setting or HACKING creator codes in OS X

[Sarah]

Here are the AppleScripts I use, and the price is really good :-)
This one checks the file type & creator of a current file:
tell application "Finder"
	set tFile to choose file
	set tType to the file type of tFile
	set tCrea to the creator type of tFile
	display dialog tFile & return & tType & return & tCrea as string
end tell

And this one will make any changes:
tell application "Finder"
	set tFile to choose file
	set tType to the file type of tFile
	set tCrea to the creator type of tFile
	display dialog "Set file type to:" default answer tType
	set the file type of tFile to text returned of the result
	display dialog "Set creator type to:" default answer tCrea
	set the creator type of tFile to text returned of the result
end tell

have fun,
Sarah


On Wednesday, June 4, 2003, at 03:10  pm, Brian Thomas wrote:

>
> Hi, I've been working on a big project called If Monks had Macs 
> forever. I've been going back & forth between Revolution & MetaCard 
> because I had been working with Scott Raney and Tuviah on getting 
> special fixes to the MetaCard engines for a bunch of QuickTime related 
> issues. Thankfully they are all incorporated in Revolution 2.0. So 
> I've begun reading this list, digging into MetaCard and trying to use 
> the Distribution Builder. I have had some real difficulty getting the 
> builder to apply the creator codes and icons in OS X as I would like. 
> I put the creator code in the signature box for OS X (as well as the 
> creator signature box for the OS 9) but it doesn't apply.
>
> I'm getting really frustrated.
>
>
> If there is a past thread or a guide to using it that would be nice. 
> But I was hoping someone could suggest a sort of Gordian Knot 
> solution. Like Mathewson's for dealing with the frustration of the 
> mis-sized distribution or stand-alone builder box (just go ahead and 
> fix it in MetaCard (I made it re-sizeable).
>
> I thought I could just hack the files with an OS X version of Resedit. 
> However, everything I could find that didn't cost $256 only works on 
> files, not applications. I didn't try the thing that costs $256.
>
> Is there a free or cheap way to change the creator and/or type codes 
> in OS X ?
>
>
>
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> Brian
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