Karina,
Sounds like you may have lost the resource fork on these mac files.
Cross platform files like director casts and movies can be
reassociated. But mac applications and xtras have executable code in
their resource forks. What typically happens when you move a mac app
to a pc and back again, is that the resource fork gets stripped off.
PC solutions to support these dual forked mac files usually involve
storing this resource fork in another hidden file or folder. I'm not
familiar with PC MacLan, but you might try moving the mac files back
to the original location on the fileserver and try Geoffrey's
suggestion again. ?? Or get a fresh copy from a mac.
Cole
>Hi Geoffrey,
>
>Thanks for your help, but I'm afraid I'll need more info :(
>
>> On NT go to File Manager. Select Mac File. Select Associate. You will
>> then see a box where you set the file type and creator.
>>
>> We had the same problem months ago and pulled our hair out finding the
>> answer.
>
>Pulling some hair over here - Me and both Network Administrators, all
>together...
>
>To reproduce the steps I've done:
>
>1. Went to the Mac, opened ResEdit to find Type and Creator.
>For the Projector it showed Type: APPL, Creator: PJ01
>For the Xtra it showed Type: XTRA, Creator: XOWN
>
>2. Went to the server->File Manager -> Mac File ->Associate.
>
>3. Selected "Add", typed in the type and creator (mixed them up the first
>time, switched them around), added a description, clicked OK
>
>4. Typed EXE in the associations window, selected the projector and clicked
>"Associate".
>
>5. Steps 3 and 4 for the Xtra, with X32 in the associations window.
>
>6. Left file manager and tested the files, but did not restart. I believe
>the server will be rebooted tonight.
>
>I then proceeded to test the files, by copying them over the network through
>from the Mac to the Server (using the server to do the copying. Copying over
>the network using the _Mac_ always works anyway, like I mentioned before).
>
>Looking at the server through the "eyes" of the mac, and/or copying the
>projector back to the mac still looses it's mac file association (the icon
>is gone), even if I add .exe or .x32 to the file.
>The only thing that did seem to go Ok, was copying an extra from one folder
>on the server to another and then looking at it from the mac - the Xtra icon
>is there. But copying an extra from the mac (using the Server) - still
>doesn't.
>
>What am I doing wrong here?
>
>Thanks for the help,
>Karina
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