Re: AppleWorks --> Mac

[carrk@pilotc.msu.edu (Kevin M. Carr)]

In article <dempson-1408961854060001@dempson.actrix.gen.nz>,
dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:

> In article <carrk-1208961659420001@kagunij3.bch.msu.edu>,
> carrk@pilotc.msu.edu (Kevin M. Carr) wrote:
 
[Snipped: discussion about problems setting binary encoded Filetype and
Auxtype for ProDOS files on a Mac]

> >ResEdit will accept these strange characters as is; the problem is how can
> >you correct them since you can't type these characters from the keyboard.
> >So long as you have one good AWP (or ASP or ADB) file still on your Mac
> >hard drive you can open the info window in ResEdit, copy the filetype info
> >and then paste that into filetype entry for the damaged files.
> 
> Snitch can do this as well.
> 
> Perhaps a little Mac "ProDOS File Type Setter" utility program might be
useful?
> 
> (A simple user interface which provides fields to select standard ProDOS
> file types and auxiliary types from pop-ups or by entering arbitrary
> hexadecimal values, getting the database from GS/OS's FType.Apple file,
> though distributing that file may require licensing...)
> 

After posting the previous article, I thought of writing a utility just as
you described.  Then I remembered that I can barely program my //e, let
alone a Mac. ;-)

-- 
Kevin M. Carr
Research Assistant
Department of Biochemistry
Michigan State University