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Re: Using Applescript Droplet as Default Application? (10.4.11)
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Re: Using Applescript Droplet as Default Application? (10.4.11)


  • Subject: Re: Using Applescript Droplet as Default Application? (10.4.11)
  • From: Stan Cleveland <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:00:12 -0800
  • Thread-topic: Using Applescript Droplet as Default Application? (10.4.11)

On 1/16/09 1:40 PM, "Eric Taylor" wrote:

> How's this for irony? Your recipe works perfectly for everything except
> InDesign, lol! 
>
> I can now change my app to the be the default launcher for .txt, .dmg, .doc
> files etc. Just not .indd! Does that mean there is something weird with the
> way that Adobe set up the InDesign app, maybe?
>
> I have tried it on multiple computers, btw, so it isn't anything weird with
> just my dev machine.
>
> Maybe I need to post this to the Adobe InDesign Scripting forum instead...


Eric, I believe you also need to add a "Document types" entry to your
applet's plist file. In a quick test on my Mac, it seemed to do the trick.
The relevant part of the plist file should look like this:

Information Property List
    Document types
        Item 1
            CFBundleTypeExtensions
                Item 1          ->  INDD
            Document Type Name  ->  InDesign® CS3 Document
            Document OS Types
                Item 1          ->  IDd5
            Role                ->  Viewer

Note that the arrows (->) above indicate the separation between keys and
values. The last entry (Role) has four possible values (None, Editor,
Viewer, Shell). I leave it to you to determine the appropriate value for
your usage.

HTH,
Stan C.


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