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Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: Monterrey, NL, Mexico
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Does anyone know how to set the right bit to make an app that shows as folder behave as expected? The name already ends with .app and it's installed on a HFS+ partition.
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Ing. Moises Kirsch
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anonymous
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What does the folder structure of the application look like?
While there is a bundle bit, Mac OS X doesn't need it to treat it as an application if it has the proper structure. You basically need a Contents folder inside the .app folder, and this folder should contain an Info.plist (or Info-macos.plist) file, a PkgInfo file, and at least a MacOS folder containing the actual application executable. If the folder that contains all this ends in .app, the Finder should recognize it as an application (I just tried it myself).
So that's the first thing to check. If, for some reason, the structure is correct and it's still not showing up right, you can open up a Terminal window, navigate to the folder the app is in (using "cd"), and type:
/System/Developer/Tools/SetFile -a B MyApp.app
Where "MyApp.app" is, of course, the name of your application. This will set the bundle bit. You may need to log out and back in before it will be recognized -- in DP4 the Finder doesn't recognize changes as well as it should.
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X Freedom
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Do you mean while your not running OS X on your machine?
Originally posted by kirsch:
Does anyone know how to set the right bit to make an app that shows as folder behave as expected? The name already ends with .app and it's installed on a HFS+ partition.
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I found that the PkgInfo file was empty. Editing in pico and writing the type/creator (APPL????) fixed the problem! The app showed as a generic application and didn't work, a reinstall fixed the problem....
thanks for the help.
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Ing. Moises Kirsch
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There is a utility to fix this... it is on the MacOS 9 disk that came with my G4, and I would expect there is a Carbon version... it's called Package First Aid, and the icon looks a lot like Disk First Aid's. I bet you could d/l it from Apple's site.
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If the bundle structure is correct the bundle should be displayed as an application. The bundle flag doesn't need to be set.
Either the structure is incorrect or it doesn't agree with the property list.
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