Re: DOS file name mapping

Steve Hyman(steveh[at]practech.com)
Thu, 2 Jul 1998 16:50:08 -0400

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I think the software below will provide you with the list of DOS
extension to mac application you require:
>* Where can I get an text file (or can be exported to a text file) of
>DOS extension to mac application mappings? All the sources I've found
>include the information difficult-to-extract formats (e.g., Win95
>registry, PC Exchange on the Mac, Dos*Rename, Cross Platform, etc). I
>want to be able to tell my users what files extensions to use when
>naming the file on a Mac.
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>From the Evangelist mailist:

This announcement is from:
Ilan Szekely, <ilans@vms.huji.ac.il>
Announcing the new release of:
Type / Creator Database v3.2
By Ilan Szekely
Programming: Daniel Azuma
Much of the data: Nikolas Kovalenko

June 1998

Background
Every Macintosh program has two four character codes associated with
it - its Type and Creator. The latter is unique to each program and
enables the Finder to attach documents to their parent applications.
This database tries to compile as many codes as possible. It is
presented as a stand-alone application, easy to use.
NEW
291 new entries, giving a total of 18154 code pairs and about 1700 have
PC equivalent extension codes.
1. The database now includes equivalent PC Extension codes for about 10%
of the entries. 2. A new set of PC related databases is now included. 3.
All new versions are now locked by passwords.

Shareware fee ($15) is now payable via KAGI.
URL Pointers to my [download] sites:
<http://www.angelfire.com/il/szekely/index.html>
<http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Bay/5677/index.html>
Special comments for the EvangeList Digest:
This is almost the only public source of Type/Creator data. It inludes
now code-pairs for
* over 6000 applications, about 860 of them are games.
* 625 INITs
* 630 CDEVs
* 100 Movie files
* over 470 graphic files
* ca 1700 PC equivalent extension codes.

I asure you this (list of 18154 code pairs) is only a partial list...
Who says there is no software for MACs ?

Cameron T. Murray
3M Industrial Tape and Specialties Division
Building 230-2E-11
612-736-9294
ctmurray@mmm.com

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