filetype question

[Sarah Reichelt]

If the file has an extension, like .mov or .mpg and you set it's 
filetype to empty, OS X will just use whatever default program matches 
the file extension and give it the appropriate icon.

Apart from that, I have found using the long files to get the file type 
rather variable, sometimes it just gives ????????, but here is an 
AppleScript to do it. Put this into the AppleScript Script Editor and 
click the Run button. Choose a file that is already opening with the 
correct application and it's filetype will be shown. Then you will know 
what to set your new files to.

tell application "Finder"
	set tFile to choose file
	set tType to the file type of tFile
	set tCreator to creator type of tFile
	display dialog tType & tCreator
end tell

Cheers,
Sarah

On 26 Jan 2004, at 4:31 am, Yves COPPE wrote:

> Hi list
>
> On MAC OS X
>
> I have a script to set a jpeg binfile readable by photoshop
>
> I script :
> set the fileType to "8BIMJPEG"
>
> I'd like to do the same with a .mov or .mpg file to make it readable 
> by quickTime Player
>
> which are the filetype for those files for quickTime ??
>
> thank you
>
>
> Greetings.
> Yves COPPE
>
> yvescoppe at skynet.be
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