On Mon, 11 Mar 2002 14:55:31 -0800, macnerd wrote:
> - Is there a way to create some sort of Perlets, i.e. executable compiled programs
>on the Mac?
> Maybe some sort of Perl executable can be a 68K CODE resource, and read the
>datafork, which
> is essentially the Perl script, or on PowerPC where the datafork is the binary,
>the PerlScript
> can be a string resource. Just an idea...
You should check out the "droplet" option in the "save as" dialog. As
far as the implementation is concerned: you've got them nailed, pretty
much. If I got this correctly, it uses AppleEvents to launch MacPerl,
compile the script (which is stored as text in a text resource), and run
it, with any dropped files as arguments.
There's also the "save as runtime" option, which includes the perl
executable in the file.
Gee, if only I knew where these are documented...
--
Bart.
