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From: mkg@lzsc.ATT.COM (Marsh Gosnell)
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Subject: Re: "AffiniFile" DA
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Date: Wed, 18-Nov-87 16:52:17 EST
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Summary: AffiniFile is a DA that works with any Mac application

The product brief in Macintosh Today is a little confusing.
As the author of AffiniFile, I'd like to make a few points clearer.

AffiniFile is a DA that stores notes and b/w or color graphics.
While it can be used as a "front end" to Apple's HyperCard as
mentioned in Macintosh Today, it can be used with ANY Macintosh
application.

AffiniFile works just fine all by itself to store notes and color
graphics as a desk accessory. In addition, it can act as a
"front end" to Apple's HyperCard, as mentioned in Macintosh Today, or
to any other Macintosh program, via the Clipboard or AffiniFile's
Import and Export functions (called "Customs").  As a DA, AffiniFile
gives access to information, whether from another program or from notes
the user enters, even while using other programs. 

Also, while both the Alias Link and the Find functions facilitate finding
information, they are quite different.  Alias Links are synonyms of topics,
so that notes may be listed by several different names in the scrolling Topics
Index. The Find function, however, allows you to enter words or numbers to
search for. You may choose to search through the Topics Index, through the
notes text, or through both. 

There are lots of other features in the program, such as date stamping,
cross-referencing, and attaching specific AffiniFiles to applications,
but I hope this helps to clarify the Macintosh Today article.

  Marsh Gosnell
  AffiniFile author