I have built on OSX and then copied over to Virtual PC and opened within REV running on Virtual PC. I built a cross-platform CD and needed to test the code. Rev runs slower in VPC but since the major creation was done already it wasn't too bad at all. Paths and relative paths are different and also menus. I use PNGs for images (good for compression and for transparency) I use .wav for sounds (mp3 might work as well). I didn't run into any other problems than these and most of it went pretty smooth.

Problems:
On Windows:
EXE can not be at root level of CD - but paths to illustrations/images from OSX all lead to root level relative to OSX app.
Solution:
Create short cut (shortcut.lnk) at root level to executable in a DATA folder.
Create autorun.inf at root level pointing to executable in a DATA folder.
Change relative paths for images in REV (made easier since I made all of my paths relative on the OSX side) to point to new placement in DATA folder.
Best solution is:
CD
shortcut.lnk
autorun.inf
AppOSX.app - Alias
AppOS9.app - Alias
DATA
App.exe
AppOSX.app
AppOS9.app
IMAGES
Image01.png
Image02.png
ETC.
On windows the highlited color is treated differently than on the MAC and I had problems with menus with colored highlites.
Menus can be a problem.




On Feb 8, 2005, at 9:02 AM, Burrton Woodruff wrote:

Hi Folk,

Has anyone built Windows applications on a Mac using Virtual PC?

Would you be willing to provide any advice about the good and the bad?

Burt Woodruff
Department of Psychology
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
JH 290  940-9267

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