On Mar 7, 2006, at 8:08 AM, realbasic-nug-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is there a way to define a filetype that has a specified extension,
but can have any creator/type?
No, and it wouldn't be proper behavior to do so. If a file has a
type, the type should be believed regardless of its extension. A
JPEG file is a JPEG file even if I manually rename it to end in
".txt".
Best,
- Joe
Ok, that makes sense... at least for type... but for creator it
might not...
I've already run into issues where some programs that create
"standard" files, such as JPEG, use a proper file type, but use their
own creator code. Photoshop JPEG files have a different creator type
than Preview JPEG files, for example. My "solution" up until now has
been to keep adding their creator types to my file types list as I
find these programs. I know that somewhere along the line, a
customer will have trouble opening a file that was created with a
program that I did not account for though. It seems to me that it
would be better to just ignore the creator code altogether in certain
circumstances - if only RB would let me. I realize the risks involved!
Ron Benditt
Alien Apparatus Company, Inc.
http://www.alienapparatus.com
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