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Article #14409Re: MPW Tools Stand-Alone (?)
From: dgold
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1987 22:00
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1987 22:00
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In article <451@iscuva.UUCP> boba@iscuva.UUCP (Bob Alexander) writes:
>My question: Is there a fairly simple way to make programs written as
>MPW tools stand alone?
>
>It appears that MPW console i/o is capable of running stand-alone. The
>main problem is getting the program loaded and passing parameters to
>it.
Getting the program loaded is no problem: just option-command double-click
on it in the Finder. This signals the Finder to launch the program
regardless of the file type not being APPL. Of course, it had better be
able to run as an application, which MPW tools can if launched in this
fashion.
Parameters are fairly hopeless. You will have to detect the fact that you
are not running under the MPW Shell (there's a way of doing this, but it
escapes me for the moment) and put up a dialog or use some other means
(as a last resort, console I/O) to get your parameters.
--
David Goldsmith
Apple Computer, Inc.
MacApp Group
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!rutgers!lll-lcc!pyramid!voder!apple!dgold From: dgold@apple.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: MPW Tools Stand-Alone (?) Message-ID: <467@apple.UUCP> Date: Wed, 11-Feb-87 17:00:31 EST Article-I.D.: apple.467 Posted: Wed Feb 11 17:00:31 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 12-Feb-87 22:45:46 EST References: <451@iscuva.UUCP> Reply-To: dgold@apple.UUCP (David Goldsmith) Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, USA Lines: 27 Keywords: Can MPW tools run stand alone ?