Metacard does not start on a second Mac

[Wilhelm Sanke]

J. Landman Gay wrote:

> Wilhelm Sanke wrote:
>
>     I tried to transfer the Metacard IDE and a stack from my G4 
> Powerbook to a second, but very much faster G4 Powerbook to see the 
> speed differences for scripts in the stack. Both Powerbooks run with 
> OS 10.3.9. I used a USB-stick to put the files on the other computer.
>
>     When I start Metacard on the second Mac, which had neither 
> Metacard nor Revolution installed before, something flashes and the 
> Metacard icon briefly appears in the dock, but it is not started. 
> Clicking on the accompanying file after that results also in nothing.
>
>     What am I missing? Has this maybe to do with administrator rights 
> for installing new programs? And how could I overcome that?
>
> This is the same behavior that is occuring when trying to build a UB 
> standalone, but if you copied the PPC version it should work.
>
> Were you logged in as an administrator when you copied the app? That 
> is all that should be required.
>
> --
> Jacqueline Landman Gay   



The faster G4 is configured to automatically boot with the administrator 
keyword, meaning that something else must be required to launch the MC IDE.

And: Should there not be a default dialog for such cases in the Mac OS - 
similar to  asking for an administrator keyword when installing new 
software from a CD?

I tried to the same with my wife's iBook - same results: When starting 
the MC IDE (2.6.5 in this case) the icon briefly flashes in the dock and 
then nothing. However, a standalone built on my G4 can be started on her 
machine without problems.

Any further ideas?

Thanks for the response anyway.

--
Wilhelm Sanke