Another newbie Mac Question...

[Richard Gaskin]

Ray G. Miller wrote:

>>>> With OS X Apple no longer requires file type assignments, posing a problem
>>>> for us.  I'm not sure Apple has yet decided what to do about either file
>>>> types or creator codes for the long term, so I'm not familiar with a
>>>> workaround for selecting files that rely only on file name extension on OS
>>>> X.
>>>> 
>>>> Anyone come across a current Apple tech note on this?  Last I heard Apple
>>>> required developers to write a custom filterProc for Nav Services (ugh!).
>>>>
>>> It does appear that using the answer file with type "PNGf" works for .PNG
>>> files
>> 
>> Here (OS X 10.2.8) it only works for files which have the appropriate type
>> assigned as Finder metadata.  If I get one from the Internet so no Finder
>> data is attached it is not selectable with either syntax, filter or type.
>> 
>> So the conundrum remains:  How do we expect Rev the write a custom
>> filterProc which will handle all possible Finder type code/file name
>> extension combinations?
>>
> Yep, and it's the same when Macaroons try to open a MC/Rev stack with the
> creatorType stripped...
> 
> I have a "Converter" stack which allows the scripter to quickly convert a
> "text" file to the MC/Rev stack or whatever... without having to remember
> which button key and keyboard keys to hold down... ;-)
> 
> 
> It's called "Convert Text File To MC/Rev stack or Whatever Else File". or
> CTFTMVREVSOWEF for short.
> 
> I can send it to you for distribution...

Pop it in RevNet for the quickest distribution.

Sure would be nice if Apple would provide backward compatibility with their
own conventions.  This monkey business of making developers write custom
filter-procs evidences a bizarre organizational process there.


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