Re: NSFilePromisePboardType

FROM : Peter Maurer
DATE : Thu Dec 23 18:16:39 2004

>> There's one crucial advantage, IMHO: I don't have to declare
>> undocumented CorePasteboardFlavorType pasteboard types that might
>> break
>> my app with any future system update.

>
> Actually, they are documented, in PasteBoardManager's Carbon
> referenced the hex value equates to the flavorType and is in a shared
> register that has to be there for the Finder to find it. The only
> reason I was able to put this solution together was because of the
> PasteBoard Manager Reference and a complimentary TechNote detailing
> the problems with HFS+ File Promises.


I wasn't aware of that. Could you please share the URL of the TechNote
in question? Thanks!

Peter.