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Register your file extension
Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 6:51 pm
by J. Baker
If you create an app and you export your own file with your own and hopefully new extension, you may want to register it. Search google and the website link below first to make sure that extension is not already in use.
http://www.fileinfo.com/contact?form=developer
Re: Register your file extension
Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 7:38 pm
by IdeasVacuum
...the chances of finding an extension hasn't already been defined are pretty slim, especially if you want the .ext to suggest it is related to your app.
Re: Register your file extension
Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 8:45 pm
by J. Baker
It wasn't too hard. I recently googled mine and couldn't find anything. In OS X it's pretty easy to associate an extension with an app. You just write it in the plist and define if you're the owner of it or not.
Re: Register your file extension
Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 10:29 pm
by IdeasVacuum
Similar in Windows - until the next app comes along and claims it.
Re: Register your file extension
Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 11:18 pm
by J. Baker
Yeah, I know what you mean. It would be nice if developers checked first. What can you do though.