"Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Garth Wallace wrote:
> ------snip-----
> >
> > Of course, Mac's version isn't much better. Instead of a 3-character
> > extension, it's 2 4-character extensions that you can't see without
> > poking around with a resource editor or Norton's old Fast Find.
>
> What you refer to is type and creator codes. What they allow is that if
> say you have a given file and you have more than one application that
> can read it the sysytem automatically generates a list of applications
> that can open said file. You just scan the list and choose the desired
> one and the application opens automatically.
>
> Generally one doesn't need to see the type and creator codes. They are
> just in the background doing their work.
I know what they are (I used to be a Machead until I went
to college and discovered the wonders of UNIX...I still miss
those SPARCStations *sigh*). I was just pointing out that
functionally they're just like filename extentions that you can't
see. Same purpose, same limitation (although together they're
8 characters instead of 3, they are still limited in length. They're
also usually just as cryptic as Win/DOS extentions)
