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From: DaBexCo@aol.com
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 1995 02:41:30 -0500
Subject: double clicking on Netware

Hi,

I saw your problem (on Info-Mac) about double clicking files and not being
able to launch application on the server.

We have had that problem on some of our macs.  Not all of them though.  I
recently got the latest NetWare client files for the Mac.  On the disk is a
file called Extension Mapper.  I read the ReadMe file on the disk.  Here is
what it says:

( I appologize, this is long.  But I thought all of it would be of interest
to you).


Extension Mapper 1.0 Read Me 

NOTE: The Extension Mapper application works only with NetWare servers
running NetWare for Macintosh 4.0. 
 

== About Extension Mapping ==

Extension mapping associates Macintoshr application information with filename
extensions. The Extension Mapper utility on the Macintosh allows a user to
create and configure his or her own lists of mappings. The same file can be
associated with different icons; users can therefore double-click an icon for
the same file and launch different applications. For example, one Macintosh
user can view a file created with WordPerfectr on a DOS PC as a Microsoft
Wordr file, while another can view it as a MacWriter file.

When using the Extension Mapper, keep these points in mind:

* Extension mapping does not alter the contents or formatting of a file. The
application associated with the file must understand the format of the file
being launched.
  
* Both DOS and Macintosh files are mapped. In the case of a Macintosh file,
the existing Type and Creator is overridden in the Finder TO THE TYPE AND
CREATOR OF THE MAPPING.
 
* Extension mapping does not alter DOS files in any way. However, extension
mapping may cause Macintosh files to have their Type and Creator permanently
changed by the Finderx, or by writing the file.

* The Extension Mapper application provides predefined default extension
mappings. These defaults are listed in the section "Default Extension
Mappings," below. If you double-click a file and the default application