On 28/07/2011, at 07:01 PM, Mark Schonewille wrote: > Hi Terry, > > Do you know about Economy-x-Talk's installer? That should solve all those > problems at once, although I wouldn't install Mac software under Windows. You > can find it here http://qery.us/ce
> Thanks Mark - I think we're OK with our bespoke solution for our current project but I'll keep your installer in mind for future projects. Regards, Terry... > -- > Best regards, > > Mark Schonewille > > Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering > Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com > Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer > KvK: 50277553 > > What does that error mean? Buy LiveCodeErrors for iPhone now > http://qery.us/v4 A must-have for LiveCode programmers. > > On 28 jul 2011, at 05:46, Terry Judd wrote: > >> About 3 weeks ago I posted about an issue I had with certain Mac files >> (those that are recognised by the MacOS as 'unix executable files') losing >> their executable status when they are unpacked using revZip. A couple of >> solutions were offered and I'm currently using 'chmod +x [filepath]' to >> 'reset' these files. >> >> However, I still have a problem in that I'm creating a cross-platform >> installer/updater that will be writing out (from a zip archive) both Win and >> Mac apps/externals/etc at the same time - our software is delivered on a >> USB memory stick and includes cross-platform versions of a number of >> educational apps. >> >> If the user installs/updates on a Mac then the chmod solution works >> perfectly. If however they are installing/updating under Windows then there >> doesn't seem to be any way for me to 'reset' any Mac executable files that >> have been updated so that they will function correctly the next time the >> user uses the software on a Mac (most of our users have PCs but most of our >> computer labs have Macs). Or is there a way that I'm unaware of (a Win >> equivalent of chmod)? >> >> The only idea I have at the moment is to temporarily store a list of files >> that need to be reset when the user does their install/update on a PC and >> then use this (and clear it afterwards) to do some housekeeping the next >> time they start up the software on a Mac. Any other (better) suggestions out >> there? >> >> Regards, >> >> Terry... >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
