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Authored by: rgray on Jul 20, '02 12:44:11PM

OK maybe this a naive question, but why can't you use the 'Services > Mail > Mail to' menu item to accomplish this?



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Services
Authored by: Eravau on Jul 21, '02 06:07:49PM
I don't know about your Finder, but in my Finder, when I select files, there are no options available from the Services menu. Everything is grayed out. Come to think of it, I've come across almost zero apps that use the Services.


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Services are kind of Cocoa only.
Authored by: etwoy on Jul 21, '02 10:22:21PM

Services were initally only available to Cocoa applications, not Carbon ones. The Finder.app is a Carbon app.

This has changed recently though, and Carbon developers now have access to Services. As of 10.2, the Finder can take advantage of them.

Services rock! My favourit is CalcService, which lets you type in a calculation in any Cocoa text app, and then use Services to calculate it. Awesome.



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