SuckUp-SpitOut OS9 app

[Scott Morrow]

Hello Mark,

Fantastic!  That does the trick.  Thanks so much.

-Scott Morrow

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On Apr 1, 2008, at 1:19 AM, Mark Schonewille wrote:

> Hi Scott,
>
> On both Mac OS X and Mac OS 9 you need to set the filetype to "???? 
> APPL" (or use whatever creator type you have chosen for your  
> application instead of the question marks).
>
> Best regards,
>
> Mark Schonewille
>
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> On 1 apr 2008, at 09:34, Scott Morrow wrote:
>> While I seem able to suck up a Windows executable (into a custom  
>> prop) and then spit it out in working order, I'm having trouble  
>> doing the same with Mac OS9 applications.
>>
>> In addition to sucking up the application with < url ("binfile:" &  
>> tPathToApp) >
>>
>> I also get the resource fork using  <  get URL ("resfile:" &  
>> tPathToApp) >
>>
>> I then reconstitute the application with  <  put (the uApplication  
>> of this stack)  into URL ("binfile:" & tInstallPath)  >
>>
>> and reset the resources using <  put (the uAppResource of this  
>> stack) into URL ("resfile:" & tInstallPath)  >
>>
>> ResEdit shows the resources for the reconstituted OS9 app to be in  
>> place but something obviously isn't quite right as the app loses  
>> its icon and opens with TextEdit when double-clicked.  I'm hoping  
>> someone will know what I'm doing wrong...
>>
>> Enterprise  2.9.0 rc-4
>> PPC OSX 10.5  (&  10.2)
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> -Scott Morrow
>>
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