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Re: Executor for MS-DOS, ver. 1.2.1, shareware version



Joseph Pena said the following:
>
[...]
> I have also discovered that when I try to download a file from a
>Macintosh BBS, that neither Macindos nor Executor recognizes the file. I
>have called Apple Computer, Inc. and told them this problem. The
>representative told me that the creator signature is somehow lost.
[...]

Here is how I handle this situation.  Within Executor, I run Compact Pro
and create and save an empty archive file called sample.cpt.  I quit
Executor and copy the file %sample.cpt (i.e. the resource fork) to
a file called %cpt.header.  Whenever I have a Compact pro archive which
I've obtained in some manner which led to the loss of the resource fork
(which contains the creator and other info), I copy the %cpt.header file
over.  For example, if I have CoolDemo.cpt, I copy %cpt.header to
%CoolDemo.cpt.  After that, Compact pro is happy to load the file.
Naturally, the same thing can be done with archives from Stuffit or
other programs.

--Bill


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