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- Metrowerks Java MacOS Post Linker Read Me
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- Version: 1.0
- Date: 8-25-98
- Author: Greg Bolsinga
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- About Java MacOS Post Linker
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- The Java MacOS Post Linker is used to create JBindery double-clickable
- MacOS applications, MW Standalone double-clickable MacOS applications,
- or java zip archives with MacOS resources. It's been created to simplify
- creating JBindery & MW Standalone applications from the CW IDE and to
- remove most MacOS specific code from the Java Linker.
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- How to Use
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- Install "Java MacOS Post Linker" into the ":Metrowerks CodeWarrior:
- CodeWarrior Plugins:Linkers:" folder. Install "Java MacOS Settings" into
- the ":Metrowerks CodeWarrior:CodeWarrior Plugins:Preference Panels:"
- folder. Restart the CW IDE. Once you open a java project file, select
- "Java MacOS Post Linker" as your target's Post Linker in the Target
- Settings panel.
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- JBindery Output
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- This creates a JBindery double-clickable MacOS java application. It has
- a very similiar interface to JBindery for setting everything up. Please
- see the JBindery documentation for the meanings of all the settings.
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- This setting will copy any MacOS resources in the project to the
- resulting output file. For example, this way the user can include the
- splash picture that JBindery supports in MRJ SDK 2.0.1.
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- It creates its output in the folder set in "Target Settings:Output
- Directory", which is the same folder that the Java Linker's output is
- written to.
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- Of course, JBindery always uses MRJ as its JVM.
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- MW Standalone Output
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- This creates a MW Standalone double-clickable MacOS java application. It
- can use either MRJ or the MW JVM for running java. This is selectable in
- the Java Target panel.
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- It creates its output in the folder set in "Target Settings:Output
- Directory", which is the same folder that the Java Linker's output is
- written to.
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- This option supercedes the 'old' way of creating a MW Standalone
- application. If you are using the 'old' way of creating MW Standalones,
- here's how to update it. This applies to CWPro3's panels & settings. It
- may or may not change for CWPro4. Change the Java Output Output Type
- setting to "Jar File" from "Application". Now set the Post Linker in the
- Java Target panel to "Java MacOS Post Linker". Go to the "Java MacOS
- Settings" panel and select "MW Standalone".
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- See the file "MW Java StandAlone Release Notes" for information about
- the settings, and any other last minute documentation.
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- MacOS Zip Output
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- This output type is present for backwards compatibility. The Java Linker
- up to CWPro3 copied MacOS resources into the output zip file. This was
- handy for adding 'vers' resources to your zip file, for example.
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- The user can set it to copy the Java Linker output to a new file, and
- then copy the MacOS resources to the new file by checking the "Create
- New File" checkbox. It creates its output in the folder set in "Target
- Settings:Output Directory", which is the same folder that the Java
- Linker's output is written to.
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- If "Create New File" isn't checked, it will merge the MacOS resources
- into the Java Linker's output file.
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- Awhile ago, the Java Linker created certain resources in the output zip
- file. They were used to assist the old 'Droplet'. This isn't in the MW
- tool set anymore. However, with JBindery in MRJ SDK 2.0.1, users can
- drop these jar/zip files onto JBindery. It will parse out the main class
- name and the main arguments. Since this isn't necessary anymore with the
- JBindery setting in this Post Linker, the user may optionally continue
- to add these resources to the zip file.
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- Contacting Metrowerks
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- For bug reports, technical questions, and suggestions, please use the
- forms in the Release Notes folder on the CD, and send them to
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- support@metrowerks.com
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- See the CodeWarrior on the Nets document in the Release Notes folder for
- more contact information, including a list of Internet newsgroups,
- online services, and patch and update sites.
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- Greg Bolsinga
- Metrowerks Corporation
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