On 12/7/06 8:58 PM, "Jason Cutler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It's not really an extension per se, Yes it is. >but if you look at preference files > they are named in a fashion that is similar to the markzware one: > > com.microsoft.autoupdate.plist > com.microsoft.Entourage.plist > com.microsoft.entourage.syncservices.plist > com.microsoft.error_reporting.plist .plist is a proper, and very common extension. It signifies that the file is a Property List, like .doc signifies a Word Document, and .xls and Excel Workbook file, and FontDBWtSys, evidently, a FlightCheck document of some sort. It's bizarre because it's unnecessarily long. They were trying to stuff the kitchen sink, or some verbose overkill of subtypes, into the extension name. > > These are Property Lists. Kind ="XML Property List File" That's right. Property List is a type. (Yes, it's a sub-type of text file, a special type of text file that conforms to a rigid definition. Like .htm is an HTML file, also a subtype of text file.) > > com.markzware.FC5.FontDBWtSys > > Is a binary. The last bit isn't really an extension like .app is. It's part > of the namespace. Everything in it is "part of the namespace" (a meaningless locution here). But the last bit of its "namespace" (or, rather, "name"), after the last dot, is its extension. A bizarre extension, as it happens. -- Paul Berkowitz MVP MacOffice Entourage FAQ Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq/index.html> AppleScripts for Entourage: <http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/> PLEASE always state which version of Microsoft Office you are using - 2004, X or 2001. It's often impossible to answer your questions otherwise. -- Paul Berkowitz MVP MacOffice Entourage FAQ Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq/index.html> AppleScripts for Entourage: <http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/> PLEASE always state which version of Microsoft Office you are using - 2004, X or 2001. It's often impossible to answer your questions otherwise. -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
