Great thanks to all for the replies this is most helpful!

On Sep 17, 2011, at 2:51 AM, Charles Srstka wrote:

> On Sep 16, 2011, at 7:11 AM, Matt Gough wrote:
> 
>> They should have a File type of 'APPL'.
>> 
>> (There are a few other file types that are also used for applications, but I 
>> can't remember them off hand.)
> 
> The only ones I can think of would be ‘dfil’ for desk accessories, and ‘APPC’ 
> and ‘cdev' for control panels, and ‘APPD’ and ‘APPE’, which I’m not sure what 
> they’re for but which nevertheless do exist.
> 
> Probably the best way to go is to check the UTI rather than the type code, 
> though. That way, even if there are some others that I’m missing right now, 
> they’ll still conform to com.apple.application.
> 
> Charles

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