OSX resource folder

[Ken Ray]

Shari,

The engine file in Contents/MacOS is needed (it's the engine for your
standalone), but I've sometimes found that there is a full MetaCard app
instance just inside the Contents folder that's not needed for OS X. It
seems like it shows up when you build another standalone on top of the first
one. Interestingly enough, there is the "MetaCardCarbonMach-O" file (note
that the last character here is the capital leter "o") in Contents/MacOS
that you can change the name of (so long as you change it in the info.pList
file as well), and the MetaCardCarbonMach-0.rsrc file (note the last
character before the .rsrc is a zero, not a capital "o") - which you should
leave alone.

Technically, the "standalone" in MacOS X is a folder full of files,
including the engine, resources, etc. It's almost like you've peeled a fruit
and gotten a good look inside. When you say "you put your standalone in that
folder", you shouldn't need to do that... when you build for OS X, the
engine inside the Contents/MacOS folder called "MetaCardCarbonMach-O" *IS*
your standalone. No problem in putting your extra stacks in there (or in any
folder inside Contents; OS X is pretty forgiving).

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

----- Original Message -----
From: "Shari" <gypsyware at earthlink.net>
To: <metacard at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 4:31 PM
Subject: Re: OSX resource folder


> >Don't touch the MetaCard CarbonMach-O.rsrc file! I have found that
changing
> >its name in any way has unpredictable results (it invalidated a custom
> >AppleScript suite I'd developed until I changed the name back). Your app
> >will automatically use it, as the MetaCard engine (which you CAN rename,
> >which is in the Contents/MacOS folder) uses the resources in the .rsrc
file
> >automatically. Other than that, everything look OK from here.
>
> Ooooh, so that MetaCardCarbonMach-O file in the MacOS folder needs to
> be there?  I thought the Metacard engine was built right into the
> standalone itself?  This file adds an additional 2.1 MB on top of
> saving the app as a standalone.  Big overhead!
>
> The stack was 4.4 MB
> The standalone is 6.4 MB
> That MetaCardCarbonMach-O file (copied from the Metacard application
> MacOS folder) is 2.1 MB
>
> I had taken it out and put my standalone and associated files in that
folder.
>
> Ouch!
>
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