Hi,
The Macintosh Resource Editor, ResEdit, can be used to restore the resource
fork of your files. The following procedure is for a trace file from an ABI377
sequencer. This procedure can be used as a guide for other files.
This procedure is on line at: http://www.dnatools.com/faq.html
1. On a Macintosh and using the Mouse, Drag-and-Drop the ABI Trace file onto the
ResEdit Icon.
An alert dialog box will be displayed asking if you want to create a Resource
Fork.
Select OK.
2. After the application ResEdit launches, from within the "File" pull down
menu,
select "Get Info" for the trace file name.
The Get Info dialog box appears.
3. Within the "Type" and "Creator" text boxes enter the word: ABI1
(That is ABI and the number one).
4. Within the dialog box click the "Go Away" box in the upper left hand corner.
5. From the "File" pull down menu, Select Save then Quit.
6. Using a viewer like PE's "EditView", view the trace file.
File Types:
Trace --
Type ABI1
Creator ABI1
Run-File --
EDST
>>> copy and paste from functioning Run-file
STR
Type ÂmGR
Creator gutZ
If you need help call or email me,
-Jerry
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Jerry Tuneberg MCIS
970-689-9268 p
970-226-8723 f
jerryt@dnatools.com
http://www.dnatools.com
Bj–rn RosÈn wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Moving the Mac files to a PC does not corrupt the files. Mac files consist
> of 1's and 0's, just as a PC file. What probably has happened is that the
> resource fork has been lost. This statement probably does not make any sense
> to most people, but simply put, you may think of the resource fork as the
> extension that typically follows a PC file (like .doc, .exe and so on) which
> tells the computer which type of file it is (is it a computable, a text
> document or what).
>
> If this is what happened, you just need to restore the resource fork of the
> file(s). You do this with a software application. There are many around, you
> may download them from the web. Most of them are shareware or freeware. One
> example is SetItsType. It may not be obvious what "type" and "creator" info
> to print in the dialog box which appears, but just choose an existing file
> generated with the SDS software, and you (or rather the file) will be fine.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Bj–rn RosÈn
> Institute of Forensic Genetics
>
> ----------
> >From: kshann@lsumc.edu (Shannon, Kimberly)
> >To: 7700taqman@listserv.acns.nwu.edu
> >Subject: Learn from my mistake
> >Date: Tue, Jun 13, 2000, 5:38 PM
> >
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I made a stupid mistake today, and I wanted to warn people not to make the
> > same mistake. I learned that you can't move Mac files around on a PC. It
> > corrupts the files. I figured that because the files were not opened, just
> > moved it was ok. It was NOT ok. At least this is how I think I corrupted the
> > files. Most folks probably know better. I didn't. Fortunately I had the
> > data processed to Excel files and those were fine, so I didn't loose any
> > data.
> >
> > Kim Shannon
> >
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