I'm speaking as a Mac user, specifically and I've already done a little bit of my own online research and not yet been able to come up with a solution. Currently I am running Snow Leopard OS X 10.6.7.
When selecting a Pyware drill file - 3dj or 3dz - is there any way to simply double-click the file and have it open in Pyware?
I can't remember if I got this to work in Windows XP or if it was the older Virtual-3D or Java, but something tells me that I was able to do it on Windows. But after all of the customizing and choosing the application to open that type of file, I have yet to get it to work.
This isn't something that I'm too worried about - but if there's a shortcut to the solution that I've missed then I hope you are able to help.
Here's what I have done...
Try #1:
- On double-clicking a 3dz file, I get the pop up that says: There is no application set to open the document “joy-mvt1-001.3dz”.
And there are button choices to "Choose Application..." "Cancel" or "Search App Store"
Obviously I select "Choose Application..." and search through the list of applications for Pyware - which is in a folder called "Pyware 3D v6" on my computer.
I have to change the Enable drop-down menu from "Recommended Applications" to "All Applications," in order for it to allow me to select Pyware.
I select the Pyware app and click the "Open" button.
Pyware opens as it usually does, but the file does not open.
Following steps that I found on the web...
- I right-click the 3dz file and click on "Get Info"
I look at the "Open with:" section and proceed to choose the application I want to open Pyware with. (The default selection is blank)
I scroll through the list of applications and, again, must change the Enable to "All Applications" in order to select the Pyware app.
Once selected, I check the box "Always Open With" (* An error message appears saying "It's not known if this application can open Document files.")
I click "Add"
I chose to then click "Change All…" hoping it'd assign Pyware as the default application for all 3dz files, however it disappeared from the "Open with:" menu. Hmm… So, I went back and re-added the Pyware app to "Open with:" but I did not click "Change All…"
Unfortunately, nothing happens.
What I need to know is if there's a way to teach my computer that Pyware is a legitimate application (for starters), and also to be able to assign all of my 3dj and 3dz files to be recognized as Pyware files rather than "Unknown."
When I say "legitimate" application, that's probably the wrong word, but I'm looking for a solution that will allow the OS to recognize it as a "Recommended Applications" and also because the Spaces application - part of Exposé & Spaces application - does not see or recognize Pyware when I try to set the Space I'd like to have it assigned to. Even when Pyware is open, the Spaces app doesn't show it as a selectable application to assign to a space. I've been using Spaces on my Mac for the past couple years and I love this feature. It just so happens that Pyware is the only app that I use that the computer will not recognize.
I know that we're talking about possible compatibility issues that may only be apparent in the current Mac OS, but I thought I'd ask about this since I (myself) haven't seen any other posts about this exact issue on the forums, nor have I been able to find a solution on my own. And this is not the kind of "problem" that is hindering my ability to write drill, nor is it affecting the efficiency of opening files I want to work on. This is just a topic I wanted to bring up for not only myself but maybe for anyone else that runs into this issue and isn't sure what to do, if there's anything we can do.
It's probably what I said in my post but in the correct "programming language" ...but I'll drop you a short multimedia email about it. Not a huge deal at all, but just something I wanted to post here in case I've totally missed some setting or adjustment in the way the OS reads/recognizes the program. 
