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0.9b (c) 1995 Peter Childs
The Workplace Shell uses the following extended attributes:
+---------------+---------------+------------------------------+ |Extended |EA Type |Description | |Attribute | | | +---------------+---------------+------------------------------+ |.ASSOCTABLE |EAT_MVMT |Enables an application to | | | |indicate the type, extension, | | | |and icon for the data file | | | |that it recognizes. | +---------------+---------------+------------------------------+ |.CLASSINFO |EAT_BINARY |the class type of the object. | +---------------+---------------+------------------------------+ |.CODEPAGE | |the code page for the file | | | |object | +---------------+---------------+------------------------------+ |.COMMENTS |EAT_MVMT |misc. notes or reminders about| | | |the file object | +---------------+---------------+------------------------------+ |.HISTORY |EAT_MVMT |the modification history for a| | | |file object (see Maintaine | | | |Multi value EAs in REXX for an| | | |example for using this EA) | +---------------+---------------+------------------------------+ |.ICON |EAT_ICON |the icon that represents the | | | |file or folder object. This EA| | | |contains the physical data | | | |used to represent the folder | | | |object. (see also Extract the | | | |icon from the EAs) | +---------------+---------------+------------------------------+ |.ICON1 |EAT_ICON |the animation icon for a | | | |folder. This EA contains the | | | |physical data used to | | | |represent the open folder | | | |object. (see also Extract the | | | |icon from the EAs) | +---------------+---------------+------------------------------+ |.ICONPOS |EAT_BINARY |the icon positioning | | | |information for a folder (WARP| | | |4 only!) | +---------------+---------------+------------------------------+ |.KEYPHRASES |EAT_MVMT |text phrases for the file | +---------------+---------------+------------------------------+ |.LONGNAME |EAT_ASCII |the long name of the file | | | |object (necessary for file | | | |system that do not support | | | |long names) (see Copy a file | | | |from HPFS to FAT and vice | | | |versa for an usage example) | +---------------+---------------+------------------------------+ |.PREVCLASS |EAT_BINARY |"old class name when the user | | | |requests that an object, which| | | |is a descendent of WPDataFile,| | | |becomes another subclass of | | | |WPDataFile" (WARP 4 only!) | +---------------+---------------+------------------------------+ |.SUBJECT |EAT_ASCII |a brief summary of the content| | | |or purpose of the file object | | | |(max. 40 chars) | +---------------+---------------+------------------------------+ |.TYPE |EAT_MVMT |the file type of the file | | | |object, such as plain text | | | |(TXT), bitmap (BMP), or | | | |executable (EXE). | +---------------+---------------+------------------------------+ |.VERSION |EAT_ASCII or |the version of the file object| | |EAT_BINARY | | +---------------+---------------+------------------------------+
See the next section for the possible EA types.
Note: "Standard Extended Attributes (SEAs) have a dot (.) as a prefix.
This identifies the extended attribute as a SEA. The leading dot is
reserved, so applications should not define extended attributes
that start with a dot. Also, extended attributes that start with
the characters $, @, &, or + are reserved for system use."
Be aware that the information about the types of the Standard
Extended Attributes in the Control Program Guide and Reference is
not correct!
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