Text files on Windows

[Ray Horsley]

Shari,

I thought I'd also add that you can set the fileType on Macs.  For example,
if you set the fileType to "MCRDMSTK" and then do your open, write, and
close, it'll look like a MetaCard stack and, when double-clicked, try to
open in MetaCard.  To see various fileTypes (creator and type, 4 letters
each) open ResEdit, click on File, and choose Get File/Folder info.

> Shari,
> 
> For windows you need to use a file extension which tells the Windows OS what
> app to open. If you just write a file called "MyStuff", it will look generic
> and won't open in an app when you double-click it (you'll get an "Open
> with..." dialog box). If you name it "MyStuff.txt", it will launch Notepad
> when you double-click it (unless the user has mapped the ".txt" extension to
> another app).
> 
> Ken Ray
> Sons of Thunder Software
> Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
> Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shari" <gypsyware at earthlink.net>
> To: <metacard at lists.runrev.com>
> Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 9:01 AM
> Subject: Text files on Windows
> 
> 
>> open file someFile
>> write something to file someFile
>> close file someFile
>> 
>> On a Mac, this creates a generic Simpletext file.
>> 
>> What does it create on Windows?  And what Windows programs can open
>> and read it?
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