Chipp Walters wrote:
So, if I understand this correctly, you can have a 'package' which is
a folder but not a 'bundle' but looks like one because it's 'bundle
bit' is on? :-)
A package is also treated as a single file; the user double-clicks it
and it launches the package installer. But unless you are creating a
package installer (you'll need Apple's tools to do that,) all the
packages you will work with will be application bundles.
On a more serious note, does the Mac have a registry like Windows? If
so, is it easy to gain access to? Rev has a single command to grab a
Window registry key. Perhaps a similar function for the Mac would
help?
There are hidden databases that deal with launch services and other file
maintenance, but they should not be accessed by humans. There is nothing
that really corresponds to the Windows registry. I can't think of any
time you'd need to work with those though. Apple warns against it.
I suppose the easiest thing to do, is to see how RevCopyFile manages
to figure out what a bundle/package/folder is and how to copy it
accurately (or does it?)
Yes. It uses AppleScript. I'm guessing that virtually all cases you will
need to deal with will be application bundles, right? The easiest way to
check to see if a folder is an application or a regular directory is
simply to check for the ".app" extension. The extension exists on all
application bundles, even if the user's view has been set to hide it.
Another easy way to check for the existence of an application bundle is
to see if the directory has a "Contents/MacOS" folder inside. All Mac
apps have those.
Some things that may help determine the existence of an app:
answer file "Choose the chess application" --> /Applications/Chess.app
-- changed by popular demand a few versions ago; we used to need
-- to "answer folder" to get these.
put there is a file "/Applications/Chess.app" --> FALSE
put there is a folder "/Applications/Chess.app" --> TRUE
put there is a folder "/Applications/Chess.app/Contents/MacOS/" --> TRUE
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Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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