I ended up overriding NSDocumentController's typeForContentsOfURL: which seems to default to something different than what NSWorkspace calculates. Instead, I tested for a file path and then call NSWorkspace's routine on that path.
On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 11:49 PM, Mark Munz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Under 10.5, I'm trying to switch over to using UTI's but am seeing > some weird results: > > Given a pathName: if I call NSWorkspaces' typeOfFile:pathName > error:&error, it returns the proper type (com.apple.rtfd) for an RTFD > document. > > But when I then create an NSURL of the path and pass that URL to > NSDocumentController's openDocumentWithContentsOfURL, it determines > the document type to be MSWORD which fails because it tries using > initWithDocFormat to load the document. > > The RTFD document was created in TextEdit. I have an MSWORD type in my > CFBundleDocumentTypes, but there is no LSItemContentTypes defined for > it. Here are the two entries for these types. > > Is there a reason why openDocumentWithContentsOfURL would somehow > override the type when compared with NSWorkspaces' typeOfFile? I'm > trying to understand what it is doing so I can take the right measures > to correct it. > > <dict> > <key>CFBundleTypeExtensions</key> > <array> > <string>rtfd</string> > </array> > <key>CFBundleTypeIconFile</key> > <string>rtfd.icns</string> > <key>CFBundleTypeName</key> > <string>RTFD</string> > <key>CFBundleTypeOSTypes</key> > <array> > <string>RTFD</string> > </array> > <key>CFBundleTypeRole</key> > <string>Editor</string> > <key>LSItemContentTypes</key> > <array> > <string>com.apple.rtfd</string> > </array> > <key>LSTypeIsPackage</key> > <true/> > <key>NSDocumentClass</key> > <string>RTFDocument</string> > <key>NSPersistentStoreTypeKey</key> > <string>Binary</string> > </dict> > > <dict> > <key>CFBundleTypeExtensions</key> > <array> > <string>doc</string> > </array> > <key>CFBundleTypeName</key> > <string>MSWORD</string> > <key>CFBundleTypeOSTypes</key> > <array> > <string>W8BN</string> > <string>W6BN</string> > </array> > <key>CFBundleTypeRole</key> > <string>Viewer</string> > <key>NSDocumentClass</key> > <string>RTFDocument</string> > </dict> > > > Thanks. > > -- > Mark Munz > unmarked software > http://www.unmarked.com/ > -- Mark Munz unmarked software http://www.unmarked.com/ _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
