Apple 145 manual Turning program linking on, Selecting a program for linking, Open the program

Turning program linking on

When you turn program linking on, your computer is visible to others on the network whenever they attempt to link a program. Before you turn program linking on, make sure that AppleTalk is active and that you have named your Macintosh in the Sharing Setup control panel.

1.Choose Control Panels from the Apple (K) menu and open the Sharing Setup icon.

2.In the section labeled Program Linking, click the Start button.

3.Close the Sharing Setup control panel.

Once program linking is turned on, you must select programs to share before network users can link to them, as described in the next section.

Selecting a program for linking

Before a network user can link to your program, you need to share it.

1.Quit the program if it’s open, then click its icon to select it.

2.Choose Sharing from the File menu.

3.Click the box labeled “Allow remote program linking” to place an X in it.

Click here to share this program.

If the box is dimmed, the program does not support linking.

4.Close the window.

At this point, no one but you can link to the program until you turn on guest access or name registered users, as described in the following sections.

5.Open the program.

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