List file type and creator information about applications and files which contain resources of: PowerPC code (cfrg), AppleScript Scripts (scpt), AppleScript terminology resources (aete), Easy Open resources (open, kind) when dropped onto this script application.
If the application contains Macintosh Easy Open resources (open, kind), they are read and decoded to list readable file types and document type descriptions.
Installing:
Place the Has Resource AppleScript Addition in the AppleScript Addition folder
(it's located in the Extensions Folder). Drag "Application Feature Information" on to your desktop (or some place on your hard drive) where it is visible.
Using script to Collecting file information:
Drag & Drop the file(s) you wish to list on-to the AppleScript Dropplet "Application Feature Information".
Requirements:
- AppleScript 1.0
- Scriptable Text Editor (for logging the output).
- System 7.0 or later
- Has Resource AppleScript Addition
History:
Version 1.0 first released.
Version 1.01 Added check for Scriptable Editor and Check if application is a native PowerPC application
Version 1.1 Added looping code to list all resource of type 'kind', not just the first one.
Note: You can read and change the script using the Apple Script Script Editor.
Has Resource AppleScript Addition, Shareware $15.00
By R. Mark Fleming
Description: Provides access to any type of resource of a file as a array of characters.
AppleScript Addition Syntax:
Resource alias -- The file to check for exist of resource type
type string -- Resource type of interest.
[ID integer] -- ID resource, if not access via index option.
[index integer] -- index into resource type, 1 = start.
[data boolean] -- Should the resource data be returned? if not specifed only check is resource type exists.
Result: list -- {number of resource of this type [, name, id, index, size | data] }
were the list contains:
1st Item: Number of resources of the specified type.
If no resoure of specified type are found, no other item will be returned.
2nd Item: Name of the resource of the given indexed resource.
3nd Item: resource Id of the indexed resource
4th Item: the size of the resource or the data contain in the resource depending if data flag is set. Default is size.
Note: When requesting resource data, all the data is returned as TEXT. Most cases the data returned will be of little use, unless you write a routine to parse the data. I have written two routine to parse 'open' and 'kind' resources used by Macintosh Easy Open to provide information about file type that can be opened and to provide description of documents of specified type. They are: formatOPENRes(ResData) and formatKindRes(ResData).
- An application that uses MacTCP to query unix host for printers status inforrmation.
Translation Package v1.52 (Freeware/Shareware)
This package currently contains:
Drag & Drop tools:
ctc v1.7 - A smart file typer that looks at file content to suggest the correct filetype.
PICT / BMP V1.51 - Converter for converting graphics into Macintosh BitMap PICT or Windows BMP, (PPC FAT).
TEXT Converter V1.5 - EBCDIC translator, and Macintosh extended character set to plain ascii translator, (PPC FAT).
EPS Preview Converter V1.5, (PPC FAT)
Apple File Exchange (AFE) Translators:
TIFF (IBMpc to Mac) V2.0 - converts TIFF files to PICT or copies file to Macintosh and set correct file type of TIFF.
EPSF (IBMpc to Mac) V2.0 - converts ESPF preview images into a Macintosh PICT preview and copies postscript code to Macintosh and set correct file type of EPSF or TEXT.
Windoes (.BMP) to PICT V1.02 - converts all types of Windows BMP files except compress & 24bit RGB to PICT.
WordStar to RTF V1.02 - Converts WordStar to Rich Text Format readable by most word processors.
dBase II && III to CSV V1.0.4 - Converts dbase formated database to Comma separated text files or Tab separated text files.
B&W Bitmap (Mac to IBMpc) BMP V1.0 - Converts B&W images to Windows BMP B&W image.
XTND Translators:
Window (.BMP) V1.10 - converts all types of Windows BMP files except compress & 24bit RGB to PICT.
StartUPSCreen V1.01 - Read Macintosh color and B&W startup images
PC PaintBrush (PCX) V1.0
Standalong Applications:
QT Movie ToolBox V1.3, (PPC FAT)
BitMapsToEPS V3.10- test application used to test above import formats with simple QT movie player, Color to B&W converter and primitive B&W Paint editor.
The cost of NetDoctor $190(US) per copy + shipping or site licence $1500(US) + shipping
NetDoctor is simular to InterPoll in it's basic features, but it does not stop their. It supports querying all current Macintoshes for system information; querying most network printers (DeskWriters, LaserWriter and ImageWriters) for printer status, quering AppleShare servers for guest login rights & volume accessabl and supports SNMP over AppleTalk.
