Scott: -snip- FB version/name problem. >Clear as mud? I vote for the return to the good old days when >version numbers where not mixed up in the name... Okay, your addressing one of the problems I see. It would be my guess that version numbers and application names should not be mixed -- even in the "new way" of doing things (excluding the "old style"). As I see it, in the property list (plist) there are key tags for both CFBundleName (which should be the name of the application) and CFBundleShortVersionString (which should be the version number) -- wouldn't that be a correct assessment? However, if one takes the application "FutureBASIC [Carbon]" and tries to inspect the "contents" (Show Package Contents) you'll find none -- is that they way it's supposed to be? Or was this application not supposed to have a "contents" folder like other applications? It's confusing -- but, the plist may provide relief, if understood and applied correctly. In the plist, there are a large assortment of key tags -- most I've seen start with a CF prefix (i.e., CFBundleDevelopmentRegion = "English" and so on). I think we need to address each tag to find out what it means and when to use it. While it may be easy to understand that CFBundlePackageType = "APPL" and CFBundleSignature = <creator code>, I am clueless as to what CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion, or CFBundleTypeMIMETypes, mean as well as many other key-tag names. Also, I have observed that there are still other key tags that appear to be custom (i.e., BuildVersion, SourceVerson, ProjectName and so on). Likewise, I think we need (or at least I do) need to address these and know what they mean. Furthermore, which of these tags are actually needed in an application, and why. If you look at Safari, you'll find very few tags in its version plst, but many tags in its info.plst , which answer my previous question to Ken as to if an application can have more than one plist -- clearly it can have more than one. The plist appears to have many avenues for investigation -- perhaps too many, and thus adding even more to my confusion. Thanks for taking a shot at it. tedd -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://sperling.com/