Unix executables

[James Rea]

>   I was surprised, when I went back to some old files (about the turn  
> of the century and before) that the icons in the folders had changed  
> to black rectangles with "exec" in the upper left corner. The data  
> beneath indicated that this was a Unix executable file. I never saw  
> this before and hence the surprise. On trying to open the file I was  
> presented with a screen full of gibberish.

I'll bet that at some point you had these files on a PC drive, perhaps a
USB thumbnail drive. That's a surefire way to cause this issue.
Fortunately it is easy to fix.

> You should be able to use the Get Info box in the Finder and the Open  
> With panel to set the linked application to you current version of  
> Panorama.

That is one way to go, you can also use the Platform Converter wizard
which I'll describe in a moment.

> Also click the Change All button to affect all similar  
> files.

I don't think that is such a great idea. There may be all sorts of files
that are not Panorama files that could be affected by this. If you use
Get Info I think you should fix the files one at a time.

Another way to fix this is to open Panorama, then open the Platform
Converter wizard (in the Utilities submenu). Drag the problem files onto
the "Fix Type/Creator Codes" section of this wizard. You can do this one
at a time or drag a whole bunch of them at once.

Jim Rea
President, ProVUE Development

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