dudek
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