Thank you for your help once again! The update worked and I'm happily
opening my older docs now, from Appleworks 6.2.7 in OSX. Still couldn't
figure out how to make Appleworks 6.2.5 open from OS 9.2.2, (but I really
don't need to since 6.2.7 is behaving well now.) Is the only way to do
this is to change the start-up disk from OS X to OS 9? Is that what you
meant, Thad, when you said "double-clicking the icon from OS 9.2.2 evokes
V. 6.2.5? Just curious as to how this whole thing works.
Lauren
Wish I knew how it worked: there's probably no money in it anymore, with
so much attention currently (and rightfully) on operating systems, but
AppleWorks developers are still holy warriors of the first order in my
book. So much program, so little memory and cost! =D>
But yeah, that's what I meant. AppleWorks is an application that can open
on either operating system (that's what "Carbon" means), and the two
versions are just a freaky little fork at the end of the development path
to accommodate the new OS. I think the specifically "Carbon" parts decide
which components of the program to fire up (and which version number to
display) depending on which OS called it.
Classic mode, to Apple's credit, may seem like another complete operating
system running simultaneously, but I think the bottom line here is that
that isn't *quite* the case. I don't know of any way to go to a "Classic"
desktop and fire up the "Classic" version of a Carbon application.
Thad
Do a control-click (IIRC) and it will allow you to see the contents of
the AppleWorks package, and you can pull out and trash the OS version of
AW that you don't want (DISCLAIMER: Try at your own risk here). At least,
under MacOS 9.2.2, you can control-click to see the "AppleWorks.app" as a
package and open it to look at the contents. In the Contents folder,
inside the AppleWorks.app package, you should find folders - among others
- named "MacOS" (which contains the OS X stuff) and MacOS Classic
(containing the OS 9.x stuff). I wouldn't mess with the files ending in
".plist" or the other folders such as Resources, etc.
That may be a starting point (and remember to backup your AWorks files before you try this).
Jim Rohde
Thanks for the explanation, Thad. I think I understand it :) and I love learning about all things Apple. And thanks, Jim, for the suggestion, but that sounds a little too advanced for this newbie. But I'm learning from all the posts. Thanks again to everyone who contributes to this discussion group!
Lauren
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