ResEdit BNDL vs RR2.0/OS 10.2.3

[Mark Talluto]

On Sunday, January 19, 2003, at 09:38 AM, Robert Presender wrote:

> Hi Dar and Mark,
> Thank you for your reply to my problem.  I think that I am getting 
> closer but still have questions.
> I installed the OS X Dev Tools and am making some headway.  Mark, your 
> video was very helpful.  Please excuse my ignorance in this matter.
>
> On Saturday, January 18, 2003, at 02:47  PM, Mark Talluto wrote:
>
>> On Saturday, January 18, 2003, at 09:53 AM, Dar Scott wrote:
>>
>>> On Saturday, January 18, 2003, at 10:13 AM, Robert Presender wrote:
>>>
>>>> As much detail as possible to enable me to create what is necessary,
>>>> so that a standalone will have a custom icon, etc.,  will be
>>>> appreciated.
>>>
>>> You may want to explore some .app files.  They are really folders and
>>> you can open them with "Show package contents".  This may give you
>>> some clues.
>
> Can you point me to a .app file and where do I enter "Show package 
> contents".  This is new to me.
You can download one of my apps from my site:  
http:www.canelasoftware.com/demos
You probably have many apps on your computer now that work this way as 
well.  Try Internet Explorer.  Just right click or control click on 
that program.  A contextual menu will show with show the option to 
"show package contents".  From there you will be able to take a peak 
inside.

>
>>> When 2.0 comes, the standalones it creates will look
>>> familiar.
>
> Will I still be faced with this problem or will 2.0 provide steps in 
> the bldr to solve my current problem?
I am currently using MC and do not have access to Rev 2.0 to answer 
this question.  Sry.

>
>>>
>>> Dar Scott
>>
>>
>> I made a QT video that shows the editing of the packages.  While it
>> does not have any audio, it will give you an idea of how it works.  
>> You
>> can view it at:
>> http://www.clearsoftware.com/iconmovie.mov
>
> Thanks Mark.  Still digesting the info.  Can you clue me in how to 
> create  Pkg info and info.plist
> I down loaded Math generator and thought that I would get more info 
> thru ResEdit but discovered that there are no resource forks.
In MC, when you create your standalone, a .plist file is created for 
you.  You then go into the package and edit that file.   You can simply 
double-click on the file and it will open up the property list editor 
program for you.  From there just do what the video showed you.  
Creating the icon files is a bit more work that my video does not show. 
  In short, I use Graphic Converter to make those files.  They are .tiff 
images that you then put into one of the icon editors that came with 
the X dev tools.  It saves the icons out as .icns files.

Hope this helps get you started.


Best regards,
Mark Talluto
http://www.canelasoftware.com