Nah, differnt animal. A plist is really just an xml doc; there's absolutely nothing in terms of file creater stuff you have to do - the plist just maps your .3 name to your app...
...er, kind of like a registry. On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, Charlie Fiskeaux II wrote: > Interesting... Being a less biased observer than most, I'm always interested > to hear responses from both sides of "the great debate". You mentioned in > an earlier post, "For X, I believe you set a creator/filetype flag in a > plist for your program bundle." > Can this be done with the same version of ResEdit as OS9? > > Charlie Fiskeaux II > Media Designer > The Creative Group > www.cre8tivegroup.com > 859/858-9054x29 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Howdy-Tzi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 2:31 PM > Subject: Re: <lingo-l> installing my application and associating files with > it > > > > On Tuesday, February 4, 2003, at 01:01 PM, Charlie Fiskeaux II wrote: > > > > > The Mac's way of doing things has always seemed a little like "Big > > > Brother" > > > to me. The Mac wants to keep control of everything and not let the > > > user > > > control stuff himself. > > > > Umm, er, I'm going to sit on my hands rather then reply to that, though > > I will make intimations about the invidious nature of the "registry", > > how Win insists on icon view as default even when you've just > > *specified* you want lists, and of course the fact that if you simply > > move a program from one installed location to another folder all of a > > sudden it doesn't work any more. > > > > > Because here we have PCs and Macs networked together > > > with Linux servers, sometimes files will lose their resource forks > > > after > > > being copied back and forth, and then they no longer have any file > > > associations on the Macs! That's one of the major things I don't like > > > about > > > the MacOS . There's no easy way to restore file associations. > > > > Sure there is. All the later pre-X systems shipped with a control panel > > that let you set up associations easily. X makes it even simpler with > > the "get info" window, letting you set the app to open a given file > > with quite readily. > > > > It is true that Macs tend to lock out the deeper functions from > > *novice* users, and this is likely one reason they tend to not roll > > over as often, but there are literally stacks of tools out there you > > can get that will let you get in and do whatever your heart desires. > > The idea is to keep the OS less breakable than others, which it most > > certainly is, though a dedicated user can find a way to break almost > > anything. ;) > > > > > > Warren Ockrassa | http://www.nightwares.com/ > > Director help | Free files | Sample chapters | Freelance | Consulting > > Author | Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio: A Beginner's Guide > > Published by Osborne/McGraw-Hill > > http://shop.osborne.com/cgi-bin/osborne/0072195622.html > > > > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to > http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is > for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > > > > > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to >http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for >learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
