The only reason it won't let you is because in CFMX i put in a lot of barriers to prevent that.
Oh, and it has it's own built in JRE to make it more deployable. ..Which is platform specific Jesse Noller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Macromedia Server Development Unix/Linux "special guy" "But I neeeeed tacos! I need them or I will explode! That happens to me sometimes!" -GIR > -----Original Message----- > From: Dick Applebaum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 5:09 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: CFMX Update (fwd) > > Actually, For Linux, the bin file is a shell script, followed by a > compressed file that contains all kinds of stuff, including another > shell script... > > This is how the installer controls for which platforms it will > decompress and install. > > It is quite ingenious... I tried, off and on, for several weeks to > break the code to "let it install" on Darwin (Mac OS X) -- no luck > > I have seen the same approach used where the shell script launches a > Java program as a GUI for the rest of the install. > > Dick > > On Wednesday, September 11, 2002, at 01:52 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I stand corrected by Ben Forta. :) Didn't realize that java packages > > could masq as .bin, .exe's, etc. > > > > ~Todd > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 16:05:51 -0400 (EDT) > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: CF-Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: CFMX Update > > > > > > Sorry Dick, it's not. > > > > On Wed, 11 Sep 2002, Dick Applebaum wrote: > > > >> Please, please, please... tell me that the updater is written in Java > >> > >> TIA > >> > >> Dick > >> > >> > >> On Wednesday, September 11, 2002, at 11:43 AM, Ben Forta wrote: > >> > >>> Along with the updater will be an initial set of updates. We're still > >>> doing some testing, so no final details yet, but as an FYI, here is > >>> some > >>> of what is included in the first update: > > > > -- > > ============================================================ > > Todd Rafferty ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - http://www.web-rat.com/ | > > Team Macromedia Volunteer for ColdFusion | > > http://www.macromedia.com/support/forums/team_macromedia/ | > > http://www.flashCFM.com/ - webRat (Moderator) | > > http://www.ultrashock.com/ - webRat (Back-end Moderator) | > > ============================================================ > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
