File associations in Panther

[Richard Gaskin]

Ian Wood wrote:

> On 27 Feb 2004, at 01:01, Mark Talluto wrote:
>
>> 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.
> 
> As I mentioned recently on the list, deleting the standalone and then 
> dragging it back out of the Trash does the same.

Curious.  Is this a Finder bug?  Is it a known issue?

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