file.setType
| Syntax |
file.setType (path, type)
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| Params |
path is a legal path name to the file whose type you wish to set. type is a string4 value identifying the type of the file, which in turn determines how the application that created the file interprets or deals with it.
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| Action |
Changes the type of the file.
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| Returns |
True when the file's type is successfully set, false otherwise.
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| Examples |
file.setType ("System:tmp", 'TEXT') » true
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| Platform Notes |
This verb is only implemented in the Mac OS version of Frontier.
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| Notes |
When you create a new file in Frontier with file.new, you must usually set its type using file.setType before the file can be used by another application.
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| See Also |
file.type
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