macos classic filetype list?

[barana]

gday,

I'm learning hypercard from an old tutorial off the net,

the picture xcmd script example tells me to request a filetype of 192.

is there a list with filetype numbers out there on the net?

I thought macos only dealt with type/creator codes but this seems a different thing altogether

may i ask some kind persons help? thx

-Barana

 

[Arthegall]

It would help me if I knew a little more about the tutorial and the example you're working with.

 

[dougg3]

I used to use HyperCard all the time back in the day, so I took a look to see if I could find the tutorial you're talking about. It looks like the tutorial you're using is this one, which relates to HyperCard IIgs. Am I right?

I think that the Apple II file system worked differently from the Mac's, at least as far as file types went. For example, file type 192 ($C0) is an "Apple IIGS Super Hi-Res Picture File" according to this PDF.

For Macs, I think you can say:

answer file "Select a picture:" of type "BLAH"

for a file with a 4-byte type code of "BLAH".

 

[barana]

@dougg3

man u hit the nail on the head!

u even drew from the correct page!

thx mate, very much that was a succinct and perfect help!

tis easy to forget the differences, it didnt sound right re type and creator codes, but at the same time, numerical filetypes didnt sound wrong, either.

 

[dougg3]

Glad I was able to help! Have fun with HyperCard!