Icons for file types

I recently installed some plugins to allow Quicktime (and iTunes, I imagine) to handle the free OGG format of media. However, OGG files, when downloaded, are set to open in Toast Titanium and receive a Toast-esque icon appropriately. When I changed the files (and all future OGG files) to open with Quicktime, the icon changed to a generic Document icon (blank page with corner curled). I know I can change the icon of a particular file using Get Info. Assuming I find or create an icon to represent OGG files, how do I change all future OGG files' icons to reflect this? Back in Windows I think this was called "file associations", but I could be wrong—and files were certainly less flexible there, I don't think a file could have it's own individual icon unless it were executable.
Apple Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.8) 30G iPod Photo, Airport Express, Wireless Mighty Mouse

For the second tiem this week the answer to my problem with OS X is a re-boot. I'm used to that working on Windows but not on OS X. This kind of thing should not be happening but it is and it didn't used to happen.

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Changing the file icon will not enable Quicktime to play Matroska files. Changing the file suffix might.
It could be a 'difficult' form of Matroska file. FYI Matroska is just a container like MOV or AVI, and some mkv have the video encoded with Real Video Codec (RV9 RV10). Perian+QT can't decode this, but VLC will play .mkv files just fine on OS X, as long as they don't use H.264!
It's a bit of a lottery until Matroska decide to support the Apple platform. I have found this:
http://mkv4mac.free.fr/index.php?lang=en&p=lec
which may help.
But there may be another workaround: 1. Get Info the mkv file
2. Change to extension to wmv. Save as wmv and that could work better.
Or this link may be helpful:
http://www.squidoo.com/mkv-converter-mac
Recently, a poster (ZachP14) suggested this:
"There's a program called Plex that runs .mkv files awesome on my 2.0 ghz macbook."
http://www.plexapp.com/
Maybe worth a try?
More information here:
ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matroska

How to get File type icon for files store on Amazons3

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i want to know about how to get file type icons for files that we store on Amazons3.i am a devloper ,i want to make gui for accessing amazons3.
so ,i want to know about how to get file type icons for files that we store on Amazons3.
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hi,
have u heard amazon simple storage service,that provides storage space for
storing files, i am a devloper,i want to know the files that we store on amazon,how we can get file type icon for that files.
i want to sample code in java for this.
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Icon for file created by an app

I have an app, created with XDroplets, that launches IDLE to create Python scripts and the app has an icon that's different from IDLE's icon. I would like for the scripts created with IDLE *launched with this particular app* to have an icon that's different from the default system wide Python source file icon. How can I do this?

I think the answer lies buried deep inside some plist
file associated with the application.
You're right. Icons for document types created by an application can be specified in the Info.plist found in the application bundle. Xcode gives you a GUI for setting up the Info.plist entries but I suppose you could edit the Info.plist file directly.
See the Property List Key Reference that describes Info.plist entries. In particular you'll want to look at the CFBundleDocumentTypes array and the description of the keys contained within it.
For a "real life" example you may also want to look inside another application bundle to see how it's Info.plist is set up. TextEdit, for example, defines several document types in it's Info.plist.
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Changing The Preview Image for File Types

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If you have an image that you want to use, do a Get Info on it, select the image at the top of the box and then copy from the Edit menu. Then on your OpenOffice document do a Get Info and paste the image into the little image icon at the top of the Get Info box.

My mac says that it has 40 gb of movies on it but when i finder search for file size, and for file type it gives me no videos

My mac says that it has 40 gb of movies on it but when i finder search for file size, and for file type it gives me no videos or movies. I have called apple 3 times and each time they do the same thing and then do something that takes awhile to finish so we hang up and then it never works.
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each time they do the same thing
And what thing might that be?

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can I change the default app to open a specific file type for all users and not juist for my user?
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gil

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Changing application or program recognition for file types

I downloaded an .sit file and in my ignorance when prompted told iphoto to recognize this file type which of course it won't. I then downloaded Stuffit Expander, but when I click on the .sit file it still opens in iphoto. How do I tell the .sit file to open in another program?

Single click on the file rather than double click and then go to the file menu and select"get info" In the resulting box that comes up navigate to the "open with" disclosure triangle and change it from iPhoto to Stuffit.
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Need information for file type conversion from Oracle

Hi,
I need a scenario where there is third party tool which supports file types (.lnb (Link Notebook Chart),.anb(Analyst Notebook Analytical Chart),.anx(Analyst Notebook Exchange Chart),.tcv(Text Chart Visualisation))
I am having a Oracle database where I want to create a file from a Table so that the third party tool could understand
the file supported types.
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Hi,
If I use as:
DECLARE
fileHandler UTL_FILE.FILE_TYPE;
BEGIN
fileHandler := UTL_FILE.FOPEN('test_dir', 'test_file.tcv', 'W');
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UTL_FILE.FCLOSE(fileHandler);
EXCEPTION
WHEN utl_file.invalid_path THEN
raise_application_error(-20000, 'ERROR: Invalid PATH FOR file.');
END;
If I use the file naming convention i.e extension type as .tcv will it support ?
Thanks and Regards

JFileChooser Displays Garbage Icons for Files in 1.4.2-02

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How to rename "Kind" for file types

In finder, "Kind" describes file type. With my defaults
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.xls kind is "Microsoft Excel 97-2004 workbook"
.ppt kind is "Microsoft PowerPoint 97-2004 presentation"
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Where is this string stored? How can I edit it?
I am not trying to change the associated application, just the description under "Kind" in Finder for that application, or for the file type if that's how it's stored.
It was easy in Windows XP, surely there is a way in OS-X.
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Good answer, Barney, it worked. Thank you.
For anyone trying to do this, here's more exactly what I did to change the "Kind" description for ".doc" files:
In Finder, Applications folder, Microsoft Office 2008 folder, control-click Microsoft Word.app, select "Show Package Contents". In Contents folder, select info.plist.
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How to set different icon for different type of document

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In my repository, we have different kinds of document (crystal report, word document, excel, jpg ...) and we wanna show specific icon for each kind. In my used ResourceRender I cann't see where to change (rnd:icon?)
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Hi Ray Li,
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3. The path to the icons points (by default) to following directory on your KM server: usr\sap\SID\SYS\global\config\cm\etc\public\mimes\images
Here you can replace images or add some new.
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Setting software preference for file types

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Select an .avi file via the Finder and use Get Info for the file.
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