Dan,since it's OS9, you could always use Rinaldi's Type And Creator
SetFInfo 1.4 XCMD to set the type and creator of the file on the fly
on the OS9 end.
http://rinaldicollection.free.fr/
This ought to be duck soup. But it's turned into alligator stew with
a live alligator.
H. I might try that, Stephen. But I think the problem is that the
Rev method works fine except on a really old version of OS9 and/or
AppleScript or with a hard drive that may be so slow the update never
happens before I try to open the file.
I'm doing another experiment this morning.
the file props
including type and creator.
That would be quicker...
cheers
Xavier
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This ought to be duck soup. But it's turned into alligator
stew with a live alligator.
I have a custom property set to a file. I want to write
To: 'How to use Revolution'
Subject: RE: Setting Mac OS File Type Creator
just a suggestion out of the blue
why not rename the file with a pc type extension like file.txt
The Files and something Control Panel in OS9 did manage the
extensions to be filetyped to any preference you set
X, I suggest you read up on the modern OSX (or try it) before you put
it down anymore - your Apple bias and experience seems to stem mostly
from OS9 - with little reference to Tiger or Jaguar, which is the Mac
system today. Cmon, man, it's UNIX with a pretty face.
now i know what you
Recently, Dan Shafer wrote:
I have a custom property set to a file. I want to write this file out
to an OS 9 system so that it shows up in Finder as a PDF file. From
all I can gather, I have a two-line problem:
set the fileType to CAROPDF
put PDFToOpen into URL binfile:myFile.pdf
Could Rev have a problem with using a space in the type? It
shouldn't, but that's the only thing I can think of. From what I can
determine, pdf's do not have resource forks, so you shouldn't have to
mess with resfile at all. Although, to be totally sure, maybe you
should try using
Dan,
Under OS9 and earlier the type and creator are stored by the finder in a
hidden file on the disk where the file resides. So forget the resource
fork. Res Edit just sets the finder information in this case.
You can set the global filetype property in rev before writing the file.
Once the
The problem I'm having -- and several people have been very helpful
trying to get this to work -- is that my Rev standalone app writes a
file to the disk and then later wants to use an AppleScript to open
that file. In order for AppleScript to open the file via Finder,
Finder needs to know
We're not 100% sure but the problem may be anomalous system rather
than an inherent issue. My partner's old G3 iBook is creaky, running
9.0.4, and has AppleScript 1.4. Plus the hard drive is probably just
one big fragment. So the odds are that the app, which works fine on a
couple of other
Just a thought...
Could you download a 'shell' file w/resources intact, then extract your
PDF to it? Sorry, I don't use OS9 (nor do we offer any programs which
run on it-- a much simpler proposition ;-)
Dan Shafer wrote:
We're not 100% sure but the problem may be anomalous system rather
I don't know if that would work or not.
Not supporting OS9 seems unwise since a fair amount of my stuff will
appeal to the education market and they're probably still running OS
8.6 in some places.
On Aug 15, 2005, at 8:13 PM, Chipp Walters wrote:
Just a thought...
Could you download a
At 11:31 AM -0700 8/15/2005, Dan Shafer wrote:
I have a custom property set to a file. I want to write this file
out to an OS 9 system so that it shows up in Finder as a PDF file.
From all I can gather, I have a two-line problem:
set the fileType to CAROPDF
put PDFToOpen into URL
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