Re: [NTLK] Downloading packages

From: James Elliott (rootbeeraddict_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Aug 13 2001 - 12:03:11 EDT


>Christopher Plummer <plumcakes_at_mac.com> wrote:
>
>Well I thought I had reached my limit, but I have broken it and reached
>a new degree of frustration that I never knew existed. Packtype is
>probably a great utility. Somehow it doesn't work:
>
>Packtype appears to work under OS X classic; dragging and dropping into
>it looks like it does the job but it doesn't. It refuses to work in 9.1
>and 7.5.5. When files are dragged to it they just sit on top. Why
>would it look like it works in OS X classic but not work at all in 9.1
>especially since its not an OS X app? Did I miss something? Do I have
>to put Packtype in a special folder? How do you guys get .pkg files
>from the internet and get them to run on a Newton? I'm going to get
>some rest and try again in the morning.
>
>I do appreciate the help I've gotten here. It's fast and friendly.
>Thanks all.

Can you drop other items into other apps? When I can't drop onto
such programs I rebuild the desktop and that fixes it.

-James

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