With System 7.5.x you need to use At Ease 2.0.3, At Ease 2.0.3 for Workgroups, or At Ease 3.x. Previous versions of At Ease are NOT compatible with System 7.5.x.
Although At Ease 2.0.3 and At Ease 2.0.3 for Workgroups are compatible with System 7.5.x, some control panels and other features of System 7.5 may work differently while At Ease is running. This section provides information on these differences. Please refer to the Macintosh Guide, available in the Guide menu (marked with a question mark icon on the right of the menu bar), for more information on these topics.
AppleScript
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Scripts written using AppleScript can be launched by At Ease. However, scripts that require the Finder will not run properly.
Extensions Manager
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You cannot change the settings in this control panel while At Ease 2.0.3 is running.
Find File
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When At Ease 2.0.3 or At Ease 2.0.3 for Workgroups is open, Find File does not allow you to open or print items that are found.
General Controls control panel
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* Documents: This option can control where the Documents folder is created on your computer. At Ease always tries to open or save a document in the user's folder, within the At Ease Documents folder, regardless of the settings in the Documents option.
* If At Ease is running and you have not changed the Documents option, At Ease creates the Documents folder on the startup disk. If At Ease is not running and you select the Documents folder radio button, the Documents folder is created on the desktop.
* Launcher: The Launcher does not work with At Ease 2.0.3 and if it is set to open at startup, it will not do so.
Macintosh Easy Open (version 1.1 or later)
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If you attempt to open a document without the application program that created it and Macintosh Easy Open is active, a dialog box asks if you want to open the document with another program. The only programs displayed are those made available to the user in the At Ease Setup program.
PowerTalk
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You can now receive PowerTalk mail in the background while you are in At Ease. However, to read or write mail, you must be in the Finder.
QuickDraw GX
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At Ease now supports printing from QuickDraw GX. However, once you start a print job you cannot log out of At Ease or go to the Finder until the printing is completed. If QuickDraw GX is installed, print jobs that are stopped cannot be restarted within At Ease. The user or the administrator must go to the Finder to restart a print job.
* Printer menu: When the user has access to the Chooser and QuickDraw GX is active, a new menu appears in At Ease called "Printer." This menu contains all desktop printers that have been created, with a checkmark next to the currently selected printer. To select a different printer, simply choose its name.
* Printer Status command: To view the status of the currently selected printer, choose Printer Status from the Printer menu. Print jobs started by your computer are displayed. A pop-up menu allows you to view the status of other printers.
Shutdown Items folder
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The Shutdown Items folder is located within the System Folder. All items in this folder are started when you choose the Shut Down command from the Special menu to shut down your computer.
Article Change History:
23 Aug 1996 - Updated information for 7.5.3