prepping a stack for Windows

Stephen Messimer steve at messimercomputing.com
Fri Mar 5 14:47:55 EST 2004


Hi Martin,

>> I have a stack that I want windows users to be able to use.  I have
>> checked and rechecked the code for problem characters so that is OK.
>> However because the stack was created on a Mac it has a resource fork,
>> right?.
>
> Not unless you explicitly created a resource fork using resedit or
> something of that sort. If it's just an ordinary revolution stack it 
> won't
> have a resource fork.

I haven't created a resource fork.

>
>> Do I need to do anything about this before I make this stack
>> available to windows users (as a stack not a standalone ) or does the
>> engine on the windows machine automatically deal with this issue?
>
> you might want to give it a ".rev" filename extension if it doesn't 
> already
> have one.
>
> Martin

The stack has a .rev extension.

Thanks for your help.

Regards,

Steve

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