Robert Covington wrote:

>> Dear OS Xperts,
>> Just installed OS X and having problems opening FB Editor files in Classic.
>> 
>> Double-clicking a file launches the Editor but the file doesn't open and
>> instead I'm presented with an open dialog. The file opens when selected in
>> the dialog.
>> 
>> Rebuilding the desktop doesn't cure the problem.
>> 
>> Everything works fine after re-starting under OS 9.
>> 
>> Any suggestions?
>> Bernie
> 
> 
> This seems to be a FAQ for new users of X and FB, so the below, and better
> should probably be FAQ'ed somewhere..This was supplied by Heather Donahue a
> while back (4/02) regarding the EDoc reader, should work for the editor too?
> 
> rc
> 
> 
> ''''''''''''Begin Quoted Text from Heather
> 
> MacOS X is pretty weird with it's file associations, especially considering
> Classic
> 
> I found a few things that work.
> 
> 1. Go to the System Preferences, start Classic and rebuild the Classic
> Desktop.  Reboot  This worked for me including Classic applications like
> the compiler
> 
> That should work but if not:
> 
> 2. Select one of the help documents, do a Get Info and select 'Open with
> application', select the eDoc Reader.  If it gives you the option click on
> 'Change All'  Reboot
> 
> The first two should work for files that a file type.  For other files that
> have file types like '????' or are blank you need to add an extension then
> use that to associate the file to the application that owns it.
> 
> '''''''''End Quoted
> 
>
Thanks Robert,
I tried the above many many times, without success, before I posted.
Bernie