Thanks Kevin...
so what do you think, is it technically possible for a PC or Unix system
to save this invisible Mac-specific information, so that it magically
appears on the Mac without having to do or use anything else? Still can't
see the technical problem with Metacard building this cross-platform
support feature in.
Scott?
> From: Kevin Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 13:49:45 +0000
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Dumb download question...
>
> On 14/3/00 12:02 pm, David Bovill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> I guess what I am imagining is that the Mac specific file information
>> (resource forks, fields in the file header) are effectively invisible on
>> other platforms. But the file still works there, so saving this information
>> on all platforms may be of no use to these platforms until such time as they
>> transfer the file to a Mac.
>
> One general solution to this problem is to network your Mac and PC with PC
> Maclan. Files transfered over the network and then transfered back maintain
> their creator types, and can pretty much be accessed by the Mac on the PC
> volume over the network as Mac files.
>
> Regards,
>
> Kevin
>
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