OS X Standalone Prog Folder Problem?

[Peter Reid]

Hi Rob

Thanks for the tip, that's sorted the problem!  I've now put this 
together into a single handler that returns both the program path and 
the application name:

on getProgPath @thePath, @theFileName
   set the itemDelimiter to "."
   put (the platform is "MacOS" and item 1 of the systemVersion >= 10) 
into itsOSX
   put the filename of this stack into thePath
   set itemDelimiter to "/"
   if "Mac" is in the platform and itsOSX and \
     the environment is not "development" then
     delete item -3 to -1 of thePath
   end if
   put last item of thePath into theFileName
   delete last item of thePath
   put "/" after thePath
end getProgPath

Just in case anyone else has the same problem and wants a "potted" solution!

>>I'm using Rev 2.1.2 under Mac OS X 10.3.2 to build an app.  If I 
>>run the app inside the development environment, or as a standalone 
>>Classic app, then it works fine.  However, if I run the OS X app 
>>built at the same time, then it fails to locate the support folder 
>>and files in the same folder as the app.
>
>Hi Peter,
>
>Welcome to the wonderful world of Mac OS X application bundles.
>
>Control click on your OS X stabdalone + select "Package Contents" 
>reveals a folder, "Contents"
>
>Inside "Contents" are:
>	Info.plist
>	pbdevelopment.plist
>	Pkginfo
>	A folder, "Resources", containing--
>		Revolution.rsrc
>		RevolutionDoc.icns
>		Revolution.icons
>	A folder, "Mac OS", containing--
>		Revolution [your standalone]
>
>So if your standalone on other platforms expects to find the support 
>folder in the same folder in which the standalone resides, your 
>folder must be in the Mac OS folder on OS X.
>
>I deal with this by using a generalized search handler that looks 
>for support folders in both locations...among others.
>--
>
>Rob Cozens

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