No, Packtype is only for MacOS and not for Windows.
On Windows machines the packagetypes are simply identified by the filename
ending. (.pkg)
But that is not the problem here.
There was/is a small tiny utility called "strip.exe" which may resolves some
of the problems related to .pkg files on Windows machines.
...mike
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Palmer [mailto:tcpalmer@netvision.net.il]
> Sent: vendredi, 18. février 2000 20:00
> To: newtontalk@planetnewton.com
> Subject: Re: NTLK PKG recognition on WIN98
>
>
> Am I wrong in thinking the app you are after is "packtype" which
> is somewhere
> on the now controversial Newtonmad archive... still available through the
> Danish Newton Users Group. It corrects the create and file type
> info I think...
> right?
>
> Tim
>
> "Kari Heber, MD" wrote:
>
> > After the following responses, let me clarify:
> >
> > >Check NewtonTalk archive at [...]
> > I have checked the archive using "pkg" "strip" & "stripper" without any
> > luck. I had remembered the thread as well and thought that the package
> > was called something similar to package stripper (or something
> like that).
> > No luck with the NewtonTalk archives. I then searched many
> developers web
> > pages (I thought that this was something that Hardy Macia had developed)
> > but couldn't find it anywhere I looked. General search using yahoo and
> > netscape "package stripper" only got me XXX pages. Any other ideas on
> > search words, I would appreciate.
> >
> > >It sounds to me like you have your StuffIt settings wrong. Did you use
> > >StuffIt? If you have NBU or some other transfer software, your
> PKG files
> > >should be recognized just fine. Do they show the package icon?
> If so, the
> > >problem is almost certainly your StuffIt settings.
> > The problem is not with Stuffit. I have no problems when I download and
> > decompress from .sit, .hqx, or .zip files. The problem is when
> I download a
> > .pkg file directly (a couple of programs I wanted to try were only
> > available this way). When I then try to load onto my MP2100 I
> get the error
> > that it is not a recognised package.
> >
> > If any still has the earlier thread available (I had deleted it), please
> > mail a copy of one message to me off line, and I will go back to the
> > archives and read it.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Kari
> >
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