Standalones

[J. Landman Gay]

Klaus Major wrote:
> Hi Jaqueline,
> 
>> Klaus Major wrote:
>>> Hello friends,
>>> anyone successfully build a standalone with MetaCard 2.7.2?
>>> I pointed the SAB to:
>>> /Applications/Revolution Enterprise/2.7.2-gm-1/Runtime/Mac OS 
>>> X/PowerPC-32/Standalone.app
>>> and got: "Can't open engine"
>>> Any hints are very welcome :-)
>>
>> You have to make a customized copy of MetaCard.app to build 
>> standalones ever since Rev 2.7 was released. To do that:
>>
>> Make a copy of MetaCard.app
>> Open the Rev Standalone app/Contents/MacOS/ and drag a copy of the 
>> engine out
>> Rename that copy "MetaCard"
>> In the original copy of MetaCard you first made, replace the MetaCard 
>> file inside the bundle with the duplicated Rev "MetaCard" file
>>
>> I have saved this new app with a different name, "MetaCard SAB.app" 
>> and I use it only for the standalone builder.
> 
> do you knoow if this will also work with the UB resp. Intel version?
> Someone already tested tis?

I haven't, but I can't imagine why it wouldn't. The standalone builder 
basically only needs a valid standalone engine file named "MetaCard" 
inside the bundle. It doesn't check to see what's inside the binary code.

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