Thanks you guys I had forgotten all about name cleaner, must be getting old!!!
just downloaded a demo and it and it works well :) Thank you for your help. roger On Tue Jun 2 16:13 , 'Toby Oldham' <toby.old...@screenwest.wa.gov.au> sent: > >Hey Roger, try: > >http://www.sigsoftware.com/namecleaner/ > >I'm pretty I used this when I migrated out office from AFP+OS9 to >Windows XP back in 2004... > >Cheers, >Tobes. > >-----Original Message----- >From: WAMUG Mailing List [wa...@wamug.org.au','','','')">wa...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of >rkor...@iinet.net.au >Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 3:58 PM >To: WAMUG Mailing List >Subject: Re: add file extension to a filename > > >Thanks Steve > >I did have a look at that and it didn't work, so would have to look at >the code and I am a little busy. But I may look at it tomorrow and also >Automator. > >thank you > >On Tue Jun 2 15:45 , Woods Steve sc...@mac.com> sent: > >> >>On 02/06/2009, at 3:23 PM, rkor...@iinet.net.au wrote: >> >>> Thanks Neil >>> >>> Its fine with new files that are created as we do use extensions on >>> new files :) It's just the thousands of old files we have that have >>> no extension, these files could be illustrator or Photoshop files and > >>> could be postscript file from either app but I need to identify what >>> app if was created in. >> >>Hi Roger, this might help: >> >>http://techierambles.blogspot.com/2009/03/applescript-to-automatically- >>add-file.html > >> > >> >>Apple script and/or Automator can do what you want, and the post links >>to a few useful scripts and utilities. >> >>HTH >> >>Steve. >> >>-- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - >>http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>Unsubscribe - >wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au','','','')">wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.a >u> >>) > > > >-- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - >http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >Unsubscribe - wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au','','','')">wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > >-- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >Unsubscribe - wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au','','','')">wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>