FW: How to put icons on other files (still problem)

[chuck hinkle]

I thought that I was having a RB problem, trying to get my app's icon on the
Valentina db that I create, but maybe this is a question that I'll have more
success with on this list.

After I do my SaveFolderItem  in RB, I execute:

  mygoDB.schemaversion = 1
  mygodb.creator = "Dash"
  if f <> nil then rc= mygoDB.create(f,1,4*1024)

mygoDB is a property that's defined as type goDB.
goDB is a class whose Super is VDatabase

What other steps do I need so that Finder recognizes that this file belongs
to my app and not to the Valentina Carbon program?

chuck


 
> 
> On May 5, 2004, at 10:57 PM, chuck hinkle wrote:
>> No, I don't understand it.
>> I can do a Get Info and see my program, and I can swap the icon. But
>> am I
>> creating the file with the wrong command. I'm using getsavefolderItem.
>> I'm
>> passing a custom filter. In Edit File Type, I've defined the custom
>> filter
>> and given it a MacCreator and MacType and Extension and icons. But the
>> file
>> that gets created with getsavefolditem has a Valentina Carbon icon and
>> wants
>> to run Valentina Carbon by default. It makes me really curious what
>> will
>> happen when a machine that doesn't have Valentina on it run the
>> program.
> 
> There's nothing special about the folderitem returned from
> GetSaveFolderitem. The filter is solely for configuring the dialog.
> 
> When you create a file, that creation mechanism is responsible for
> setting up the file type. CreateTextFile will always create it with
> TEXT and R*ch. CreateBinaryFile will create it with the type you give
> it. Other mechanisms may or may not set the creator and file type.
> 
> So, in the end, you are responsible for changing it to your type if it
> isn't the desired type after you create the file.
> 
> HTH,
> Jon
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jonathan Johnson
> Testing Department
> REAL Software, Inc.
> 
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