file types DA or ref?
4 messages in this thread
I'm looking for something that may well not exist outside Apple's
registry: a relatively definitive, if not exactly exhaustive, listing
of file types and creator types (emphasis on the former). Mostly so
I can use Hax and Norton Disk Editor to change things such as
graphics grabbed by CIM to launch with GIFConverter, annoying
read-only TeachText files (type==ttro) to TEXT, and so on. What I'd
like, though, is something more complete so I can go on to bigger and
less advisable projects.
michael houdeshell
compuserve MSD/Tools documentation
If you ever find the definitive type/creator list, I'd love to see it, too.
Did you see message 163085, too?
Nope, I've not read the msg to which you refer.
I'll take a gander in a moment.
For the nonce, I've decided to create a database of file types and creator
types from FileSaver, Norton Disk Editor, and Hax. It will by no means be
definitive, but will do what I want <g>.
In case it was unclear, I'm (to put it mildly) something of a Mac neophyte, and
am probably stirring about in the system in ways I should not be attempting.
But what's the fun of doing things if there's no possibility of breaking
something? <g>
These machines are so…obsessofacient, to coin a word. I'll probably be
through the three volumes of Marks' C programming intro/primers in a few weeks.
I have the overwhelming urge to develop some utilities for myself.
I would never have become so geeked-out on a DOS box.
I think.