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- From: byrne@cc.gatech.edu (Michael Byrne)
- Subject: Re: Setting File TYPE & CREATOR of created files
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.052532.10611@cc.gatech.edu>
- Sender: news@cc.gatech.edu
- Organization: College of Computing
- References: <1992Jul27.171638.23170@aimla.com> <1992Jul28.114320.6080@csc.canterbury.ac.nz> <+7T-0G=@engin.umich.edu>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 05:25:32 GMT
- Lines: 29
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- In article <+7T-0G=@engin.umich.edu> waanders@umich.edu (Nicholas Waanders) writes:
- >In article <1992Jul27.171638.23170@aimla.com>, mike@optimla.aimla.com
- > (Mike Diehr) writes:
- >>
- >> Is there any way to set the TYPE and CREATOR of files created by
- >> hypercard's "open file X ; write X to file fileName" commands?
- >> I'd like to make the text files double-clickable into MPW instead
- >> of teachtext.
- >>
- >In my investigation, there is no xcmd which will take a given file and
- >change its TYPE and CREATOR. However, there are xcmds which give you
- >more options for opening files, such as Rinaldi's FullSFPack (SF refers
- >to the standard file dialog). However, even FullSFPack does not let you
- >"type" the file. The only XCMD that I know of to do what you want is
- >the WRITETOFILE xcmd which is part of the Dartmouth 3.4.3 set.
- >
- >Nick
-
- Wow. Contact SW.LICENSE@Applelink.apple.com for a list of currently
- licenseable XCMDs & XFCNs. On this list is an XCMD called SetFileInfo
- which will allow you to set the type/creator info.
-
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