HC stack with no resource fork

J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Wed Sep 24 00:36:23 EDT 2025


Actually, maybe the resource fork isn't the problem. What are the usual 
reasons a stack isn't a stack?

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Jacqueline Landman Gay | jacque at hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
On September 23, 2025 11:33:08 PM "J. Landman Gay" 
<jacque at hyperactivesw.com> wrote:

> I have a HyperCard stack to convert that has no resource fork, presumably 
> because a newer version of MacOS has removed it. LC won't open it because 
> it "isn't a LiveCode stack." I see that the filetype command will allow me 
> to set a creator and type, but I'm not sure how to use it when the stack 
> isn't open. And, assuming there's a way, do I need to create a resource 
> fork first or will the command create one?
>
> Any ideas about how to proceed?
>
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> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jacque at hyperactivesw.com
> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com





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