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In article <729@unccvax.UUCP> you write:
>In article <1118@csib.UUCP>, jwhitnel@csib.UUCP (Jerry Whitnell) writes:
   [in Lightspeed C]
>> I just hit cmd-R, with 15 seconds and I'm in my application.

>My question then becomes:  Is this "application" a single file which I can
>then bring to any unsuspecting mac, see the applications icon in the finder,
>double click on the icon and then have it run in the manner in which it did
>on the system I developed it on, assuming of course similar memory and 
>other hardware configurations were taken into consideration while creating the
>application...


For a definite answer,  yes  AND  no!


It is a single file but in its normal state it can not be double clicked 
and run.  The programme runs UNDER Lighspeed C  (sub-launch) and when it
terminates, LSC come back.  Now, that's the NO.

There is a menu option to make a TRUE double-clickable application
(also DA, code library, and more).  When this is done, a seperate file
is created which is the executable version.  It is EXACTLY the same except
the internal controls for symbol table/project/make/etc. information have
been removed.  Also modules that are not necessary have been removed.
(i.e. intelligent linker functions.)  Therefore it is now independent of
LSC, a full app.  Therefore YES (with qualifications), you must go through
this seperate step to make a double-clickable app.  NOTE: the time to generate
this app is about the same as the <cmd> R time till running.
(Time it takes to read the project and write the app., almost no processing
overhead, its minimal.)

Note: I've heard mention (not tried) that double clicking with <cmd> <option>?
down (forced execution) will run a LSC project.  So, in one unusual sense
(if this is true), by changing the Creator-Type words you can actually
convert the LSC project to a runnable application.  
(Another qualified YES answer.)


Did this help or did I confuse you more?




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