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Article #4856Re: Silly NeXT question from user who should know the answer
From: Scott Byer
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 18:03
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 18:03
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nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu (Nathan F. Janette) writes: > I'm going to catch hell for now knowing this, but... > How can a user "inform" the FileViewer that files with certain > extensions should have a corresponding app selected as the default > launch app? It's easy enough to select an app already displayed > in the Tools panel of the inspector, but how does one add a new > choice? Dragging an icon into that area doesn't seem to work (it > should!)... Well, I either use SegHoaker, pull the header table out, modify it, and shove it back in. Or I use a little Distributor utility I wrote (similar to Opener, I think) which reads in a file that maps extensions to applications, make it the DefaultOpenApp for the Workspace, and have it farm out the opening of files the Workspace doesn't understand. -- Scott Byer NeXTMail: byer@mv.us.adobe.com Adobe Systems Incorporated These are *my* opinions, and 1585 Charleston Road, P.O. Box 7900 do not necessarily reflect Mountain View, CA 94039-7900 the opinions of my employer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!think.com!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!adobe!usenet From: byer@adobe.com (Scott Byer) Subject: Re: Silly NeXT question from user who should know the answer Message-ID: <1993Jan27.180322.8620@adobe.com> Sender: usenet@adobe.com (USENET NEWS) Reply-To: byer@adobe.com (Scott Byer) Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated References: <yaq36ld@rpi.edu> Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 18:03:22 GMT Lines: 25