Re: [MacPerl] FindFolder puzzler

[Chris Nandor <pudge@pobox.com>]

At 23.05 -0800 2000.02.23, John W Baxter wrote:
>At 20:45 -0800 2/23/00, Brian McNett wrote:
>>That's the paths to the standard folders and their TYPEs, not the files
>>therein.  Unless that's what you WANT, you've still got some work to do.
>
>And I think it's no longer the paths to *all* the standard folders, which
>now include the Applications and Documents folders (Documents is more
>important in Mac OS 9 than it has been since OpenDoc bit the dust), the
>Scripting Additions folder (the one in the System Folder, not the obsolete
>one in Extensions) and several others.
>
>In one version of the System (around 7.0 or 7.1) I found the table in
>memory which was keyed by the 4-byte codes.

Take a deep breath ... (you can hardcode these values in MacPerl's
FindFolder, even if the constants are not included ... I suppose these
should be included in the next MacPerl release).

    <URL:http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/macos8/pdf/FolderMgrRef.pdf>

kSystemFolderType =3D 'macs'
kDesktopFolderType =3D 'desk'
kTrashFolderType =3D 'trsh'
kWhereToEmptyTrashFolderType =3D 'empt'
kPrintMonitorDocsFolderType =3D 'prnt'
kStartupFolderType =3D 'strt'
kShutdownFolderType =3D 'shdf'
kFontsFolderType =3D 'font'
kAppleMenuFolderType =3D 'amnu'
kControlPanelFolderType =3D 'ctrl'
kExtensionFolderType =3D 'extn'
kPreferencesFolderType =3D 'pref'
kTemporaryFolderType =3D 'temp'
kExtensionDisabledFolderType =3D 'extD'
kControlPanelDisabledFolderType =3D 'ctrD'
kSystemExtensionDisabledFolderType =3D 'macD'
kStartupItemsDisabledFolderType =3D 'strD'
kShutdownItemsDisabledFolderType =3D 'shdD'
kApplicationsFolderType =3D 'apps'
kDocumentsFolderType =3D 'docs'
kVolumeRootFolderType =3D 'root'
kChewableItemsFolderType =3D 'flnt'
kApplicationSupportFolderType =3D 'asup'
kTextEncodingsFolderType =3D '=9Ftex'
kStationeryFolderType =3D 'odst'
kOpenDocFolderType =3D 'odod'
kOpenDocShellPlugInsFolderType =3D 'odsp'
kEditorsFolderType =3D 'oded'
kOpenDocEditorsFolderType =3D '=9Fodf'
kOpenDocLibrariesFolderType =3D 'odlb'
kGenEditorsFolderType =3D '=9Fedi'
kHelpFolderType =3D '=9Fhlp'
kInternetPlugInFolderType =3D '=9Fnet'
kModemScriptsFolderType =3D '=9Fmod'
kPrinterDescriptionFolderType =3D 'ppdf'
kPrinterDriverFolderType =3D '=9Fprd'
kScriptingAdditionsFolderType =3D '=9Fscr'
kSharedLibrariesFolderType =3D '=9Flib'
kVoicesFolderType =3D 'fvoc'
kControlStripModulesFolderType =3D 'sdev'
kAssistantsFolderType =3D 'ast=9F'
kUtilitiesFolderType =3D 'uti=9F'
kAppleExtrasFolderType =3D 'aex=9F'
kContextualMenuItemsFolderType =3D 'cmnu'
kMacOSReadMesFolderType =3D 'mor=9F'
kALMModulesFolderType =3D 'walk'
kALMPreferencesFolderType =3D 'trip'
kALMLocationsFolderType =3D 'fall'
kColorSyncProfilesFolderType =3D 'prof'
kThemesFolderType =3D 'thme'
kFavoritesFolderType =3D 'favs'
kInternetFolderType =3D 'int=9F'
kAppearanceFolderType =3D 'appr'
kSoundSetsFolderType =3D 'snds'
kDesktopPicturesFolderType =3D 'dtp=9F'
kInternetSearchSitesFolderType =3D 'issf'
kFindSupportFolderType =3D 'fnds'
kFindByContentFolderType =3D 'fbcf'
kInstallerLogsFolderType =3D 'ilgf'
kScriptsFolderType =3D 'scr=9F'
kFolderActionsFolderType =3D 'fasf'
kLauncherItemsFolderType =3D 'laun'
kRecentApplicationsFolderType =3D 'rapp'
kRecentDocumentsFolderType =3D 'rdoc'
kRecentServersFolderType =3D 'rsvr'
kSpeakableItemsFolderType =3D 'spki'

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