Re: Recognizing a 'folder' as a document type?
Re: Recognizing a 'folder' as a document type?
- Subject: Re: Recognizing a 'folder' as a document type?
- From: Charles Jolley <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 10:44:49 -0500
Are you talking about creating a package (like RTFD)? If so, then there
are two things you can do:
1) In your application target under the tab "Application Settings" you
can set the document types associated with your application. Do the
same thing here as you would for a regular file except check the
"Package" check box.
This will create the typical "loose binding" recommended by Apple. If
your file extension is one likely to be used only by your application,
then this is probably all you will need.
For one of my projects, I support RTFD files. Normally, files with this
extension are opened by TextEdit, but I want RTFD files I create to
reopen with my application. With a regular file you would do this by
setting the file's type and creator codes. Folders don't have these,
but you can do the equivalent by creating a file in your package at the
path "Contents/PkgInfo". For example, an RTFD file looks like this:
My Document.rtfd/
Contents/
PkgInfo
TXT.rtf (the text file for an rtfd file)
The PkgInfo file should have eight characters. The first four are the
type code and the last four are the creator code. For example, for an
application with the creator code 'myap' using rtfd, it would be:
RTFDmyap
This will create a "tight binding." That means that even if the user
changes the default binding for files with your extension to some other
application, the files containing this file will remain bound to your
application. I do not recommend this unless you are working with a
package type that other applications besides your may also want to claim.
I think you can find more information about all of this in the Mac OS X
System Overview document.
-C
On Friday, June 14, 2002, at 06:07 PM, email@hidden wrote:
In my document application I want Finder to recognize that a FOLDER of
a certain extension
is associated w/ my application / Icon..
It works great for files, but the folder is just a folder..
Any ideas??
thanks!
-sjm
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