How do i set a default group (not staff) for new files?

by default, new files created from within applications appear to be assigned group "staff", regardless of the folder in which they are being created.
i want new files to inherit the group of the folder in which they are being created. if i create a new file from the terminal command-line, this works. note that it also works when creating new folders from the finder and "save as" dialogue boxes.
how do i get this to work for new files saved from all applications?
thanks.

I usually use the .NET method myself, but if I were forced to poll I would do something like this.  I use a variant to hold the list of filenames.  I would only poll the folder info, when it has been modified then do the Folder List.  Any new files are spotted when the variant attribute does not exist (Replace = FALSE), and this is added to the array.

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