Hi, About the part of being unable to start the "xname.app" on OS9:
I actually had the same problem today. On OS9 the application appears as "installer.app" with a "greyish paper" icon. Clicking on it just produced an error. After re-reading the "Director Tech-Note: Considerations for creating a Macintosh projector bundle" a few more times I realised that I had the alias for the "stub9" in the wrong directory. After placing the alias directly in the root of the "installer.app"-folder the icon changed to a "coloful paper with a pen and a ruler" and the application started! I think I got confused by the images in the Tech-Note where the alias seems to be placed differently on each image. I'm still a bit puzzled about how the applicaton decides what files to use. The OSX executable is stated in the info.plist, but how do the application figure out to use the alias in the root? Hope this helps some, I'm really a windows person so my conclusions could be dead wrong. /Johan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kristian Sent: den 11 september 2003 10:35 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: <lingo-l> Bundles for osx and os classic Hi, what's the deal with these bundles? They seem like quite a good thing but they don't seem to be that well thought out. We are making an installer that should work cross-platform (supporting osx, os9.x and some win platforms) and figured that a bundle was the way to go on mac - first of all seems like a hassle to make them and the documentation aren't that good. Does anyone know about any good docs/resources on this?? Well it's all together but i seems like on os9.x it doesn't work just klicking the "xname.app" - which I supposed it would. It works fine placing an alias besides it but that doesn't count. We need for the user to put in the cd open it and then clikc "setup" and the appropriate setup program will start - well the ultimate would be for the user to put in the cd and there is an auto start (I'm usually in win but heard that osx doesn't support this, true?) Any tips on bundles?? Got a tip and some docs regarding the use of applescript and we are looking in to that, but it will onlys solve parts of the problem. Any comments and tips on bundles appreciated. //Kristian [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
