Re: How to do what Finder does programmatically

2009-09-23 Thread Charles Srstka
On Sep 24, 2009, at 12:29 AM, Ed Wynne wrote: On Sep 24, 2009, at 1:25 AM, Jens Alfke wrote: On Sep 23, 2009, at 9:38 PM, Gerriet M. Denkmann wrote: If the document is a file, Finder will add a 'usro' resource which contains the absolute path to the application to be used. Thanks to Alistai

Re: How to do what Finder does programmatically

2009-09-23 Thread Ed Wynne
On Sep 24, 2009, at 1:38 AM, Kyle Sluder wrote: On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 10:29 PM, Ed Wynne wrote: A pity, sounds like the perfect use for an extended attribute. Resource forks are extended attributes: http://www.macgeekery.com/tips/the_new_resource_fork Not really, they are just faked to lo

Re: How to do what Finder does programmatically

2009-09-23 Thread Kyle Sluder
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 10:29 PM, Ed Wynne wrote: > A pity, sounds like the perfect use for an extended attribute. Resource forks are extended attributes: http://www.macgeekery.com/tips/the_new_resource_fork --Kyle Sluder ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (C

Re: How to do what Finder does programmatically

2009-09-23 Thread Ed Wynne
On Sep 24, 2009, at 1:25 AM, Jens Alfke wrote: On Sep 23, 2009, at 9:38 PM, Gerriet M. Denkmann wrote: If the document is a file, Finder will add a 'usro' resource which contains the absolute path to the application to be used. Thanks to Alistair who pointed me to:

Re: How to do what Finder does programmatically

2009-09-23 Thread Jens Alfke
On Sep 23, 2009, at 9:38 PM, Gerriet M. Denkmann wrote: If the document is a file, Finder will add a 'usro' resource which contains the absolute path to the application to be used. Thanks to Alistair who pointed me to: So th

Re: How to do what Finder does programmatically

2009-09-23 Thread Gerriet M. Denkmann
On 24 Sep 2009, at 09:02, cocoa-dev-requ...@lists.apple.com wrote: On 24 Sep 2009, at 00:51, Scott Anguish wrote: Just so there is no mistake. Discussion of the removal of creator codes, merit of creator codes, etc, isnâ•˙t appropriate for here. I donâ•˙t have a suggestion for a better loca

How to do what Finder does programmatically

2009-09-23 Thread Gerriet M. Denkmann
On 24 Sep 2009, at 00:51, Scott Anguish wrote: Just so there is no mistake. Discussion of the removal of creator codes, merit of creator codes, etc, isn’t appropriate for here. I don’t have a suggestion for a better location for you to discuss it. Scott [moderator] I am sorry to have