Building standalones

[Mark Talluto]

> As this is for compiling on Mac, OSX and Windows, a resource fork is 
> out.
>
> Attempting a build once, compile three times scenario :-)
>
> So presumably I'd just paste the preferred icon in the finder window? I 
> remember in Hypercard, that was not the optimal choice, and I'd go into 
> the resource fork...
Because all your mac flavors will have a resource fork, you should use 
it for your icons.  On OS X, you have to really dive in there with 
resedit to get your  icons to look just right.

>
> But the goal is NOT to have a resource fork, so I'm definitely trying 
> to learn a new way for this.
There is no way around not have a resource fork.  Your app must have one 
once it is a standalone.  All kinds of data is managed there anyways.  
MC puts its standard icons there.

>
> Is there a icon id # I can use to embed a custom icon, and have 
> Metacard use it?  Or would the goal be to edit the icon stack of 
> Metacard (the one that gets embedded...?)
On the Win side of things, you can set the icons from within the 
standalone builder.


-Mark Talluto