Hello Vernon LeMoignan,
Can you tell me where can I find the Package Autotyper?
thanks
Ed
On Saturday, September 29, 2001, at 05:47 AM, Vernon LeMoignan wrote:
>
> Hi! I'm a newbie, just got my 2100 (upgraded from120).
>
> I had the same problem with packages downloaded in X.
> I downloaded a program called Package Autotyper.
>
> Once installed you just drag and drop your package on to the Autotyper
> application icon and it changes the box icon to a newton package icon.
>
> I have tried it with several errant package and so far it has worked
> every
> time.
>
> *NOTE I only tried this conversion after booting into os9.2 native. I
> don't
> know if you can do it in X
>
>> From: "Laurent Daudelin" <laurent_daudelin_at_fanniemae.com>
>> Reply-To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
>> Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 15:06:55 -0400
>> To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
>> Subject: Re: [NTLK] Newton Software: download problems
>>
>>
>> on 9/28/01 1:56 PM, Edward Cheung at edwardcheung_at_mac.com wrote:
>>
>>> Whenever I download a pkg. I was unable to install it in the newton.
>>> I am using OS X and the pkg show up as a " box" type of icon on the
>>> desktop
>>> So, what is the correct way of installing the software?
>>
>> That's because one way that OS X uses to determine what kind of file is
>> being created/downloaded/saved in the file system is the file
>> extension.
>> But, pkg is already the standard file extension for OS X package, that
>> you
>> use to install system updates and applications. One thing you can try,
>> in OS
>> X.1 is to get info on one of your Newton package, while in the Finder,
>> then
>> in the info window that appears, switch to "Open with application".
>> Then,
>> there, you will be able to set NCU as the default application. What I
>> don't
>> know, however, is whether this change will affect all true OS X
>> packages.
>> What I mean is that if you want later to install an OS X package
>> application, and double-click on it, it might well launch NCU to open
>> the
>> file. There's some ambiguity with that extension thing, because the
>> file
>> type and creator is still supported in OS X. So, what I'm guessing is
>> that
>> if the file type and creator are already set, then the Finder will use
>> that
>> information. However, if the file is, for example, downloaded from the
>> internet, it is possible that it had lost the file type and creator.
>> In such
>> case, maybe the Finder will use the file extension to determine the
>> file
>> type and creator. That's just speculation, as you can see... But if
>> you want
>> to try it, you will know for sure when you have an OS X package that
>> you
>> want to install...
>>
>> -Laurent.
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