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From: lim@iris.ucdavis.edu (Lloyd Lim)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: What's the "best" way to save a file?
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Date: 15 Feb 89 02:11:48 GMT
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In article <674@internal.Apple.COM> lsr@Apple.com (Larry Rosenstein) writes:
>[...]
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>(3) In article <3665@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> lim@iris.ucdavis.edu (Lloyd Lim) 
>writes:
>> What is the biggest problem?  A big one from the user's point of view.  
>When
>> you do a save in this manner, the new file gets a new icon position which
>> is different from the original file's icon.  I forget the details but for
>
>[...]
>
>MacApp gets the file info from the original file and sets the info for the 
>new file just after the file is created.  This copies the modification 
>date, but that gets updated when the file is written out.  This preserves 
>the file's position and color.

We did exactly this and the problem still occurred.  My memory is fuzzy but
I think it occurred when you use MultiFinder and you create a document, save
it, make modifications, and save again in the same session.  You can see the
icon bouncing around in the Finder.  It has to do with the Finder info not
being set yet.  I think it also happens with files on the desktop even if
they were saved before you started up your application.  Try it with your
MacApp-built applications.  We don't interpret the Finder info either so
I don't know what you're doing differently.

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