[X Newbies] Linking Files to Applications [Was: Disk Utility/RESOLVED [TID]]

[Vincent Cayenne]

At 12:51 PM -0500 1/21/04, Alex wrote:
>There's some misunderstanding here.

Alex, you're wrong. She does not misunderstand you but you do her the 
disservice of doubting her without trying the exercise.

A document which has not yet been assigned (such as one coming in as 
an attachment), and whose extension is suffixed by the quote mark, 
will not be assigned to an application. So her report as to what she 
observed is entirely and demonstrably correct.

Try this: Create a new document in AppleWorks. Save it. Make sure the 
extension (.cwk) is visible. Now, in the Finder, change the extension 
to .doc. When prompted, confirm the switch. If you have MS Office 
installed, the icon will change and the document will now be bound to 
MS Word. Now change the extension to .doc". The icon will not change. 
Change the extension once more - to .cwk". The icon will remain 
unchanged. And one last change - remove the trailing quote, leaving 
just .cwk. Voila! You'll be prompted and if you confirm the change, 
the icon will be an AppleWorks document icon and the document will 
open in that application when double-clicked.
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