[Pythonmac-SIG] associating file types and applications...

[Tom Pollard]

On Mar 31, 2004, at 1:48 PM, Daniel Greenblatt wrote:
> Thanks for the quick response Bob, I'm not sure this solves my problem
> though (looking at my original email, I see it can be taken several
> ways)...
>
> My understanding that although the Info.plist file informs the OS of 
> what
> type of files a particular application bundle knows how to handle, it
> doesnt necessarily tell the OS that it should use that particular
> application when a file of that type is encountered....

The default app to use when opening a document is a property of the 
Finder.  Users can always reassign particular document types to the app 
of their choosing using the Info window.  So, I'm not sure it would be 
considered "playing nice" to override that preference for an existing 
filetype.  I imagine if you introduce a new filetype, your app will 
automatically be the default app for opening those files.  That's just 
my impression of how things work - I'm not an expert.

Cheers,

Tom