Hi Ken, The OS appearently doesn't know what 'filetype' and 'creator' the .mc file has. Have you tried drag&dropping the 'shakobox.mc' file onto the RunRev icon? If that doesn't do it, let us know,
Jan Schenkel. --- Ken Norris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ********** > > Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2003 23:00:58 -0600 > > From: "J. Landman Gay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Organization: HyperActive Software > > Subject: Re: Can't see shakobox.mc > > > On 3/2/03 7:47 PM, Ken Norris wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> I can't see shakobox.mc in any list, and can't > open it at all. > >. > > > > It's a StuffIt archive. Did you decompress it? If > so, do you mean you > > can't open the stack itself? > ---------- > PreNOTE: If you made shakobox.mc to work ONLY on OSX > then that might account > for it. I thought you said there were two versions, > but there is only one > available at the d/l site. When I d/l'd Tuviah's > externals collection there > were two files: 1) Mac OS, and 2) Mac OSX. However, > BOTH show up in Rev's > stack list dialog, whereas "shakobox.mc" does not > > Yes to both questions. Notice the name (of course I > could've renamed it, but > I didn't). When I d/l'd the file it comes up > "shakobox.sit", then when you > doubleclick it, Stuffit automatically unstuffs, > i.e., decompresses it. > AFAIK, it would do that no matter where it is. Then > you end up with 2 files: > > shakobox.mc > shakobox.sit > > I trashed "shakobox.sit" > > ...but you know all that is normal. > > If I try to open it from the DT, I get this Mac > message: > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > The document "shakobox.mc" could not be opened > because the application that > created it could not be found. > > Could not find a translation extension with > appropriate translators. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > ...in addition, "shakobox.mc" cannot be seen by the > stack list dialog in > Rev. It simply isn't there, and so it cannot be > opened. I put it into a > folder and moved the folder into the Rev folder (the > Externals Collection > folder is also in the Rev folder). When I open the > folder from within the > Rev folder window, the file is there, but when I > open the folder from Rev's > stack list dialog (Menu item "Open Stack"), it is > EMPTY. The only > explanation I can think of is that Rev 1.1.1 doesn't > recognize it as a > stack. > > NOTE: I don't have MC other than the Rev engine. > > Still, Tuviah Snyder's externals d/l'd fine and the > OS will open from > within Rev and install OK as well, but if I try to > open them 'cold' from the > folder they will also throw the same message above, > and won't open (but. as > I said, they DO show up in the Rev stack list > dialog, and WILL open, unlike > "shakobox.mc" > > I tried renaming it with a .rev extension and with > no extension name, no > good, no effect. Tuviah's stacks don't have > extensions. > > The folder which I put shakobox.mc into shows 4 > tiny parallelograms in the > upper left corner of the mem line of the folder > window. I've never seen them > before and don't know what they mean, but it MUST > have something to do with > it because they are not there in the folder which > has the externals > collection. Where can I find info on the 4 little > parallelograms (do they > perhaps represent 4 other folders?). > > I have no cure so far :-(, but maybe it has > something to do with OS 9.1. > Perhaps the text problem caused it. Maybe it will > work if I d/l it to the PB > under OS 8.6. If I can open it there, maybe I can > try transferring the file > while file sharing is on. If not maybe I can open it > from there and install > it in my Rev apps from there (that would lead me to > believe the problem is > somewhere in OS 9.1, i.e., the dithered font doesn't > exist and so it refuses > recognition). > > I'll try it. > > Ken N. > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
