"File Type Codes" in OS-X

I've just learned that these codes were probably discontinued after OS-9. Here's why I care:
I have many QuickMail messages saved to various places on my hard disk. While I can still run QM, this surely will not be possible much longer. What I'd like to do is to change all those files to TEXT files, so I can always count on being able to read them. I thought I could use spot light to search for the QuickMail file type code then somehow change it to TEXT [or to that of Apple Mail, my present client], but that was OS 9 and other utilities, not X. Another problem is now I don't even know the QuickMail file type code.

Regarding QuickMail, AFAIK the format was not plain text (see this format description). If you have serious stuff to convert (rather than just a few messages), take a look at Email Alchemy. You may find additional options on the eMailman site.
Regarding type and creator codes, there's quite a bit of confusion about them. These are two 4-character codes used by Mac OS to determine what a file is (type) and what application created it (creator). They are metadata, and they are not "embedded" in the file; rather, they are maintained in a distinct database. Mac OS X still used them (alongside other methods), but, in Tiger, they were officially replaced by UTIs. They were still honoured by the OS until SL, when OS support for the creator code was dropped. (Sparking a fascinating controversy among Mac afficionados.) Both codes are still there, and you can see or change them with a suitable app (eg, Quick Change), but only the type code does anything useful -- if no other file metadata is available (such as filename extension), Mac OS X will use it.
Keep in mind that the type code is metadata -- changing it does not change anything in the file itself. For instance, you can change the type code from TEXT to JPEG, but that doesn't mean you've magically transmogrified plain text into a picture. You've merely told the OS to treat this file as a picture, which will cause an error.

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these doc files (from the Mac) and do some manipulations on the files and then save them. I have a macro which works as long as all the files are Doc files so if I can detect the file type in my macro I can skip the non-Doc files and process only
the Doc files.
Is there a way in a vba for word macro to detect a file type other than by the file extension? Or if that can't be done can I put error trapping on my Open statement that will catch an attempt to Open a non-Doc type file?
Thanks
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If your code is running on Windows and you are in a position to install software on it, you
may be able to get reasonably reliable detection using dsofile.dll, which you can get here:
I really do not know whether it will work with files stored or create on Mac (and in any case, if these are old Mac .doc files, you may find that Windows Word cannot open them anyway.
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Document doc2 = (Document) promptFlux2;
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java.util.List audioInputStreamList = new java.util.ArrayList();
javax.sound.sampled.AudioInputStream ais1 = null;
javax.sound.sampled.AudioInputStream ais2 = null;
javax.sound.sampled.AudioInputStream aisTemp = null;
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java.io.File fichierTemp = java.io.File.createTempFile("wav", "tmp");
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formatAudio = ais1.getFormat();
aisTemp = javax.sound.sampled.AudioSystem.getAudioInputStream(doc2.getInputStream());
byte[] bufferTemp = new byte[(int)ais1.getFrameLength()];
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java.io.ByteArrayInputStream baisTemp = new java.io.ByteArrayInputStream(bufferTemp);
ais2 = new javax.sound.sampled.AudioInputStream(baisTemp, formatAudio, bufferTemp.length/formatAudio.getFrameSize());
audioInputStreamList.add(ais1);
audioInputStreamList.add(ais2);
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Here are the additional lines I wrote to do this:
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System.out.println("Destination file format: " + (AudioSystem.getAudioFileFormat((java.io.File)f)).toString());
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System.out.println("Is WAVE format supported by destination file: " + AudioSystem.isFileTypeSupported(AudioFileFormat.Type.WAVE, aisFinal));
try {
// Ecriture du flux résultant dans un fichier
javax.sound.sampled.AudioSystem.write(mixer, formatFichierAudio.getType(), fichierTemp);
return fichierTemp;
catch (Exception e) {
System.err.println("Caught Exception: " + e.getMessage());
Which gives the following result during execution:
file1 audio file format: WAVE (.wav) file, byte length: 146964, data format: ULAW 8000.0 Hz, 8 bit, mono, 1 bytes/frame, , frame length: 146906
file1 file format: ULAW 8000.0 Hz, 8 bit, mono, 1 bytes/frame,
file2 file format: ULAW 8000.0 Hz, 8 bit, mono, 1 bytes/frame,
AIS with modified volume file format: ULAW 8000.0 Hz, 8 bit, mono, 1 bytes/frame,
Mixed AIS (final) file format: ULAW 8000.0 Hz, 8 bit, mono, 1 bytes/frame,
Mixed AIS (final) #1 supported file format: WAVE
Mixed AIS (final) #2 supported file format: AU
Mixed AIS (final) #3 supported file format: AIFF
Is WAVE format supported by Mixed AIS (final): true
Destination file format: WAVE (.wav) file, byte length: 146952, data format: ULAW 8000.0 Hz, 8 bit, mono, 1 bytes/frame, , frame length: 146906
Is WAVE format supported by destination file: true
So everything tends to show that the format should be supported and the mixed AIS should be written to the file... but I still get the error.
I am really confused here, if someone could help it would be great.
Thanks in advance!
PS: I have attached print screens of the actual script, without the "volume adjustment" code.

