I've attached the rudimentary AppleSingle encoder and decoder tool
(ASEncoder). It is also available in source form (although it may be
victim to some bitrot which I can help sort out if such is the case):
mozilla/xpinstall/packager/mac/ASEncoder
Hope this helps.
~Samir
Phelps Jackson wrote:
> Thanks for the help. Just as I got your note, I figured out what was
> happening. The plugin file was actually being put into the Plug-Ins
> folder, but I missed it since the plug-in list was not getting updated
> by navigator.plugins.refresh(). Someone else reported to me that that
> was a bug.
>
>
>
> I think it would be great if you could post the stand-alone AppleSingle
> encoder.
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: Samir Gehani <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Newsgroups:
> netscape.public.mozilla.xpinstall,netscape.public.mozilla.plugins
>
> To: Willamette <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 2:06 PM
>
> Subject: Re: XPInstall for Mac plug-ins
>
>
> Did you AppleSingle encode the plugin (assuming this plugin is a binary
> file with a resource fork)? If you did not AppleSingle encode the
> plugin before zipping it, try AppleSingle encoding the file. If you
> need a standalone AppleSingle encoding tool I can post one that was
> written for this purpose and is use in our build process for Mozilla as
> well as Netscape 6 builds.
>
> What are you using to zip the install.js and the plugin binary? Could
> you attach the install.js in your response? What does your "Install
> Log" (in the same folder as Netscape 6) say after you install the
> plugin?
> ~Samir
>
> Willamette wrote:
>
> > I have an XPI installation script for a Macintosh plug-in that
> doesn't work.
> > It seems like when the plug-in library is unflattened, it just
> disappears.
> > Has anyone created a sucessful XPI installation script for a
> Macintosh
> > plug-in who can help me out?
ASEncoder.sit.bin
