Open with, Canghe all fails

Hello,
I'm trying to change the default application to handle .pgn files.
The new default application is a compiled applescript droplet.
If for a specific file.pgn change the application to open with, then doubleclicking the file opens with the new app.
However, if I hit the change all button to modify the default app for ll .pgn files, it does not work. The open with apps defaults back to empty and nothing is changed.
Any idea?
Tried also a couple of the preference panes addon to handle file associations, but they seem broken in Leopard...

An excellent commentary which will answer the un-asked question for many.
I still think that iTunes for many including myself has considerable appeal. As an Australian obtaining the US Tax File Number is a bit of a hurdle which comes at a not insignificant cost and that is simply to get the proof of identify documents properly notarised.
I am not sure why Apple what you to jump this hurdle given that Blurb have no such requirement for non-USA citizens to publish in their Bookstore.
In Australia our law dictates that if you are a publisher then the book is deemed to have been published in the State in which you are domicile [permaned place of residence]. In that case as a publisher I am regulated by the State of Victoria and the Australian Federal Government.
ecommerce certainly throws up some interenst issues. Ant..

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Stuart Mchattie wrote:
Thanks NeroWolf,
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Hi everybody,
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Thanks for the speedy response. However, I read the article for which you provided the link, and I hve also read many other articles that I found via search, but I don't think these will help me. All of these articles seem to assume that (1) you have a handheld to which you can sync and thereby rebuild the database on the PC, or (2) you have a backup that you created via the Palm Desktop export function. Unfortunately, I have neither and so I don't think any of these solutions will work for me.
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was hoping for something more definitive... something more like what the feature "open with [for all]" is designed to do.
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