Standalone RSRC Item?

J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Thu May 19 10:48:58 EDT 2005


On 5/19/05 2:26 AM, Scott Rossi wrote:

> Recently, Richard Gaskin  wrote:
> 
> 
>>>Anyone know what the MetaCard.rsrc file is that gets placed in a standalone
>>>bundle and if its presence has any bearing on how the standalone operates?
>>>Can this file be safely deleted without affecting the standalone?
>>
>>I've been told never to remove or rename it, but I don't know what's in it.
>>
>>Ditch it and let us know what happens. :)
> 
> 
> OK.  Uh...
> 
> SMOKE! FIRE! FLAMES! CALL 911!
> 
> 
> Actually, nothing seems to be happening.  Seems to work OK.  Haven't seen
> any trouble (yet...).  If anyone else has any specifics on this file, please
> share.

Looks like it is linked C libraries to me. If your app doesn't make 
calls that use those libraries then nothing will happen, but if it does, 
then you will probably crash.

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