How to support Finder preview pane for new application file types

[dunham at mac.com (David Dunham)]

On 4 Mar 2004, at 13:09, Rick Hoge wrote:

> Generally the Finder seems able to show a preview image, as well as
> the text fields Name, Kind, Size, Created, and Modified.  How are
> these fields generated?  Is it possible to provide custom fields for
> new file types?

I don't think you can customize Finder so that your file shows 
different fields. I assume you're not asking about how Name, Size, 
Created, and Modified are genereated -- Kind once came from the 'kind' 
resource but now would be from the application's property list.

> I remember something about this being handled by QuickTime, but I 
> can't find this reference...

Maybe <http://developer.apple.com/qa/qtmcc/qtmcc10.html>, the 'pnot' 
resource?

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