Hi,
well I started writing a similar solution but it did not work either so I just put it on hold.
I also tried to get hold of the streaming "device" abstraction of UCCX to adjust the volume while "playing" but that was a dead end, too, unfortunately.
Sorry about my previous comment on your StackOverflow post, that time I thought it was kind of out of context but I believe you only wanted to ask about this issue on all available forums.
G.

Can not select a PDF file in the file uploader window after clicking the Browse... button for a file type input element.

After upgrading to 5 (this worked in 4) I can not select a PDF file in the File Upload dialog that appears when I click the Browse button next to an HTML file type input element. The specific HTML element source code has the attribute: ACCEPT="image/*". I can select image files such as jpg, png, tiff, etc. But not PDF. This worked great in Furefox 4 and works in the latest version of Safari.
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Hi Purush
Unfortunately we couldn't solve the problem. Our IT specialist checked it with SAP directly. SAP doesn't support the SAP KW solution anymore. Therefore we checked-in the document in ".doc"-Format.

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Hi,
I wonder if any body can help i am new to web application
development, I am developing an asp application in dreamweaver 8,
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browse button at the end of the field which works fine,
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The OS just watch the extension of the file.Not always. If you create a word doc but name it with
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if i take foo.exe and i rename foo.doc so my OSwill
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File type associations limit in WP8.1

Hi everyone!
I'm building a music app for WP8.1 called Teh Jukebox. I am aiming to support many music file formats.
I am however running into a huge problem due to the file type limit at certification time, only allowing 20 file types to be registered with an app.
The reason it is a problem is because I want to make a music app that plays many music file formats, from lossy types like mp3 to lossless types like flac, along with chiptune formats such as nes, spc and vgz. Secondly I want the app to be able to
display album art, and the album art may be in jpg format or png or gif.
After I added support for chiptune formats I went over the limit and the certification tool told me that the app failed certification as it went over the limit.
Here is a breakdown of the current file type support:
lossy:
mp3
ogg
m4a
aac
wma
lossless:
wav
flac
album art:
png
gif
jpg
jpeg
Playlist:
m3u
m3u8
chiptune:
kss
spc
vgm
vgz
gbs
nsf
nsfe
sap
ay
hes
As you can see I'm over the limit at 23.
If I don't put each file type inside my Package.appxmanifest file as a File Type Association declaration when I call StorageFolder.GetFilesAsync() I don't get the files in the list, even though they are in that folder.
The code is all done and the formats all work but because of this limit my app can't currently be certified!
So my question is can the limit be extended for certain apps (up to 30 would be fine!) or is there some way to add more file types that I don't know?
Thanks all for your help
-Alister.

Hello Alister,
I am not aware of any way to extend the 20 file extension limit. However, the other thing to keep in mind is
certain file extensions are reserved by the OS and any declarations you place in the manifest will be ignored. MP3, MP4, WAV, WMV are all reserved by the OS, for
example. The above link contains the full list.
There are two types of reserved file types: file types reserved for Windows Phone built-in apps and file types reserved for the operating system. When a file type reserved for a built-in app is launched, only the built-in app will launch. Any attempt
to register your app with that file type is ignored. Similarly, any attempt to register your app with a file type reserved for the operating system also will be ignored.
-Eric
Windows and Windows Phone Dev Center Support
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