Filetype creator & type

[Tim]

On 1/24/02 3:28 AM, "Geoff Canyon" <gcanyon at inspiredlogic.com> wrote:

> At 6:32 PM -0500 1/23/02, Tim wrote:
>> I'm trying to change the file's creator & type by using the "filetype"
>> property, but I've noticed that it can do so ONLY when you create a file
>> with Open File command. As a workaround is it possible to get the contents
>> of a given file, delete the file, create a new file with Open File command,
>> change its creator & file type, and finally put the contents back in? I know
>> I could do this with a simple text file, but what about other file types?
>> BTW I'm doing this on OS X.
> 
> You could do this with an AppleScript. I would post exact syntax, but I
> started to do that about five hours ago, and testing the script in Script
> Editor was the last thing I did before my hard drive decided to die...
> 
> I've now revived it (I think) and although I'm sure Script Editor wasn't the
> source of the problem, I think it will be at least a day or two before I try
> it out again. :-)
> 
> The script would be something like this:
> 
> tell application "Finder"
> set the filetype of file tSomePath to "TEXT"
> set the creatortype of file tSomePath to "R*ch"
> end tell
> 
> regards,
> 
> Geoff

Thanks Geoff. That simplifies it considerably. Sorry for your hard drive.
Hope everything was backed up.
-- 
Tim