On 4/17/07, Carlo Rubini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I want to assign to a file( downloaded thru a RB-application) the macCreator > so that the file shows its right icon and opens in the right application. > As I said, that we could do (in the past) making a call to the Internet > Configuration File (passing as parameter either the extension or the MIME > type).
>"Dennis Birch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Have you tried setting the MacCreator and MacType properties for the >FolderItem? If that doesn't work, you should be able to get >AppleScript to do the job for you. That's not the problem. Problem being: what should be the MacCreator/MacType of a file of a given extension (or MIME type)? Once we could know it from a call to the Internet Conf. File; so, according to the user's settings, for .html files we could get MSIE, MOSS and so on, for .jpg files we could get ogle or GKON, etc etc. and the user would be happy to see his/her downloaded files being assigned the right icon and opening in the expected application. And now? Should we let the Finder do the job for us (a la Windows), setting the right MacCreator and macType of downloaded files? >In the old days (OS 9 and Classics), after downloading a file we could >postprocess it; i.e. from its extension or MIME type, we could set its >MacCreator so that the file got its proper icon and so on. Everything was done >according to the specifications entered in the Internet Control Panel. > >Now that the Internet Control Panel has disappeared, what is the suggested way >to postprocess a downloaded file? > >Am I right in supposing that I should altogether forget about postprocessing, >leaving the job to the Finder that will automagically assign the right icon, >macCreator (if any) and so on and so forth to the downloaded file? > >Suggestions welcome. Thanks. -- Carlo _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
