Developing a classic application using CW10

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Vijay - 23 Mar 2006 09:07 GMT

Hi,

I have developed an application using CW10 (on a mac mini OS 10.4
environment), targeting the OS 9.2 system (PPC).
This classic application runs fine on the mac mini. Upon executing the
application, the classic environment runs and the application runs
successfully. But when I tried to execute the application on a native
OS 9.2 system, a 'Open With..' dialog pops up. How can I successfully
run this classic application on a OS 9.2 system ?

Since, I am new to the mac environment, any help in this regard, would
be very helpful to me.

Thanks in advance,
Vijay

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DezertRat - 24 Apr 2006 12:04 GMT

> Hi,
>
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> Thanks in advance,
> Vijay

Unless I miss my guess, it appears that you're running an OSX
"OS9package" which works fine in the Classic mode inside the OSX shell,
but when run on a straight OS9 machine, the finder can't find an
application to open a "package". I'm afraid you'll just have to
re-compile it on the OS9 machine. Hope I got that close to correct.
Dez

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toby - 28 Apr 2006 14:13 GMT

> > Hi,
> >
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> > OS 9.2 system, a 'Open With..' dialog pops up. How can I successfully
> > run this classic application on a OS 9.2 system ?

Are you certain that your type/creator and bundle bits (package) are
being set correctly?

> > <snip>
> Dez

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Paul - 28 Apr 2006 17:48 GMT

> > Hi,
> >
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> re-compile it on the OS9 machine. Hope I got that close to correct.
> Dez

I used to maintain a product like this. Open the package (control-click,
show package contents) and double-click the alias file inside. If that
works, "unpackage" it (copy everything out), or turn off the CW Packager and
it will put your program in a normal folder.

If you have a single binary program that's not Mach-O, there's no reason to
bother with a package. All they're good for is hiding extra files
(resources, etc) in one place and protecting them from casual users.

Paul

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