Re: Extra data in resource or attached file?
Re: Extra data in resource or attached file?
- Subject: Re: Extra data in resource or attached file?
- From: "Philippe GRUCHET" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 06:05:35 +0200
Hi,
Philippe wrote:
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I need to post an applet with some extra data (text data).
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This applet will run over MacOS Classic and X systems.
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Do you advice to put these data in resource inside the same applet {1}, or
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to link this applet to an attached file {2} ?
Emmanuel wrote:
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{1} works (our installers, updaters and upgraders are such applets)
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{2} works also, does not require an osax, but is less compact since
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you've got two files
It's also possible to create a package containing a carbon applet + some
extra data file(s).
I posted a template (31KB) at:
http://philippe.gruchet.free.fr/AS/Package-Template.sit
(It just contains a simple applet that opens startup disk, without data
files.)
However, I don't find how to create a carbon applet from within Smile...?
But a carbon applet can be open in Smile.
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Apple advises not to use resources to store large pieces of data, so
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you've got to discard {1} in case you've got big texts to pass.
Thank you very much for this technical point.
Regards,
Philippe
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