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From: sage@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (David Martosko '91)
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Subject: Re: Da to launch applications
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Date: 26 Oct 88 16:12:47 GMT
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In article <983@naucse.UUCP> rwi@naucse.UUCP (Robert Wier) writes:
>
> Can anyone tell me if there is a PD (or otherwise) DA which will
> launch regular applications (ie, like MacWrite).  I'd like to see
> one which would actually put the name of the Appl in the DA menu as
> if it were a DA, but when it was selected, the DA box would close
> and bypass the finder on the way to the appl.

Well, Disktop by CE software is a finder replacement-DA that lets you put
a list of applications in its menu.  When combined with HierDA, Disktop
can be used to launch APPLs from the apple menu.

Also, OnCUE by IMI software is an INIT that does a similar thing.  It puts
a SICN at the top-right hand corner of the screen in the menubar.  Clicking
on this SICN gives you a list of Applications resembling the DA list, and you
can add or take away applications at any time.

My preference for an application launcher is OnCUE, because it also lets
you attach DOCUMENTS to the applications in its list.  So you can select
Word or MacWrite, for instance, and then get a list of documents (which you
specify), from which you select what to open.

I have no connection with the manufacturers of the above products.

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