AW: put URL destroys my file

[Tiemo Hollmann TB]

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

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] Im
Auftrag
> von Warren Samples
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 16. April 2013 16:59
> An: How to use LiveCode
> Betreff: Re: put URL destroys my file
> 
> On 04/16/2013 08:58 AM, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Working with LC 4.5.4 I have a dmg file uploaded on my webserver. When
> > downloading it on a mac with a browser via ftp, the dmg keeps in good
> order.
> > But when doing
> >
> > put URL pUrl into URL ("binfile:" & tFile)
> >
> > the format of the file seems to be destroyed and my mac thinks of it
> > as being a text file. The same procedure with a exe file on windows
> > machine works fine.
> >
> > What do I oversee? Thanks for any hint
> >
> > Tiemo
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> Does it actually not work at all? Assuming it maintains its 'dmg'
> extension, can you right-click on it and open it properly from the
> contextual menu, or change its info? It may be that without the webserver
> and browser passing on the mime-type to the OS that the problem is that
the
> OS can't determine what kind of file it is, and therefore it it seen as
> just a text file. In this case, setting the fileType to "empty" (see user
> notes in the dictionary) might get it to mount. I found that images saved
> from LiveCode weren't recognized as such by OS X, when I was using it and
> wanted to open in a text editor.
> It may be that LiveCode saves things as "text" files by default in OS X.
> 
> Good luck,
> 
> Warren
> 
> 
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