Article ID: 50468
Article Last Modified on 11/21/2006
This article was previously published under Q50468
SUMMARY
To find the file type of a Macintosh file, you can make a call to GetFileInfo, an MBLC routine built into Microsoft QuickBASIC Version 1.00 for the Apple Macintosh system. GetFileInfo will tell you if a file is of type "APPL", "TEXT", etc.
MORE INFORMATION
The GetFileInfo routine returns an array with information about a file. The 32nd through 35th bytes contain the filename. Each byte contains one character of the 4-byte name. The explanation of the contents of the entire array can be found on Page 116 of "Inside Macintosh" Volume II (by Apple Computer, Inc., published by Addison-Wesley, 1985). The GetFileInfo MBLC routine in QuickBASIC calls the GetFileInfo routine built into the Macintosh ROM toolbox.
The following sample program uses the FILES$() function to let you choose a file of type "APPL" or "TEXT". It then prints out the file type.
DEFINT A-Z
DIM fileinfo(40)
REM Prompt user for the name of the file for which to get the type:
filename$ = FILES$(1,"APPLTEXT")
REM Make call to GetFileInfo (an MBLC routine in QuickBASIC):
GetFileInfo filename$,fileinfo(0)
REM Parse the ARRAY to get the TYPE:
NameString$ = ""
FOR i = 16 TO 17
NameString$ = NameString$ + CHR$(fileinfo(i) \ 256)
NameString$ = NameString$ + CHR$(fileinfo(i) AND 255)
NEXT
REM Print the TYPE:
PRINT NameString$
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