File associations in Panther

[Mark Talluto]

On Feb 26, 2004, at 1:08 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:

> I'm using the same standalone building process I've used for the last 
> year, only now on Panther my standalones won't recognize my custom 
> document types.
>
> Also, when I modify the core engine name within the MacOS folder and 
> then edit my plist to match, in earlier versions of OS X this was how 
> I got the process name to match the bundle name, only in Jaguar the 
> same steps I'd used successfully before no longer work -- now the app 
> simply doesn't launch.
>
> Have any of you successfully assigned custom document types to a Rev 
> standalone under Panther w/ Rev 2.1?  If so, what are you doing 
> differently than you had done under Jaguar?

I sometimes have to stuff the standalone.  Then delete the original.  
Then unstuff to get it all to work again.  On really bad cases, I file 
transfer the standalone to another mac and then bring it back.  This 
always does the trick.

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Best regards,
Mark Talluto
http://www.canelasoftware.com