Copying .app file and preserving icon

[Ken Ray]

Are you using Panther? If so, this is a known bug in Panther where modifying
some executables cause them to not be able to be launched. I have a routine
that creates apps and renames them, and 50% of the time, the app is useless
under Panther, and the other 50% of the time it works fine (with no code
change).

If you're on Panther, it's an Apple problem, IMHO.

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/


> -----Original Message-----
> From: use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com 
> [mailto:use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of 
> RGould8 at aol.com
> Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 7:57 PM
> To: use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
> Subject: Re: Copying .app file and preserving icon
> 
> 
> I'm afraid that didn't work for me either - - - it yielded 
> the same result  
> as revCopyFile and revCopyFolder - - - it did successfully 
> copy the file to the 
>  desktop, but rendered it useless and lost the icon.
> Anyone have luck trying this? 
> 1)  Make a standalone applescript application
> 2)  Paste a custom icon onto it.
> 3)  Try copying it to your desktop using revCopyFile, 
> revCopyFolder,  or the 
> undocumented revCopyPackage.  
> 4)  See if the Applescript application is still usable, and 
> see if it  still 
> contains your icon.
> monte at sweattechnologies.com writes:
> 
> 
> 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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