Install

1. Install TypePopper in the "Contextual Menu Items" folder in your System Folder. If this folder does not exist, create it. (Alternatively, you can drop it onto your System Folder icon, and let the Finder do the work for you.) The system can handle more than one installed contextual menu plugin at a time.
2. Restart
3. You're done!
4. The "Type & Creator" menu item will appear at the bottom of the menu which appears when you Control-Click on a selection in the Finder. This menu item is hierarchical and displays a number of choices. Depending upon preferences and what kinds of files are currently selected, the menu may display different choices.

Menu Items

1. Copy Type and Creator as Text: This menu item will copy (1) the file name, (2) the file type as a four byte code, (3) the file type as hex, (4) the file creator as a four byte code, and (5) the file creator as hex in tab-delimited text. Folder names are copied alone.
2. Copy Type and Creator: This menu item will COPY the actual Type and Creator code of the selected file to the clipboard. This item will not appear if (1) there is more than one file selected or (2) there is only one folder selected. It is forbidden to copy the type and creator of a folder. You may however copy Type and Creator of an alias.
3. Paste Type and Creator: This menu item will SET the Type and Creator code of the selected file to the codes present in the clipboard. IF THE PROPER PREFERENCES ARE SET, THIS OPTION MAY RECURSIVELY SET ALL TYPES AND CREATORS IN SELECTED FOLDERS!!! BE VERY CAREFUL! THERE IS NO UNDO! This item will not appear if (1) there are no files selected or (2) there is no Type and Creator present in the clipboard.
4. User Definable Menu Items: If you have defined additional type and creator settings in the 'Pref' resource, these will appear below the Copy/Paste operations described above. IF THE PROPER PREFERENCES ARE SET, THESE OPTIONS WILL RECURSIVELY SET ALL TYPES AND CREATORS IN SELECTED FOLDERS!!! BE VERY CAREFUL! THERE IS NO UNDO!