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jkness@IASTATE.EDU (Joel K Ness) writes:

>I have downloaded a few files from a public archive that were in
>.hqx format.  The files were converted into a .sit compressed format
>after using binhex4 or 5 as required.  Only one of the files gave
>me the cute little stuffit_type icon, while the others don't....
>I have both the latest (as far as I know) Stuffit and SitExpand 
>available to me and do not keep each on the hard disk at the same 
>time (as required).  Following the instructions in SitExpand, only 
>one of the files was uncompressed correctly.  You can guess which one.
>When I double click on the others, they will not dearchive correctly.
>I haven't had any problems Compact Pro or Stuffit archived files that were 
>downloaded.

   The problem is probably that when the files were deBinHexed, the correct
Types and Creators were not set. That's why they don't have an icon and why
StuffIt won't recognize them. Just use something like ResEdit, FileTyper,
or GetMoreInfo to change the Type and Creator to 'SIT!' or 'SITD' or whatever
they should be.

   One other thing, you CAN keep all the many versions of StuffIt on your
drive at the same time without worry. The only problem is that when you
double-click on an archive, you may end up launching the wrong app. No
big deal, just launch the correct app instead of double-clicking on archives.
Too bad Aladin screwed up and made so damn many versions of StuffIt. I
refuse to use it for that reason (unless I have to). Also, their interfaces
are pretty dumb.