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- Joseph Pena said the following:
- >
- [...]
- > I have also discovered that when I try to download a file from a
- >Macintosh BBS, that neither Macindos nor Executor recognizes the file. I
- >have called Apple Computer, Inc. and told them this problem. The
- >representative told me that the creator signature is somehow lost.
- [...]
-
- Here is how I handle this situation. Within Executor, I run Compact Pro
- and create and save an empty archive file called sample.cpt. I quit
- Executor and copy the file %sample.cpt (i.e. the resource fork) to
- a file called %cpt.header. Whenever I have a Compact pro archive which
- I've obtained in some manner which led to the loss of the resource fork
- (which contains the creator and other info), I copy the %cpt.header file
- over. For example, if I have CoolDemo.cpt, I copy %cpt.header to
- %CoolDemo.cpt. After that, Compact pro is happy to load the file.
- Naturally, the same thing can be done with archives from Stuffit or
- other programs.
-
- --Bill
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