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From: Greg@AppleLink.Apple.Com (Greg Marriott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: MPW and modifying file resources
Message-ID: <12679@goofy.Apple.COM>
Date: 22 Mar 91 13:24:09 GMT
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In article <1991Mar22.153520.9888@cc.newcastle.edu.au>, cegrw@cc.newcastle.edu.au writes:
> 
> I'm transferring files backwards and forwards off other machines frequently
> and want the easiest way to modify the finder resources of the file so
> that when I double click on them they fire MPW. I don't see any obviuos way
> to do that in MPW with a script. Don't suggest Resedit since we are talking
> mega files here.

It's easy from MPW:

For aFile in `files disk:folderWhereTheFilesAre`
  SetFile -t TEXT -c 'MPS ' {aFile}
End

This will turn them all into MPW Shell documents.

Greg Marriott
Blue Meanie
Apple Computer, Inc.