Last Comment Bug 232220 - (app_bundles) Unable to associate a file type to an application bundle under Mac OS
(app_bundles)
: Unable to associate a file type to an application bundle under Mac OS
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 222563
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Product: Thunderbird
Classification: Client Software
Component: Preferences (show other bugs)
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: PowerPC Mac OS X
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Assigned To: Scott MacGregor
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Depends on: 222563
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Reported: 2004-01-26 11:06 PST by Emmanuel BUU
Modified: 2004-05-11 13:02 PDT (History)
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Description Emmanuel BUU 2004-01-26 11:06:25 PST
User-Agent:       
Build Identifier: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.4 (20031205)

In the preference panel, 'Attachement' item, when trying to associate a file type (e.g. JPEG image) 
with an application by pushing the "change action" button, most of applications (e.g. Moc OS X 
Preview) appears dimmed (disabled) in the file chooser. It is not possible then to associate a file 
time with such an application 



Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Launch prerefence panel with menu 'Mozilla Thunderbird' / Preferences
2. Select 'Attachement' item on the left
3. Try to associate JPEG image file type with Mac OS X Preview application.
Actual Results:  
The preview application (and all others in the Application directory) except MS Office are dimmed 
and cannot be selected.

Expected Results:  
Every valid Mac OS X application should be eligible to be bound with a given file type.

It seems that all the applications that cannot be bound to a file type are in fact Mac OS X 'Bundle'. 
In MAC OS X, well formed applications are in fact directories with an .app extention and a special 
permission bit. They are called bundle ; actual binaries are residing in a subdirectory. The Mac OS 
finder hides all theses subdir and handle the xxxx.app as a single entity.

See http://developer.apple.com/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/SystemOverview/index.html?
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/SystemOverview/Bundles/
chapter_4_section_3.html for details
This bug is most likely be Macintosh specific.
Comment 1 Emmanuel BUU 2004-02-10 13:42:45 PST
Downloaded Thunderbird 0.5. No change, this is still occurring.
Comment 2 Emmanuel BUU 2004-02-20 16:46:27 PST
ooups, URL explain .app structure fixed here:

http://developer.apple.com/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/SystemOverview/AppPackaging/
chapter_45_section_1.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20000983
Comment 3 riscky 2004-05-11 12:44:15 PDT
Related to firefox bug 225574?
Comment 4 riscky 2004-05-11 13:02:49 PDT
I found something to dup this to... now I wonder if bug 225574 should be dup to
that too...

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 222563 ***

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