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<title> ImportFl </title>
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<i> <a href="https://www.gryphel.com/index.html">www.gryphel.com</a>/c/<a href="../../index.html">minivmac</a>/<a href="../index.html">extras</a>/importfl
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- <a href="https://www.gryphel.com/c/feedback.html">feedback</a> </i>
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ImportFl
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<p> Download </p>
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<blockquote>
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<p> <a href="https://www.gryphel.com/d/minivmac/extras/importfl/importfl-1.2.2.zip">importfl-1.2.2.zip</a>
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(<a href="https://www.gryphel.com/d/minivmac/extras/importfl/importfl-1.2.2.inf.txt">info</a>)
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a zipped hfs disk image and checksum file.
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The disk image can be mounted with Mini vMac.
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Includes source code.
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</blockquote>
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<p> ImportFl is an application to use in Mini vMac (version 3.0.0 or later)
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to import files into the emulated computer
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from the real computer. </p>
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<p> When ImportFl is the active application running in the emulated computer,
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then any of the methods normally used to mount a disk image will
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instead import a file. For example, dragging the icon of the file to
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be imported into the Mini vMac window. </p>
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<p> <b>warning:</b> When attempting to use ImportFl, if you see a
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dialog asking if you want to initialize the disk, choose
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“Eject”, not “Initialize”!
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This will happen if ImportFl is not
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actually the active application, in which case the file
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you are attempting to import is treated as a disk image.
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Choosing “Initialize” will turn it into a valid disk image,
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destroying parts of the previous content. </p>
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<p> ImportFl is mostly useful for importing archives, since it only
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imports the data fork of a file, not Macintosh specific
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information such as the resource fork, the file type, the
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file creator, and comments.
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(In particular, applications are mostly contained in
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the resource fork, and so can not be imported with ImportFl.
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And aside from OS X, most other modern operating systems
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don't support resource forks, and so can not correctly
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store an old Macintosh application, and so there is
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nothing that ImportFl could import anyway.)
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</p>
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<p>
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Since ImportFl doesn’t receive Macintosh file type
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and creator information from the real computer,
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it sets the file type of the imported file to
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“BINA” and the creator type to “SITx”.
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That creator type belongs to
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<a href="https://www.gryphel.com/c/sw/archive/stuffexp/index.html">Stuffit Expander</a>,
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which can deal with most archive types you would want to import.
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So double clicking on the imported file will launch Stuffit Expander,
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if it is available. If it is not available, double clicking on
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the imported file will result in an error message. In System 6:
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‘The file “<file_name>” could not be
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opened/printed (the application is busy or missing).’
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In System 7: ‘The document “<file_name>” could
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not be opened, because the application program that created it could
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not be found.’
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</p>
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<p>
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Many old archives can be unpacked with
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<a href="https://www.gryphel.com/c/sw/archive/stuffexp/index.html">Stuffit Expander 4.0.1</a>.
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However, it is common to encounter a Stuffit file that requires
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a more recent version of Stuffit Expander than will run on
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a Macintosh Plus. In that case, it will often work with
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Stuffit Expander 5.5, available from the same page, running on
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the Macintosh II emulation of Mini vMac. If an even later version
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of Stuffit Expander is required, you could uncompress it on a different
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Macintosh emulator, such as Basilisk II, or a real Macintosh.
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</p>
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<p>
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If what you are importing is not an archive, you can
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fix the file type and file creator with
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utilities like
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<a href="https://www.gryphel.com/c/sw/sysutils/fndrinfo/index.html">Finder Info</a>
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or
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<a href="https://www.gryphel.com/c/sw/sysutils/crtrchng/index.html">Creator Changer</a>.
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This can be fine for text files (type “TEXT”) and some
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others, but again, many other file types have information in the
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resource fork, which is not imported by ImportFl, and most operating
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systems besides OS X cannot store in the first place.
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</p>
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If you do have files on OS X that you want to import, the Finder
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application has the built in ability to create an archive
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that preserves most Macintosh specific information.
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Right click (or click with the Control key down) on
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the icon of a file or folder, and choose the
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"Compress" command. The archive is created in
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the same folder with a name ending in ".zip".
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Once you import the file into Mini vMac with ImportFl, StuffIt Expander
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won’t really properly deal with it.
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Such archives can be unpacked in Mini vMac with the
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<a href="https://www.gryphel.com/c/sw/archive/miniunzp/index.html">MiniUnZp</a>
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application, or using the more advanced
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<a href="http://www.emaculation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8322">miniunz</a>
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from Adam P.
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</p>
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<p>
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Another alternative is that recent versions of OS X include a
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<a href="http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/macbinary.1.html">macbinary</a>
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command, which can be used from the Terminal to convert a file
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into into MacBinary format, which can be unpacked with
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<a href="../binunpk/index.html">binUnpk</a>
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or
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<a href="https://www.gryphel.com/c/sw/archive/stuffexp/index.html">Stuffit Expander</a>.
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(Thanks to Ryan Schmidt and Samir Namer for
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pointing out this command.)
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</p>
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<p> If you would like to import plain text,
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<a href="../clipin/index.html">ClipIn</a> may be more convenient. </p>
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<p> If you would like to export files, see
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<a href="../exportfl/index.html">ExportFl</a>, the opposite of ImportFl. </p>
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<p> See the
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<a href="../../appc/index.html">Compiling</a>
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page for instructions on compiling ImportFl from the source code. </p>
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<p> You can redistribute ImportFl and/or modify it under the terms
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of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as published by
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the Free Software Foundation. See the included file COPYING. </p>
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<p> ImportFl is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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license for more details. </p>
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<p> News: </p>
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<p>
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<b> February 29, 2020 </b>
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version 1.2.2 now sets the creator type to “SITx”
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instead of “MvEx”.
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</p>
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<p>
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<b> July 13, 2016 </b>
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version 1.2.1 fixes a bug where ImportFl would not overwrite an
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existing file (after the Standard Put File dialog asks if you
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want to replace it).
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And the URL in the about dialog has been updated.
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Also, source shared with other Mini vMac extras has been updated,
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fixing a couple other bugs: ImportFl should now not crash in
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other emulators such as SheepShaver (though it still won't do
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anything useful), and it can save to MFS volumes, when
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the computer supports HFS (previously it had the wrong test,
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and would support MFS only on computers that didn't support HFS).
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</p>
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<p> : </p>
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<p> If you find ImportFl useful, please consider
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<a href="https://www.gryphel.com/c/help/index.html">helping the Gryphel Project</a>,
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of which it is a part. </p>
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copyright (c) 2020 Paul C. Pratt - last update 2/29/2020
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