On 7/19/04 7:05 PM, Sarah Reichelt wrote:
> On 15 Jul 2004, at 3:34 am, J. Landman Gay wrote: > >> I am creating files that need to be opened in the user's default >> browser. In OS X I can do this by setting the filetype to "????????" >> which forces OS X to use the default browser. Since revGoURL uses >> AppleScript on Macs, I suspect this filetype will cause the file to >> open in TextEdit on OS 9. If someone here knows the correct filetype >> to use on MacOS 9 it will save me some experimentation time (or will >> the generic one above work?) > > What if you set the filetype to "????HTML" - would that be enough to > convince it to use the default browser. Even on OS 9, if there is no > filetype set i.e. set it to empty, would the extension ".html" not be > enough to force it to use the default browser?
Thanks for the response, Sarah, you were the only one. I did some experimenting with this. Leaving the code as "????????", even with an ".html" extension, causes OS 9 to put up a dialog asking what app to use for the file. When I tried setting it to "????HTML" all I got was a dialog saying it couldn't be opened because the app couldn't be found -- and no option to choose one. Too bad, because your idea sounded promising.
>> I can use an IE creator code as a last resort, but I don't want to. > > No, I hate it when apps insist on starting something other than my > chosen browser.
I detest it. But for now, that's what I had to do. I wish there was some other way. I always wondered why so many of my OS 9 apps forced me to use IE, and now I think I know.
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