Following Apple's recommendation, we are not setting the type and creator
info.
Dan
On 8/4/01 1:10 PM, "Scott Stevenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Are you guys aware of this bug?
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: Chris Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Date: Sat Aug 04, 2001 12:14:05 PM US/Pacific
>> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Subject: Re: application binding
>>
>>
>>> There is a hierarchy when it comes to file name extensions, type,
>>> creator and all that stuff. The problem in their case is that no type
>>> or
>>> creator is given to screenshots.
>>
>> Cocoa apps are guilty of this, but they aren't the only ones. Right now,
>> I'm having a situation where Internet Explorer (beta 5.1.1 on OS X)
>> downloads PDF documents without type/creator even though I have them
>> specified, and have the "Macintosh File" check box selected in Helper
>> Applications (or whatever it's called). On the OS 9 version, this
>> ensures
>> the file is saved with type/creator so you get the expected binding.
>> From
>> IE 5.1.1, it does not save type/creator and all PDFs by default open in
>> that total P.O.S. Preview.app.
>>
>> Also, I have installed Acrobat 4 (full version) and Acrobat Reader 5
>> (which is a Carbon application). In OS 9, when I double click on a PDF
>> file it will automatically open Reader 5. On OS X, it insists on
>> launching Acrobat 4. It really pisses me off; and all of these PDF's I
>> double click on have proper type/creator. When I click on a PDF and do a
>> Show Info, and then check application binding, the second radio button
>> is
>> selected: The generic application for documents of this type
>>
>> Type: Acrobat 4.0 PDf Document
>> Application: Acrobat 4.0 4.05a
>>
>> There is a "Change Application" button, but it's grayed out!
>>
>> I'm convinced application binding will get a lot better in 10.1 because
>> right now it sucks ass. Even the SystemOverview.pdf says there is room
>> for improvement (application binding isn't quite done in 10.0).
>>
>> Chris Murphy
>> Color Remedies (tm)
>> Boulder, CO
>> 303-415-9932
>>
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