JBMacFix
                             Version 1.1
                            (c)JBSoft 1996

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Overview
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JBMacFix is a program to stop termination of programs launched by Tom
Dolbilin's MacSys ending up on the MacSys screen. Instead they will go
to the application they were launched from - if that application has
been closed down then the System screen is used.

There are two parts to the program - a macro file which needs to be
merged in with the user-written macro (called RUNJB.MCR but this can
be renamed to anything you wish) and an OPO file called JBMACFIX.OPO
which needs to be on the same drive and in the same directory as
MACRO.OPA (which is normally an \APP directory on one of the available
drives).

I would suggest that you place RUNJB.MCR in your normal \MACRO\MCR
directory as this will make merging easier. Use Psion-M whilst editing
your macro, but remember to place the cursor at the end of the macro
so far written as the insert is a complete procedure and so needs to
be separated from your existing code.

To use the application, after merging RUNJB.MCR into the macro you are
editing and, instead of using RunApp and its variants, use
RUNJB:(app$, file$, pid%) . The variables it requires are the same as
RunApp with the addition of a variable to say where to end up. This
could normally be ActPid%: but, if this line is some way down your
code, it would be better to seed an integer variable near the top of
your code and use that instead of ActPid%: - any change in focus using
UsePid: or similar commands will alter what ActPid%: will return.

So a complete line would look like this...

    RUNJB:("JBDATA","ADDRESS",ActPid%:)

All three variables must be given and, if there is no file to pass to
the program then a null string ("") should be used.

Warning
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For each new file launched in this way actually two files are launched
- the application you desire plus JBMACFIX.OPO. Any subsequent attempt
to launch the file will just return you to the already open
application. Because of this additional file it is possible that you
might hit the total permitted running files which will then produce a
Can't Run error. The amount of memory used by this additional file has
been reduced to the bare minimum so the impact on your available
System memory should not be too bad.

Release History
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1.0   First public release.
1.1   Fixed a bug of jumping to when file opened by another program.




Contact
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John Boyce
  CompuServe: 100014,1240
CIX/Internet: jboyce@cix.compulink.co.uk
                                                      13 December 1996