AW: put URL destroys my file

[Tiemo Hollmann TB]

Hi Devin,
I tested the following and found out the OS X is doing some magic things.
Not setting the filetype lets LC set it to a standard text document.
Setting it to empty lets OS X choose the creator by the file suffix.
Setting it to a correct code of a program, which is installed on the machine
leads to a document as you have set the code. Whether the program can later
open the document or not.
Setting it to a wrong / not existing code or a correct code of a program
which isn't installed on the machine lets OS X choose the creator by the
file suffix.
So actually your guess could be wrong (what I don't think!) and it still
would work but I can't verify it. I decided to stay with setting the
filetype to empty and hope all current OS X will handle that.
Thanks for the update of your helpful web site
Tiemo


> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] Im
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> von Devin Asay
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 17. April 2013 17:53
> An: How to use LiveCode
> Betreff: Re: put URL destroys my file
> 
> 
> On Apr 17, 2013, at 3:13 AM, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote:
> 
> > Hi Warren,
> > thank you, you were completly right. The put URL just sets the
> > filetype to standard text Setting the filetype to empty before put URL
> > lets the OSX recognize the file by its dmg extension.
> >
> > I have read that there might be some older systems, which can't
> > recognize the filetype safely by its extension. Would it be more
> > safely to set the filetype to a correct filetype or is empty ok for OS
> > X 10.4 and higher? I didn't found the creator sign for the
> > diskImageMounter and the filetype for DMG. Anybody knows?
> > Thanks
> > Tiemo
> 
> Tiemo,
> 
> This is an educated guess based on quick research, but I think the creator
> code is 'ddsk' and the file type for a DMG is 'udif'. You could try this
> before you save the DMG file to your local disk:
> 
>   set the fileType to "ddskudif"
> 
> I would be interested to know what you discover.
> 
> For more information see http://livecode.byu.edu/helps/file-
> creatorcodes.php
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Devin
> 
> 
> Devin Asay
> Office of Digital Humanities
> Brigham Young University
> 
> 
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