johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu (Bill Johnston) (03/31/91)
Hyperpeople! I am looking for an external that can set the file and
creator attributes of a file. I have tried using Larry Wolfarth's
"ChangeFileType" xfcn from the "Developer Stack v.1.3", but am having
trouble getting it to work from within a script.
This works when typed into the message box:
ChangeFileType("HD40:TempFolder:foo.txt", TEXT, ALFA)
"NoError: File TYPE/Creator changed" is put into the message box,
and the file type and creator are properly set.
If the same thing is put into a button script:
on mouseUp
ChangeFileType("HD40:TempFolder:foo.txt", TEXT, ALFA)
end mouseUp
the script fails with "Expected ")" but found ",".
What am I doing wrong? Is there another external that will do the job?
I am trying to create a stack that will do batch operations on text
files -- everything else works except this!
If the topic is of interest to others, I'll summarize.
-- Bill Johnston (johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu)
-- 38 Chambers St.; Newark, DE 19711; (302)368-1949 johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu (William D. Johnston) (04/01/91)
My novice question: why doesn't this script work? >on mouseUp > ChangeFileType("HD40:TempFolder:foo.txt", TEXT, ALFA) >end mouseUp The answer: ChangeFileType is an XFCN, not an XCMD. It must be invoked with "get" or "put". "get ChangeFileType(arg1,arg2,arg3) works file. Thanks to Chris Stluka and others for helpful suggestions. -- Bill Johnston (johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu)