Creator Types in OS X...
Creator Types in OS X...
- Subject: Creator Types in OS X...
- From: Peter Bunn <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 16:55:06 -0500
Hello:
I've just stepped aboard the OS X bandwagon and now trying to get some of
my scripts to go 'there'.
I use a lot of calls to 'open this_item using application file id
"WXYZ"'... but haven't (in 48 hours on OS X) found a simple way to
determine the creator type of a file or an app. I have ResEdit in
Classic, but I haven't had a high percentage of luck with it for this
purpose.
The existing script calls for known creators still work... but I'm having
trouble identifying creators for OS X native apps.
I've tried:
tell application "Finder"
creator type of application "OmniWeb"
end tell
and...
tell application "Finder"
file creator of application "OmniWeb"
end tell
... but on run, I get errors.
Will creator type/file creator be deprecated in future?
I used the app id call technique mainly to avoid double-tell situations
in pre-OS X. I was just juggling 'responsibility' in situations where
the app's dictionary didn't come into play. Will I need to start using
tell blocks "using terms from" to achieve similar?
Thanks for any insights.
Peter B.
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