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Re: Changing creator/type in OS X
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Re: Changing creator/type in OS X


  • Subject: Re: Changing creator/type in OS X
  • From: Michael Grant <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2003 20:38:02 -0600

On 3/9/03 4:35 PM, "Marc K. Myers" <email@hidden> wrote:

> I wrote a script to change the creator and type of files in OS X. This
> was the easiest thing in the world in OS 9 but I can't get it to work
> in 10.2.4:

The following syntax works for me:

tell application "Finder"
set the creator type of file aFile to "CARO"
set the file type of aFile to "PDF "
end tell

Michael


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