interesting. apparently creator codes were respected up to OS X 10.6 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creator_code
(although depreciated) but it looks like it no longer is used. (unless people still run OS X 10.5 or lower??) On Sep 19, 2014, at 3:54 AM, Graham Cox <graham....@bigpond.com> wrote: > > On 19 Sep 2014, at 7:43 pm, Daryle Walker <dary...@mac.com> wrote: > >> Long ago, in the 1990s, I remember there was some web page on Apple’s server >> that let you register a four-character type code, for either type or >> creator. I’ve been trying to find it lately. I sometimes found references >> that could be it, but following the link either went to the Apple Developer >> search page that Apple uses for resource-not-found errors or went to the UTI >> guide, neither of which help. >> >> Is there a version of the page still around? I want to use a vanity creator >> code in my Info.plist, but I want to ensure uniqueness if the code is still >> used for matching. If the code is ignored nowadays, can I put a vanity value >> there, or do I have to keep it “????”? I noticed (due to work in another >> thread) that Safari has a creator code (“sfri”), and I think TextEdit reuses >> TeachText/SimpleText’s creator code (“ttxt”). > > > AFAIK, those codes are not used anywhere by OS X, and you can put what you > like there. In theory the code might be used by a Carbon app running in a > very old version of Mac OS (e.g. Classic environment or pre OS-X) but I > expect you can count the number of those systems still running on the fingers > of one hand. > > Certainly registering codes is no longer done, so I doubt there's any way to > do it. Maybe there's a dust-laden cobweb strewn room somewhere in Apple's > basement, long forgotten, where a lonely phone rings whenever someone tries > to register a creator code, but the guy that used to answer it has long since > died and nobody's noticed yet. > > --Graham > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/tapp.darden%40yahoo.com > > This email sent to tapp.dar...@yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
