[X Newbies] Making PDF files readable in v5.0 for 9

[Vincent Cayenne]

At 12:29a -0500 2003.02.21, TheMacintoshLady wrote:
>But now I know
>the reason why you can't just double-click it when it's moved to OS 9 --
>it does not have the icon, clicking it results in "application that
>created it can not be found" error......due to the fact that X does NOT
>employ RESOURCE FORKS which are the genius behind the Mac in that you
>don't have to "associate" files with their creator types, the computer
>just somehow reads that information and you just double click on it
>knowing it is going to OPEN in the proper application. The icon tells you
>so.

So, as asked previously, what was the _name_ of the file created? Did 
you use the three-letter so that the file ended with ".pdf"? Because 
OS 9 is supposed to use the file name mapping in lieu of resource 
fork information. That's how come you were always able to 
double-click on files from all the other platforms that didn't use 
resource forks or, more correctly, TYPE/CREATOR metadata. Or is 
something amiss with the OS 9 box?
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