Is a bundle similar to a package under os9? There is a contextual menu
plug-in called Instant Package that can make a folder into a package. It can
be found on VersionTracker, but not MacUpdate. You have to have the proper
stuff in the folder to convert it.

Larry T

> From: Scott Spencer <sj3@...>
> Reply-To: futurebasic@...
> Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2003 11:28:48 -0700
> To: futurebasic@..., FB3 BetaList <FB3Beta@...>
> Subject: Re: [FB] Carbon application bundling
> 
> This is a good question...
> 
> I know the folder must contain certain items and be structured
> correctly.  Also, according to the Carbon Porting Guide:
> 
> "On Mac OS X, a bundle hierarchy normally appears as a single file,
> unless the bundle bit is unset, in which case it appears as a folder
> hierarchy."
> 
> Apparently Project Builder will do this automatically, but one should
> also be able to build it manually.  I'll look into it a bit.
> 
> Probably something the OS X native version of the FB Editor should do
> for us automatically too.
> 
> 
> On Friday, July 4, 2003, at 10:33  AM, John McKernon wrote:
> 
>> So my Carbon version of Lightwright is about ready for release, but the
>> question is, how do I turn it into a "bundle"? I have the requisite
>> .plists,
>> icon files, and my FB-built application, but I can't figure out how to
>> turn
>> them all into an OSX bundle. Apple's Project Builder seems like it
>> should do
>> it, but it really wants to compile c code, which of course I'm not
>> using,
>> and so I get errors.
>> 
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