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Chapter 7 - Finder Interface Reference / Finder Interface Types and Constants

Folder Type Constants

CHANGED WITH MAC OS 8

You can pass these constants in the folderType parameter of the function FindFolder to specify a folder on a particular volume.

enum {   
   kSystemFolderType                  = 'macs',  
   kDesktopFolderType                 = 'desk',  
   kTrashFolderType                   = 'trsh',  
   kWhereToEmptyTrashFolderType       = 'empt',  
   kPrintMonitorDocsFolderType        = 'prnt',  
   kStartupFolderType                 = 'strt',  
   kShutdownFolderType                = 'shdf',  
   kFontsFolderType                   = 'font',  
   kAppleMenuFolderType               = 'amnu',  
   kControlPanelFolderType            = 'ctrl',  
   kExtensionFolderType               = 'extn',  
   kPreferencesFolderType             = 'pref',  
   kTemporaryFolderType               = 'temp'   
   kExtensionDisabledFolderType       = 'extD',
   kControlPanelDisabledFolderType    = 'ctrD',
   kSystemExtensionDisabledFolderType = 'macD', 
   kStartupItemsDisabledFolderType    = 'strD',
   kShutdownItemsDisabledFolderType   = 'shdD',
   kApplicationsFolderType            = 'apps',
   kDocumentsFolderType               = 'docs'         
   kVolumeRootFolderType              = 'root',
   kChewableItemsFolderType           = 'flnt',
   kApplicationSupportFolderType      = 'asup', 
   kTextEncodingsFolderType           = 'florintex',  
   kStationeryFolderType              = 'odst',
   kOpenDocFolderType                 = 'odod',  
   kOpenDocShellPlugInsFolderType     = 'odsp',
   kEditorsFolderType                 = 'oded',  
   kOpenDocEditorsFolderType          = 'florinodf',     
   kOpenDocLibrariesFolderType        = 'odlb',     
   kGenEditorsFolderType              = 'florinedi',     
   kHelpFolderType                    = 'florinhlp',     
   kInternetPlugInFolderType          = 'florinnet',     
   kModemScriptsFolderType            = 'florinmod',  
   kPrinterDescriptionFolderType      = 'ppdf', 
   kPrinterDriverFolderType           = 'florinprd',  
   kScriptingAdditionsFolderType      = 'florinscr',    
   kSharedLibrariesFolderType         = 'florinlib',     
   kVoicesFolderType                  = 'fvoc',     
   kControlStripModulesFolderType     = 'sdev',
   kAssistantsFolderType              = 'astflorin',     
   kUtilitiesFolderType               = 'utiflorin',     
   kAppleExtrasFolderType             = 'aexflorin',     
   kContextualMenuItemsFolderType     = 'cmnu',
   kMacOSReadMesFolderType            = 'morflorin'      
};
typedef OSType FolderType;

Constant descriptions

kSystemFolderType

Specifies a System Folder on a particular volume.

kDesktopFolderType

Specifies a Desktop Folder on a particular volume.

kTrashFolderType

Specifies a single-user Trash folder on a particular volume.

kWhereToEmptyTrashFolderType

Specifies a shared Trash folder on a particular volume.

kPrintMonitorDocsFolderType

Specifies a Print Monitor Documents folder on a particular volume.

kStartupFolderType

Specifies a Startup Items folder on a particular volume.

kShutdownFolderType

Specifies a Shutdown Items folder on a particular volume.

kFontsFolderType

Specifies a Fonts folder on a particular volume.

kAppleMenuFolderType

Specifies an Apple Menu Items folder on a particular volume.

kControlPanelFolderType

Specifies a Control Panels folder on a particular volume.

kExtensionFolderType

Specifies an Extensions folder on a particular volume.

kPreferencesFolderType

Specifies a Preferences folder on a particular volume.

kTemporaryFolderType

Specifies a Temporary folder on a particular volume.

kExtensionDisabledFolderType

Specifies a Disabled Extensions folder on a particular volume.

kControlPanelDisabledFolderType

Specifies a Disabled Control Panels folder on a particular volume.

kSystemExtensionDisabledFolderType

Specifies a Disabled System Extension folder on a particular volume.

