[V4RB] Mac OS X .app bundle (REALbasic deployment question)

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

On 8/19/05 10:07 PM, "Malik Djelil (AlterConcept SAS)"
<malik.djelil at alterconcept.com> wrote:

> Ah! Ok! :)
> Sorry, I have just understand: bundle BUT NOT Mach-O app.
> The bundle must be MANUALLY builded (NOT with REALbasic).
> The procedure is:
> - Compiling a PEF app. with RB
> - Building myself the bundle.
> 
> I have planned to use some Carbon Mach-O dylib that I have developed, but I
> must convert them in PEF format. It is not recommended -- and it is not
> possible with RB -- to use Mach-O dylib with PEF app.
> 
> There is an other limitation:
> Some Mac OS X features (WebKit and others...) are available only in the
> Cocoa API. So if we want use them from RB, we must create a Mach-O app.
> Bundle.
> 
>>> - As mentionned by Ruslan, I think it is a good idea to implement the
>>> following feature :) An API to set a list of preferred paths (a method like
>>> Valentina.setComponentsPaths(), I suppose) with the support for the Mach-O
>>> bundle internal paths (relative paths).
>> 
>> IMPORTANT. 
>> 
>>     When we will get V4RB-MACHO all dylibs will be compiled with internal
>>     path to 
>> 
>>         Package/Contents/Vcomponents
>> 
>>     you will not be able change this.
>>     this is how dylibs work. Do not know why :-)
>>  
> 
> Do you have a release date for this V4RB-MACHO version ?
> I am a "little" interested :)

For now we have study interest of people and posibility.

I think the best step now can be:

    I can try to build in REALBasic MACHO application,
    and fix V4RB Carbon to be able work inside of package.

    I will try and se if this is possible.


-- 
Best regards,

Ruslan Zasukhin
VP Engineering and New Technology
Paradigma Software, Inc

Valentina - Joining Worlds of Information
http://www.paradigmasoft.com

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