File formats for multi-doc app: packages, single files or zipped alternatives

2009-05-17 Thread Keith Blount
Hi, I’m working on version 2 of my software at the moment, and in so doing and am looking into the possibility of a better file format and was wondering if I am missing something. Currently, my program uses a file package format i.e. a folder that looks like a single file, but the contents of

Re: File formats for multi-doc app: packages, single files or zipped alternatives

2009-05-17 Thread Jeffrey Oleander
On Sun, 2009/05/17, Keith Blount keithblo...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Keith Blount keithblo...@yahoo.com Subject: File formats for multi-doc app: packages, single files or zipped alternatives To: cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com Date: Sunday, 2009 May 17, 12:20 I’m working on version 2 of my

Re: File formats for multi-doc app: packages, single files or zipped alternatives

2009-05-17 Thread Greg Guerin
Keith Blount wrote: Anyway, my question is, is there a happy medium between the single file format and the file package? Some archive formats support an index or table-of-contents, others don't. To use an index or TOC, you load only the index data into memory, and subsequently load

RE: File formats for multi-doc app: packages, single files or zipped alternatives

2009-05-17 Thread Kirk Kerekes
Serialized NSFileWrapper? ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your