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Re: FileType OS X RB2006r2

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Subject: Re: FileType OS X RB2006r2
From: Norman Palardy <npalardy at great-white-software dot com>
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 14:44:32 -0600
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References: <3CFF6704-76DF-4C95-8B4F-170B162E78BB at xhtmlsoft dot com> <76456BA0-FCB4-4343-AE77-3A54E1EE005C at mac dot com> <00D463D7-9A9C-4996-A63A-5F304A0E7FE9 at mac dot com> <a06200717c0742ca6b3b4 at [10 dot 0 dot 1 dot 2]> <676D915F-F1C6-4875-B2FF-FE261372D789 at mac dot com>

On Apr 25, 2006, at 2:11 PM, Hans-Georg wrote:

Am 25.04.2006 um 21:46 schrieb Joseph J. Strout:

(Your app could open an app with a type of XXXX, *or* with no type and one of your defined extensions, but not an app with the right extension and a type of TEXT.)

May I guess that is a theoretical explanation which you didn't prove in code? A case of how it should be?


BBedit can open any TEXT file as long as it has a mac type regardless of extension.
So can Word.
It's how it's been supposed to work since the beginning of Mac time nearly.

Extensions are a new thing and really bugger up the system

Norman Palardy
OS X 10.4.6 / MacBook Pro 2.16Ghz MHz / 1Gb RAM




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