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Article #39307Setting File Type and Creator Query
From: barry
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 1989 22:19
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 1989 22:19
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Apologies if this has been covered before ...
How do I change the Type and Creator of a file? For example, suppose
I've got a file whose Type is "TEXT" and whose Creator is "????", but
which is actually a correct instance of a file supported by a
specific application - one way to generate such a file is to download
a binary via Pacerlink. How do I set the Type and Creator of the
file to match what is normally used for the application, thereby
getting the appropriate icon to be displayed by Finder? Loading the
file into the application and saving into the same or a new file
works (Type and Creator get set) but is rather time consuming and a
bit cruder than I would expect for the Macintosh.
Thanks in advance
Barry
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