On 06/07/2011 05:41 PM, "Terry Judd" <t...@unimelb.edu.au> wrote:
> I¹m trying to extract and save files from a zip archive using Livecodes > built in zip routines. It all seems to work well (I open the archive for > reading, list the contents using the enumerateItems function and write them > out to file, creating any nested folders where necessary) except that Mac > apps (bundles) that are have been extracted won¹t run despite appearing to > be OK (all bits and pieces are in the right places). When you attempt to > launch an unzipped app it flashes in the dock and then quits. If I unzip the > archive by double-clicking it in the Finder the Mac apps work just fine. > > Am I missing something? OK, I've tracked the problem down to the executable inside the MacOS folder inside the bundle. Doing a 'get info' on the original and unzipped executables reveals the original is a 'Unix Executable File (Intel)' while the unzipped version is a 'Terminal.app Document'. The two files appear to be identical otherwise. How would I go about changing a terminal document to a unix executable? Terry... -- Dr Terry Judd | Senior Lecturer in Medical Education Medical Education Unit Melbourne Medical School The University of Melbourne _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode