File associations in Panther

[Ian Wood]

On 27 Feb 2004, at 01:01, Mark Talluto wrote:

>
> On Feb 26, 2004, at 1:08 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
>
>> I'm using the same standalone building process I've used for the last 
>> year, only now on Panther my standalones won't recognize my custom 
>> document types.
>>
>> Also, when I modify the core engine name within the MacOS folder and 
>> then edit my plist to match, in earlier versions of OS X this was how 
>> I got the process name to match the bundle name, only in Jaguar the 
>> same steps I'd used successfully before no longer work -- now the app 
>> simply doesn't launch.
>>
>> Have any of you successfully assigned custom document types to a Rev 
>> standalone under Panther w/ Rev 2.1?  If so, what are you doing 
>> differently than you had done under Jaguar?
>
> I sometimes have to stuff the standalone.  Then delete the original.  
> Then unstuff to get it all to work again.  On really bad cases, I file 
> transfer the standalone to another mac and then bring it back.  This 
> always does the trick.
>
> -- 
> Best regards,
> Mark Talluto
>

As I mentioned recently on the list, deleting the standalone and then 
dragging it back out of the Trash does the same.

Ian