Re: Question about associating file types to applications
Re: Question about associating file types to applications
- Subject: Re: Question about associating file types to applications
- From: Uli Kusterer <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 21:22:42 +0100
Am 30.10.2005 um 05:14 schrieb <email@hidden>
<email@hidden>:
So what is the recommended way to perform this association and is
the file
extension the only way to associate application documents with
applications?
You may want to do a good tutorial on Cocoa application programming.
The Hillegass book, for example, explains how to perform this
association using the Target Info panel in Xcode (which edits the
Info.plist). The Launch Services docs will also be helpful.
Apart from file extensions and the Finder's user override (which, as
the name says, is for users, so leave your fingers off of that
*grin*), there are also the old Classic MacOS type and creator codes.
Type codes basically let you store a code equivalent to a file
extension on a file, which will survive even if the extension is
removed or changed. Creator codes let you associate a particular
application with a particular file (without touching other file
associations, so this is handy if you want to claim a few
special .txt or .htm files without causing the user pain). All of
these can also be changed using Xcode's Target Info panel.
Cheers,
-- M. Uli Kusterer
http://www.zathras.de
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