kStartupItemsDisabledFolderType

Specifies a Disabled Startup Items folder on a particular volume.

kShutdownItemsDisabledFolderType

Specifies a Disabled Shutdown Items folder on a particular volume.

kApplicationsFolderType

Specifies an application folder on a particular volume.

kDocumentsFolderType

Specifies a document folder on a particular volume.

kVolumeRootFolderType

Specifies a root folder on a particular volume.

kChewableItemsFolderType

Specifies an invisible folder on the system disk called "Cleanup at Startup" whose contents are deleted when the system is restarted, instead of merely being moved to the Trash. When the FindFolder function indicates this folder is available (by returning noErr), developers should usually use this folder for their temporary items, in preference to the Temporary Items folder.

kApplicationSupportFolderType

This folder contains code and data files needed by third-party applications. Do not place in this folder items for which appropriate folders already exist; for example, a preference file belongs in the Preferences folder, not in the Application Support folder. In general, files deleted from this folder remove functionality from an application, unlike files in the Preferences folder, which should be non-essential. One type of file that could be placed here would be plug-ins that the user might want to maintain separately from any application, such as for an image-processing application that has many "fourth-party" plug-ins that the user might want to upgrade separately from the host application. Another type of file that might belong in this folder would be application-specific data files that are not preferences, such as for a scanner application that needs to read description files for specific scanner models according to which are currently available on the SCSI bus or network.

kTextEncodingsFolderType

Specifies the text encoding tables folder on a particular volume.

kStationeryFolderType

Specifies OpenDoc stationery folder on a particular volume.

kOpenDocFolderType

Specifies an OpenDoc root folder on a particular volume.

kOpenDocShellPlugInsFolderType

Specifies OpenDoc shell plug-ins in an OpenDoc folder on a particular volume.

kEditorsFolderType

Specifies an OpenDoc editors subfolder in a Mac OS folder on a particular volume.

kOpenDocEditorsFolderType

Specifies an OpenDoc subfolder in an editors folder on a particular volume.

kOpenDocLibrariesFolderType

Specifies an OpenDoc libraries folder on a particular volume.

kGenEditorsFolderType

Specifies a general editors folder on a particular volume.

kHelpFolderType

Specifies a help folder on a particular volume.

kInternetPlugInFolderType

Specifies a folder of internet browser plug-ins on a particular volume.

kModemScriptsFolderType

Specifies a modem scripts folder (moved from the extensions folder) on a particular volume.

kPrinterDescriptionFolderType

Specifies a printer descriptions folder on a particular volume.

kPrinterDriverFolderType

Specifies a printer drivers folder on a particular volume.

kScriptingAdditionsFolderType

Specifies a text scripting additions folder on a particular volume.

kSharedLibrariesFolderType

Specifies a general shared libraries folder on a particular volume.

kVoicesFolderType

Specifies a MacinTalk folder on a particular volume.

kControlStripModulesFolderType

Specifies a Control Strip Modules folder on a particular volume.

kAssistantsFolderType

Specifies an Assistants folder (e.g., Mac OS Setup Assistant) on a particular volume.

kUtilitiesFolderType

Specifies a Utilities folder on a particular volume.

kAppleExtrasFolderType

Specifies an Apple Extras folder on a particular volume.

kContextualMenuItemsFolderType

Specifies a Contextual Menu Items folder on a particular volume.

kMacOSReadMesFolderType

Specifies a Mac OS Read Me's folder on a particular volume.

WHEN MAC OS 8 IS NOT AVAILABLE

Only the following folder types are available on a particular volume:

   kSystemFolderType            = 'macs',  
   kDesktopFolderType           = 'desk',  
   kTrashFolderType             =  trsh',  
   kWhereToEmptyTrashFolderType = 'empt',  
   kPrintMonitorDocsFolderType  = 'prnt',  
   kStartupFolderType           = 'strt',  
   kShutdownFolderType          = 'shdf',  
   kFontsFolderType             = 'font',  
   kAppleMenuFolderType         = 'amnu',  
   kControlPanelFolderType      = 'ctrl',  
   kExtensionFolderType         = 'extn',  
   kPreferencesFolderType       = 'pref',  
   kTemporaryFolderType         = 'temp'