Hello Biswaroop,

You seem to be going through an awful lot of hard work to create a Windows-based CD-ROM authoring application when there must be a number of them already available. May I ask why you're starting from scratch on one?

For what it's worth, there's an awful lot of information about CD-ROMs and other optical media on the Optical Storage Technology Association's web site. They have a Question & Answer section at

http://www.osta.org/technology/cdqa.htm

which includes a lengthy listing of all sorts of CD-ROM related resources at

http://www.osta.org/technology/cdqa14.htm

including a list of recording software developers at

http://www.osta.org/technology/cdqa14.htm#e

Hope that helps.

Good luck, -Pat Dirks.

On Thursday, March 7, 2002, at 02:26 AM, Biswaroop Banerjee wrote:

Hi Everybody,     Can anybody of u give me the types of files found on a Windows volume which can be opened on a Mac system also.   I know of the following list..  1. HTML files 2.  GIF image files 3. Text files( should i convert "CRLF" combinations to "CR" for Macintosh 4. PDF documents   Please add to these list if u know something more..    Again , how to find the CREATOR and TYPE fields for the above formats.  If i write "????" as default creator and default field types for any unknown file format..Will it work???    Waiting for u inputs.    regards  Biswaroop Banerjee