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From: ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: question about file types in 6.0.x
Message-ID: <1991Mar20.161141.3176@waikato.ac.nz>
Date: 20 Mar 91 03:11:40 GMT
References: <66223@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> <12608@goofy.Apple.COM>
Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
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In article <12608@goofy.Apple.COM>, Greg@AppleLink.Apple.Com (Greg Marriott)
suggests clearing a spuriously-set bundle bit in order to solve a problem
with incorrect document icons.

The trouble is, won't there still be an "application" entry in the
desktop database, pointing to the document that had the bundle bit
set? This is the entry that says that, when the user double-clicks on
a document of type "SFX!", the Finder is to launch the application
"SoundEdit". Greg also suggests clearing the "Inited" bit as well,
but my impression was all that bit did was tell the Finder that the icon
hadn't been assigned a position in its containing window yet.

The problem with having that spurious application entry, is that
when you try double-clicking on a sound file, the Finder will try
to launch "I'll be back", discover it isn't an application, and
give you the "application is busy or missing" message. I think this
will continue to happen even after you've cleared the bundle bit
on "I'll be back".

The only easy way to get rid of the spurious application entry
is to trash the file it points to. No point trying to duplicate
it first in the Finder, as that will just result in another
application entry pointing to the duplicate.

My technique for deleting the application entry while keeping the file
was to do the duplicate with some other file utility. If you're not
running MultiFinder, then it's easy enough to clear the bundle bit
on the duplicate, quit back to the Finder, and trash the original
from there (don't use the file utility to delete the troublesome
original, or it'll leave the application entry behind).

If you're running MultiFinder, then you have to clear the bundle
bit on the duplicate before the Finder sees it. If the volume/folder
window containing the file is closed, there's no problem. Otherwise,
you have to be quick.

Another simple answer: open the offending sound file with SoundEdit
(or some other sound-editing program), and save it under a different
name. The new copy won't have the bundle bit set. Then trash the original.

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