How to put icons on other files (still problem)

[chuck hinkle]

Okay, either I'm blind or too ignorant to see what's wrong. I've used Xray.
When I first create the file, it has parameters:
  Creator - Dash
  Extension - <none>
  Type - Vdsc
  Bound to Valentina Carbon
After I go to Get Info and specify that my program should open it, I see:
  Creator - Dash
  Extension - <none>
  Type - Vdsc
  Bount to Slingshot

If I review the file type and icon in RB, my
 Mac Creator = Dash
 Mac Type = Vdsc
 Extension = .gdb

So is the problem coming from not having a file extension?




> It's a common mistake to switch the type and creator in the RB File Type
> dialog. Also -- the type and creator are case sensitive. You might check
> these two items in the file type dialog and your db create statement.
> 
> If that doesn't get you going, try this:
> Create a new data file. Open it using either Xray or Filetype (do a google
> or look on versiontracker). They are both shareware. Either of these
> programs will show the file type and creator as set by your program. If that
> doesn't get you going, change the program to be launched using Get Info as
> you describe below.  Xray/Filetype it again to see what has changed in your
> file type and creator. This should point you to the necessary changes.
> 
> Keith
> 
>> That part's been done, too.
>> But after I create the file, it has the Valentina Carbon icon. I can go to
>> Get Info, and one of the other choices is to use my program to open it.
>> After I do that, then the icon changes to the one I've created in RB. But I
>> don't want my users to have to do that every time they create a data file.
>> chuck
>> 
>>> Hi Chuck,
>>> Select File Types from the Edit menu and create a file type, creator and
>>> extension for you database (and index and/or other Valentina files if you
>>> don't use a single file).
>>> 
>>> If you're deploying on Windows, you'll also want to call
>>> ValentinaSetExtensions right after you set the creator. Windows knows
>>> nothing of Mac file type and creator so the only way to differentiate your
>>> files from Valentina's is to use different extensions.
>>> 
>>> HTH,
>>> 
>>> Keith DeLong
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> 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.
>>>> 
>