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From: Peter Bunn
Subject: Missing Link for OS X - 'Browser As File Launcher'
Missing Link is a set of helper applications that allows almost any web
browser to open, launch, or run local files, folders, applications,
scripts and other file types from links on a simple HTML Page. When
clicked, linked items behave just as if they had been double-clicked in
the Finder.
Files are linked 'in place' and may reside anywhere on disk or partition.
They are not modified in any way. File suffixes or extensions are
generally not necessary. Files are always opened by their original
creator applications (unless the creator type of the file itself has been
changed).
In various forms, Missing Link works on Mac OS 7.5.x to OS X. It works
with Netscape, Internet Explorer, Opera, and iCab. It even works from
the Help Viewer. (It does not work well with OmniWeb.) To the best of
my knowledge, it will _not_ work over the Internet except by proper Mac
program linking.
Missing Link is made with AppleScript. It requires no osax but the
Standard Additions (included with every Mac). It takes up about 250 K
disk space. The individual helper apps run smoothly with about 1 MB RAM
apiece.
A simple one-time manual installation, restart and desktop rebuild are
required for Missing Link to work properly.
A more complete description and demos for both 'Classic' (pre-OS X)
platforms and OS X are available at:
http://www.mhtc.net/~bunnz/scriptlink.html
Comments, suggestions and bug reports are welcome.
Thanks.
Peter Bunn
bunnz@mhtc.net