Copying .app file and preserving icon

[Monte Goulding]

Try the undocumented but equally useful revCopyPackage command

Cheers

Monte

>I want to have my Revolution application copy a standalone .app file from
>the defaultFolder to the user's desktop in Mac OS X.  I'm close, but
>something's up - - - after I copy it using the revCopyFolder
>command, the app is
>rendered useless.
>Basically, the application copies to the desktop (where I wanted
>it to, but
>it shows up as a blank text document icon.)  It is the correct
>file size  and
>correct name.  It is no longer an app, however, and is unusable when  you
>click on it.
>I'm using the following:
>put specialFolderPath("desktop") & "/MyProgram.app" into  destinationplace
>revCopyFolder "MyProgram.app", destinationplace
>Not that it should matter, but the .app file is an Applescript
>"standalone"
>app.
>I tried copying this .app using revCopyFile and revCopyFolder (I'm
>assuming
>I'd use folder, since .app files are actually  folders.)
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