Way to package files inside Rev app?

[Del Coates]

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Alex Rice wrote:

>
> On Tuesday, May 20, 2003, at 03:58  PM, RGould8 at aol.com wrote:
>
>> I've got a Revolution app that is a self-contained executible for 
>> Mac  OS X, plus 2 straggler unix files that it needs to control some  
>> network operations.
>>
>> Since .app files in OS X are really unix folders with hidden files  
>> under then, is there a way I can stash the 2 unix files inside the  
>> Revolution app and call them with the shell() command in Rev 2.0?
>
>
> Absolutely, first skim the material about application packaging by  
> reading up on it here
>   
> http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/macosx/Essentials/SystemOverview/ 
> AppPackaging/
>
> In the Finder, right click or control click and choose Show Package  
> Contents. Then just copy stuff into it. Most likely 
> Contents/Resources  is where you should put your stuff, but it doesn't 
> really matter.
>
> Note that in the standalone, "the defaultFolder" is going to be set 
> to  the folder containing Your.app. "the filename of this stack" is 
> going  to be set to the actual binary executable file within the 
> bundle, e.g.  the defaultFolder & "/Your.app/Contents/MacOS/Revolution"
>
> shell() is relative to the defaultFolder. So I expect  
> shell("Your.app/Contents/Resources/yourFile") is what the path will  
> look like.
>
> Alex Rice, Software Developer
> Architectural Research Consultants, Inc.
> alrice at ARCplanning.com
> alrice at swcp.com
>
>
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