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From: vincent@ditsyda.oz (David A. Vincent)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: MacroMaker and Option-DA
Keywords: MacroMaker MultiFinder bug feature incompatibility
Message-ID: <1160@ditsyda.oz>
Date: 11 Jan 89 23:30:25 GMT
Organization: CSIRO DIT Sydney, Australia
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I can't seem to get MacroMaker to record the opening of a DA with the
option key down (so that, in MultiFinder, the DA opens in the current
application's layer).  It records it as an ordinary open of the DA.  

I would like to be able to have a macro that opens a DA, does things in it, 
closes it, and returns to the layer that was active beforehand.  At 
the moment, if there are other DAs open, the DA handler layer will 
stay active.  I could Quit from the DA handler layer but I don't want
to do that for some situations.  

Anybody, is there a fix?  

Apple, is Macromaker's ignoring the option key at that time a bug 
or a feature?  Is there something dangerous about opening DAs in this way?  

Thanks in advance,

...D.A.V.

David A. Vincent          vacation student, CSIRO Division of IT
ACSnet:     vincent@ditsyda.oz            Post:  GPO Box 1710-T
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