Re: The Holy Grail of MacOS/Windows compatibility

Steve Hyman(steveh[at]practech.com)
Tue, 30 Jun 1998 17:24:38 -0400

-----Original Message-----
From: Harris Meyers [mailto:HarrisM@npcconsult.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 1998 5:18 PM
Subject: Re: The Holy Grail of MacOS/Windows compatibility

Not a real time solution, but have you looked at NameCleaner by
Sig Software http://www.sigsoftware.com
Manipulates file names for DOS, Windows 3.x, 95, NT, Unix, NetWare and
other foreign file systems. Can add Macintosh Type/Creator codes to
files with definable PC/Unix extensions. Can remove non-viewable
characters, such as "smart" quotes, and pad out punctuation marks (with
exclusions). Append information (size, date and type) about individual
files and apply a dictionary for type phrases.
Another possible solution is Drop Rename by Chaotic Software,
http://www.chaoticsoftware.com/
Drop Rename performs many different types of renaming operations on
files and folders. It lets you create custom self-running scripts called
"Renamelets," supports conversion to DOS naming formats, conditional
renaming, wildcard search and remove, file numbering, and more. Fully
multi-threaded so it runs great in the background.
By the way, the descriptions of both of these products comes from
MacWindows, http://www.macwindows.com/ A great resource for anybody
interested in integrating Macs and Windows.
Good Luck
Harris

At 03:45 PM 6/30/98 -0400, Steve Hyman wrote:
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: winmac@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu
>[mailto:winmac@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Simons
>Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 1998 3:26 PM
>To: winmac@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu
>Subject: The Holy Grail of MacOS/Windows compatability
>
>I've been looking for an extension to map out the "bad" characters from
>Mac file names to make life more cross-platform friendly. (For example:
>something to keep my Mac users from typing a "/" in a file name. NT
>doesn't like that.) Any ideas?
>Any programmers out there? I assume it would be a quick extension since
>the Mac already maps out the color character from Mac file names. So it
>would be a case of adding to the existing code.
>Thanks!
>
>
>Rob Simons
>Toolbox Studios, Inc.
>3346 Cadbury Dr.
>San Antonio, TX 78247
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>210-490-6848
>
>My comparison of the G3/300 versus the Pentium II 300 can be found at
>www.toolbox.net/300vs300
>www.toolbox.net
>"That which does not kill us, only makes us stronger."
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