Custom control over attributes
Posted on September 9th, 1997 by shacker
If you open up the FileTypes Preferences panel and select a MIME type (such as the Person filetype), you’ll see a list of all attributes associated with that type in a listbox lower down on the screen. Be doesn’t make it obvious, but if you double-click one of those attributes, you’ll get a detailed dialog with all kinds of options for how that attribute is handled in the system. For instance, you can specify that that attribute is never editable from Tracker — this can provide a modicum of security against tampering (or your own goofs).