fileType problems

[Richard Gaskin]

Frank Leahy wrote:
> I'm setting the fileType to "FJL3PREF" for my preferences files, but 
> I've noticed that this value is being used on *all* files I create, not 
> just my preferences files.
> 
> I thought this value would be handler specific, i.e. it would be set to 
> empty after the handler finished.  Unfortunately I'm finding that JPEG 
> files that my app creates with "export image ... as JPEG" have this 
> fileType as well.
> 
> Should I set the fileType to empty after I've written the prefs file?  
> Or "????????"?  Or something else?

The fileType property is persistent, initialized to "ttxtTEXT".

For temporary use you'll probably want to save the current value and 
restore it when you're done:

on SavePrefs
   global gPrefsData
   local tSaveType
   put the fileType into tSaveType
   set the fileType to "FJL3PREF"
   put gPrefsData into \
     url ("file:"&specialFolderPath("Preferences")&"/MyAppPrefs")
   set the fileType to tSaveType
end SavePrefs


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