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From: danm@tekig5.TEK.COM (Daniel Milliron)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.hypercard,comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Hypercard document opening across AppleShare
Keywords: Hypercard, AppleShare, Launching
Message-ID: <2863@tekig5.TEK.COM>
Date: 10 Jun 88 23:45:23 GMT
References: <2860@tekig5.TEK.COM>
Organization: Tektronix Inc., Beaverton, Or.
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> The following hypercard command:
> 
> 	open "docname" with "appname"
> 
> does not work when the document is on an AppleShare volume and everything else
> (stack, HyperCard, application) is on the startup volume (in this case, an
> internal hard disk).  If the document is on the startup volume, or even on
> another disk, such as a floppy, the command works fine.  I have tried this
> with two different applications (4D and MS Word) and each one reports that
> the document file could not be found.  Again, this happens only if the doc
> is on an AppleShare volume.
> 
> The configuration is:  several Mac SE's networked with AppleShare via PhoneNet.
> The file server is a CMS-60.
> 
> 
> Dan Milliron

I received a reply via E-mail that made me realize I have not included enough
nitty-gritty about this problem.

The problem is not that *HyperCard* can't find the document.  Even if it
couldn't find it, HyperCard would ask me where it is.  The problem is that
the *launched application* (4D or MS Word) can't find it once the app has
started.  Again, this only happens if the doc is on the AppleShare file
server.  The app starts up (complete with opening greetings or menu bar
drawing) and then gives me an error message that it can't find the file.
The two apps I've tried give different style alerts, but both have the
same meaning.

BTW, if everything (HyperCard, Home, the application, and the document) are on
the file server, no problems occur.  This configuration is not acceptable,
however, because the network is too slow.

Dan Milliron