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importfl-1.2.0.zip (64K) a zipped hfs disk image and checksum file. The disk image can be mounted with Mini vMac. Includes source code.
ImportFl is an application to use in Mini vMac (version 3.0.0 or later) to import files into the emulated computer from the real computer.
When ImportFl is the active application running in the emulated computer, then any of the methods normally used to mount a disk image will instead import a file. For example, dragging the icon of the file to be imported into the Mini vMac window.
warning: When attempting to use ImportFl, if you see a dialog asking if you want to initialize the disk, choose “Eject”, not “Initialize”! This will happen if ImportFl is not actually the active application, in which case the file you are attempting to import is treated as a disk image. Choosing “Initialize” will turn it into a valid disk image, destroying parts of the previous content.
ImportFl is mostly useful for importing archives, since it only imports the data fork of a file, not Macintosh specific information such as the resource fork, the file type, the file creator, and comments. (In particular, applications are mostly contained in the resource fork, and so can not be imported with ImportFl. And aside from OS X, most other modern operating systems don't support resource forks, and so can not correctly store an old Macintosh application, and so there is nothing that ImportFl could import anyway.)
Once you have imported an archive, you will need to unpack it, with a program such as Stuffit Expander 4.0.1.
However, it is common to encounter a Stuffit file that requires a more recent version of Stuffit Expander than will run on a Macintosh Plus. In this case you should first uncompress it on a modern Macintosh, and then transfer the uncompressed files into a disk image, as described in the Disk Image page. Or alternatively, you could uncompress it on a different Macintosh emulator, such as Basilisk II.
If you would like to import plain text, ClipIn may be more convenient.
If you would like to export files, see ExportFl, the opposite of ImportFl.
Since ImportFl doesn't receive Macintosh file type and creator information from the real computer, it sets the file type of the imported file to “BINA” and the creator type to “MvEx”. That creator type belongs to ExportFl, so double clicking on the imported file will launch ExportFl, if it is available.
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Here is the md5 checksum for the download:
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See the Compiling page for instructions on compiling ImportFl from the source code.
You can redistribute ImportFl and/or modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation. See the included file COPYING.
ImportFl is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the license for more details.