Taking stacks from Windows to Mac
I am running mc 2.3 on Mac OS 9 and on a PC laptop. I have no problem opening stacks on the PC that were saved on the Mac, but when I try to open stacks saved on the Mac that were saved on the PC, mc does not recognize them. I really need to be able to work both ways cross-platform. Is this not possible? Thanks for all the help! Kristen Billings Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center VA Healthcare System, Pittsburgh ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Taking stacks from Windows to Mac (fwd)
-- Forwarded Message -- Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 07:13:51 -0800 From: Billings, Kristen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Taking stacks from Windows to Mac = I am running mc 2.3 on Mac OS 9 and on a PC laptop. I have no problem = opening stacks on the PC that were saved on the Mac, but when I try to = open stacks saved on the Mac that were saved on the PC, mc does not = recognize them. I really need to be able to work both ways = cross-platform. Is this not possible? Make sure type/creator are set correctly on Mac when you bring them over from windows. = = Thanks for all the help! = = Kristen Billings = Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center = VA Healthcare System, Pittsburgh = ___ = metacard mailing list = [EMAIL PROTECTED] = http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard = -- End Forwarded Message -- Regards, Andu Novac ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Taking stacks from Windows to Mac: one solution
Hi Kristen, I am running mc 2.3 on Mac OS 9 and on a PC laptop. I have no problem opening stacks on the PC that were saved on the Mac, but when I try to open stacks saved on the Mac that were saved on the PC, mc does not recognize them. I really need to be able to work both ways cross-platform. Is this not possible? Thanks for all the help! Kristen Billings the problem (not really ;-) is in the different kind of files on mac and win. The windows OS recognises file-types by their extension. *.mc The mac OS looks for some (invisible) resource-fork inside the file to determine what to do with that file... If this fork is missing, and it will be missing if transferred from windows, where the OS cannot handle it so it just ignores it..., Mac-apps (including MC) will not display these files in the open-dialog. I solved this little inconvenience by adding a button to one of my custom palettes with the following script. It will try (sic! ;-) to open any file and beep, if it is not a valid MC-file. Here we go: on mouseUp answer file What stack may i open for you, dear Kristen ? if it is not empty then try toplevel it catch errornum beep end try end if end mouseUp Hope this helps... Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Taking stacks from Windows to Mac
Billings, Kristen wrote: I am running mc 2.3 on Mac OS 9 and on a PC laptop. I have no problem opening stacks on the PC that were saved on the Mac, but when I try to open stacks saved on the Mac that were saved on the PC, mc does not recognize them. I really need to be able to work both ways cross-platform. Is this not possible? Mac files rely on hidden Finder info to determine file type and creator. In addition to the other solutions presented here, you can also make an AppleScript droplet to set the type and creator codes appropriately. Just compile this in Apple's AppleScript editor and save it as an applet: on open theList tell application Finder set selectionLength to number of items of selection if selectionLength = 0 then say Nothing is selected. else -- first change all the files selected set the creator type of every file of selection to MCRD set the file type of every file of selection to MSTK end if end tell end open In theory you can also make an entry for .mc in the Mac's File Exchange control panel, but my results with that here suggest it may not be reliable. -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Media Corporation Developer of WebMerge 2.0: Publish any database on any site ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.FourthWorld.com Tel: 323-225-3717 AIM: FourthWorldInc ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Taking stacks from Windows to Mac
I am running mc 2.3 on Mac OS 9 and on a PC laptop. I have no problem opening stacks on the PC that were saved on the Mac, but when I try to open stacks saved on the Mac that were saved on the PC, mc does not recognize them. I really need to be able to work both ways cross-platform. Is this not possible? Try this: 1. Go to this link http://www.hpo.net/support/mac_compression.html 2. Download DropConversion to your Mac 3. Once its downloaded and uncompressed you want to make a copy of DropConversion for each type of file you want to convert to. In this case, you'll make a copy called something like Dropconvert to MC. 4. double-click on your new Dropconvert to MC. 5. select the box beneath Dropped files are converted to: 6. select the radio button next to Creator. 7. change the creator to MCRD and the type to MSTK. 8. Click OK. 9. Whever you bring a stack from PC to Mac, drop the stack onto your new Dropconvert to MC and Voila. 10. If you find the software useful, cough up the $8. Rich Mooney Payne Sparkman Mfg. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
