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Carl,<br>
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I agree I have no business inventing my own MIME type. What I really
want is a file suffix association like I can do with Windows or
Midnight Commander on Linux. The MIME type of application/zip works,
but Etoys is using that one too. I need a way for Zip files using the
.slides suffix to be opened by my Activity by default. Unfortunately,
the files by their nature must be created by a program other than the
Activity. Any suggestions would be welcomed.<br>
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Thanks,<br>
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James Simmons<br>
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Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">On 04.02.2008 18:21, James Simmons wrote:
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<pre wrap="">To accomplish this I have created my Zip files with the extension
".slides" and I'd like to be able to use the MIME type
"application/slides" for such files.
I'm also interested in creating a reader program for Gutenberg etexts.
I'd like these files to have their own MIME type too so they don't get
opened by the Write activity by mistake. I was thinking of using a file
suffix of ".book" and a MIME type of "text/book" for these.
I'd appreciate any information on MIME types
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Sorry, you can't just invent a MIME media type. There are a few RFCs for
MIME media types which specify how your media type has to be named and
how to apply for an IANA registration. More info can be found at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/">http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/</a> . There also is a
specification how unofficial MIME media types have to look like in case
you don't want to register them.
Regards,
Carl-Daniel
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