There are two situations that prompted this program:
1) You have a disc where the files are all from a PC (e.g. a downloaded website), but not given a DOS filetype, so DOSMap hasn't done anything. Set them all to DOS with dType and they will then get the correct RISC OS filetype
2) You have transferred a bunch of files between RISC OS machines via a PC or PC-formatted media and lost the filetype information. If all the files are the same they can all be re-filetyped with one drag.
Double-click on !dType in a filer window to load it onto the iconbar. The default filetype is text and the iconbar icon is therefore the one for text, with the hexadecimal code underneath.
2) If you can't remember the hex code or name, click Select on the iconbar icon to open the "known types" window
This window displays all the filetypes that have been "seen" by RISC OS since boot up - in graphical, hexadecimal and name form. Simply click on the text to set the type. Again, the iconbar icon will change to match.
The number of known filetypes changes regularly as new directories are opened and new applications are 'seen' by the filer. For this reason the list of known types is updated every time the iconbar icon is clicked, which may result in a short delay. I've managed to find around 175 filetypes on my hard disc, but I doubt that's a record. In case you're wondering it's d for delta.
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