Yipes! Sorry all... I meant to send that off-list and didn't notice that it was going to the group. Not enough coffee :-(
Geoff On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 09:05, Geoff Beier <[email protected]> wrote: > You might want to consider changing this design. Maybe copy the > database to ~/Library/Application Data/GMX-PhotoPainter before > altering it. You've got two potential problems lurking here: > - This requires regular users to have write access to /Applications if > you're installed there (on a properly secured system, they will not)1 > - This should break application signatures > > That second one probably won't cause immediate problems for a paint > program. Symptoms would include users constantly needing to > reauthorize your auto-update functionality, network access, etc. But > the trend seems to be toward signatures being more important and > pervasive. Probably best not to modify your .app bundle as a matter of > course. > > Best of luck, > > Geoff > > On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 08:59, enieloud <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >>> +1 for the disk image message. I'd be happy to do a bit of beta testing if >>> I can get past it, though! >> >> I fixed the bug. The new beta can be downloaded from: >> http://www.gertrudisgraphics.com/download >> >>> Also, is there a compelling reason to have this check? Normally OS X apps >>> can be run from any location. I can see wanting to remind users to copy it >>> to their hard drive, but that wouldn't need to preclude running the app. >> >> The painting style settings are stored under the "Resources" folder. The >> application need write access to this folder, otherwise it will run >> incorrectly. >> >> thanks, >> >> - Enrique >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> MacSB email guidelines: http://tinyurl.com/2g55d6 >> Use MacSB-Talk for off topic messages: >> http://groups.google.com/group/macsb-talk >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> >
