Re: Disappearing GS/OS filetypes caused by Print 3200?

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spector@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector) writes:

>	I've been having a problem with filetypes disappearing in
>Finder 6.0.1 for over a week. That is when I select 'View by Kind'
>within a window or request specific file information using 'Icon Info', 
>there is a blank space shown. Not all filetypes are affected, only 
>certain kinds such as: "Unknown", "Icons", "Macintosh Application", 
>"Applesoft BASIC program", "Finder data", etc. Other filetype remain
>unaffected.

>	I finally tracked down the source of the problem, it seems to be
>BRCC's "Print 3200" program. After it's installed on one of my partitions
>it updates the Desktop file in the /Icons folder (or creates one if none
>exists). Copyright information and the path the program is located is 
>added to the Desktop file. The problem is, as soon as this occurs, I 
>experience the problem described above -- a blank space replaces certain
>filetypes in the Finder. If I purge the Desktop file it's created, the
>problem is gone, but _returns_ as soon as I launch Print 3200 again (it
>updates the Desktop file each time). Can someone tell me if this is a bug
>in Print 3200 or perhaps something else with my setup? 

I think there's a bug in Finder 6.0.1 (and maybe 6.0) in the handling of
rBundles.  I haven't ever had time to investigate it, but I think the Finder
doesn't like it when an rBundle makes a reference to a filetype without
supplying a name for that filetype.  In this case the Finder is supposed to
ignore this blank name and use another rBundle's name for the filetype or
the Finder's built-in name for the filetype.  Instead, it appears that the
Finder doesn't do this, but instead thinks that it should go ahead and use
the blank name.





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