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Semi-solution for OS X
Authored by: VRic on Jul 20, '03 12:53:17PM

I doubt there is something as good as Default App for OS X, but you could at least save yourself trouble by changing every projectors' creator codes (of course patching Flash once and for all would be better, maybe it's possible somehow).

Just try not to steal the creator code from an existing application (checking your disks might prove insufficient since you distribute the projectors to others), or maybe steal one from a very old, very dead application that doesn't even create files to open, like some unknown game from the 68k era.

The best tool for that is FileTyper (OS 9, might work within Classic): will effortlessly build small droplets that can perform such modifications automatically, even on whole folders or disks by filtering affected files based on any possible attribute, from type code to mod date or name.

http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~dazuma/filetyper/

The cheaper way would be to write an AppleScript droplet for existing projectors and attach a similar folder action script to the location where you save projector files.



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