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In article <BszHrA.143@oceania.com> john@oceania.com (John Robison)  
writes:
> Kevin Sapp writes
> > 
> > How does one create a file package from an app?  
> >
> NeXT provides this info in the 2.0 Release Notes section on installer.
> (NextLibrary/Documentation/NextDev/Notes/Installer.rtf)
> You need 2.0 to use the Installer packages.
> 
> > Once it is created is there any trick to the open/save panels  
> recognizing
> > it as a package and not a plain directory?
> > 
> No, the installer does this for you.
> Double-click are you are off and running.
> 
> Aside:
> Packages are extremely helpful for distribution of software. This
> is especially true if you are distributing muitl-volume floppys -
> and "mere mortal" users. If you read the Installer carefully,
> everything you need to know for packages is in there. Installer was a
> great invention from NeXT. 
> 

While everything you said is true, I'm assuming that Kevin was asking  
about "file backages", NOT "Installer packages". A file package is where a  
number of files are kept in a wrapper folder which is seen by the user as  
a single file (such as .app, .font, .pkg, etc.). I too have been wonderinh  
how to extend this to custom packages, with the same characteristics that  
Kevin asks about.

Gordon
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