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- Path: sparky!uunet!oceania!john
- From: john@oceania.com (John Robison)
- Subject: Re: Packages
- Message-ID: <BszHrA.143@oceania.com>
- Sender: john@oceania.com (John Robison)
- Reply-To: john@oceania.com
- Organization: Oceania Health Care Systems
- References: <1992Aug13.220229.15234@sunova.ssc.gov>
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- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 17:25:57 GMT
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- 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.
-
- Just my $0.02,
-
- John
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