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From: peter@nuchat.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Speeding up directory access time
Message-ID: <638@nuchat.UUCP>
Date: 9 Feb 88 10:16:41 GMT
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In article <2458@crash.cts.com> haitex@pnet01.cts.com (Wade Bickel) writes:
>	  When using various File Requester systems I notice a common flaw.
>	If I "accept" a selection, the Requester closes.  Often I am loading
>	a series of files into buffers or some such thing, and immeadiately
>	need to repeat the process.  The problem is that the Requester must
>	read the relevant directory each and every time I call it up, which
>	when using a floppy is often a bit of a wait.

Use my "instant application" file requestor, which not only doesn't close on
a selection, but it also doesn't automatically scan the directory: you can
run it just by typing in the file names if you know them and never wait for
a directory scan. You can define a bunch of different functions to receive
the file names, selectable from a menu.

And it looks pretty.
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