MetaCard Setup 2.0

[Richmond Mathewson]

On 06/29/2011 06:10 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
> On 6/29/11 5:32 AM, Richmond Mathewson wrote:
>
>> I wonder why 4.5-dp-4 is NOT recognised ????
>
> Is this on Linux, where I didn't test? If so, thanks for trying it. 
> Could you tell me the full path to the application please?

Yes; on Linux: /home/richmond/R45Linux/45/reventerprise.x86

>
> Setup uses a very simplistic test to see if you've chosen a valid app. 
> It won't always work and it is pretty braindead. Basically it just 
> checks to see if "LiveCode" is in the path. This isn't a great way to 
> do it, but I couldn't think of a better one that would cover all 
> operating systems. On OS X I could read the plist file, and on Windows 
> there might be a way to check the registry (ugh), but on Linux I'm 
> stumped. So the test is more of a nudge than a definitive statement of 
> validity.
>
> I could allow the user to choose any app at all, but of course the 
> results could be inoperable. If you give me the name of the app on 
> Linux I'll alter the test to include that. I've got a fix for the bug 
> Ken found that I'll implement, so I'll be reuploading a corrected 
> version anyway.
>
> If anyone knows how to check the version on Windows and Linux, I'll do 
> that instead.
>