Really weird occurence in Saving a Mac Stand alone

[Joe Lewis Wilkins]

Eric,

Thanks for your thoughts and observations. I'm still exploring the  
problem. It's obvious, I think, that there is some confusion some place.

Joe Wilkins

On Apr 6, 2007, at 3:13 AM, Éric Miclo wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Doesn't it just copy the file that is inside the "application  
> bundle folder/Contents/MacOS" folder?
> The defaultFolder for a MacOS standalone is the same as the above  
> folder (something that I ever found strange) and not the actual  
> folder containing the application bundle.
>
> Best,
>
> ÉrIC
>
> Le 6 avr. 07 à 07:56, Joe Lewis Wilkins a écrit :
>
>> Jacque, thanks for the thoughts. I'm trying something else first,  
>> since I think I just confused the compiler with the parameters  
>> provided from the dialog I was using. If I can't, I'll try as  
>> you've suggested. It makes some sense. File names are so touchy!
>>
>> On Apr 5, 2007, at 10:41 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
>>
>>> Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote:
>>>> Hi All,
>>>> You've got to hand it to me. I DO have the weirdest things happen.
>>>> I saved a Standalone. I opened the Mac OSX version. Played with  
>>>> it a bit, then decided I wanted to save a copy. So I selected  
>>>> the Save A copy As... with the following handler in  the File menu:
>>>> case "Save A Copy As..."
>>>>     answer folder "Select destination folder for backup: "
>>>>     if the result is "Cancel" then exit menupick
>>>>     revCopyFile (the effective fileName of this stack), it
>>>>     break
>>>> Then I went looking to see if the changes I'd made were actually  
>>>> saved, but lo and behold a PC exe version was where the saved  
>>>> copy should have been.
>>>> Any thoughts?
>>>
>>> I can't say I've ever tried to save a copy of a standalone from  
>>> within itself. But are you sure it's a PC executable? Or does the  
>>> Finder just think it is, and is assigning the wrong icon? I'm  
>>> betting that the creator/type codes weren't set, and the Finder  
>>> has no idea what kind of file that is.
>>>
>>> I'm also wondering if you actually got an executable file, or  
>>> just a copy of the main stack. Are the file sizes on disk the  
>>> same between the two copies? If they are the same, then you might  
>>> be able to use a creator/type editor to change the type to "APPL"  
>>> and you'd be in business.
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
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