Disabled files in 2.7 - Followup

[Mark Waddingham]

>>  Also, Revolution itself does not use either the extension nor the  
>> creator or file-type to determine whether a file is a Revolution  
>> stack or not. Instead, it checks the header to see if it conforms  
>> to the file-format. This means that the engine will attempt to  
>> load any file you give it as a stack file - and it will return an  
>> appropriate error message if it finds that it is not.
>>

Here I should have been more clear - the *engine* itself does not use  
extensions nor filetypes.

> Provided of course that it uses appropropriate file filtering  
> criteria for the GetFile dialog to make it possible to select the  
> file.
>
> From Paul's description it would appear that the IDE isn't using  
> the new "answer file with type" option introduced in v2.6 -- is  
> that correct?

The IDE was updated to use the new syntax in 2.6 as soon as it was  
introduced - which was actually clear from my email where it  
explicitly stated the conditions under which the open dialog filters  
Revolution stacks:

"In terms of opening stacks, then do remember you can choose to  
display 'All Files', instead of just those identified by either a  
'.rev' extension, a '.mc' extension or a 'RevoRSTK', or 'MCRDMSTK'  
file/creator type."

Paul, I am guessing, does not use extensions to identify his files,  
but instead relies on file types and creator codes and so has noticed  
this issue in 2.7.

Warmest Regards,

Mark.

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