stackFileType | |||||||
Type | property | ||||||
Dictionary | LCS | ||||||
Library | LiveCode Script | ||||||
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Summary | Specifies the creator signature and file type for saved stack files. | ||||||
Introduced | 1.0 | ||||||
OS | mac | ||||||
Platforms | desktop, server | ||||||
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Related | Keyword: binfile, file, URL, characters, character, resfile Property: fileType Command: create stack, save, open file Function: stacks, files Glossary: property, stack file, creator signature, type signature, standalone application, command Object: stack | ||||||
Description | Use the stackFileType property to ensure that stacks that a standalone application creates are recognized by the operating system as belonging to the standalone. When a file is saved on a Mac OS system, a 4-character file type and 4-character creator signature are saved with it. The creator signature specifies which application owns the file, and the file type is used to determine which applications (other than the owner) can work with the file.
The stackFileType property is used to set the filetype and creator for stack files your application creates with the save command. (To specify the type signature|file type and creator for files created by the open file command or by putting data into a file, binfile, or resfile URL that doesn't yet exist, use the fileType property instead.) The setting of this property has no effect on Unix and Windows systems.
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Tags | file system |