Hi Brian,
> Am 10.08.2019 um 04:43 schrieb Brian Milby via use-livecode
> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>:
>
> Some files are moved to a different location based on type. I can’t recall
> the details and would need to look at the source. It is related to binary
> code though. Stuff is copied first and then moved on a second pass. That
> would explain the presence of the empty folders.
thank you, yes, I imagined something like this.
But what does get moved and why, and what can I do to make my app run?
> Thanks,
> Brian
> On Aug 9, 2019, 4:47 PM -0400, Klaus major-k via use-livecode
> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>, wrote:
>> Maybe noone got the point of my posting?
>>
>> The point is, that I add files and folder to the standalone via the "Copy
>> files" tab
>> in the "Standalone Application Settings", however some of these files are
>> missing
>> in the final runtime. However instead they can be found in ->
>> specialfolderpath("engine")
>>
>> What is happening here and why does LC not copy everything to the RESOURCES
>> folder?
>>
>>> Am 09.08.2019 um 15:22 schrieb Klaus major-k via use-livecode
>>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>:
>>>
>>> Hi friends,
>>>
>>> I am currently making an existing app "64Bit safe" for a customer with LC
>>> 9.5
>>> on macOS 10.14.6.
>>>
>>> In this app there are some "compiled shell scripts" (? I guess, have no
>>> infor about this)
>>> which changes the keyboard layout (chinese and back) to german depending of
>>> the target
>>> fields in LC.
>>>
>>> Structure (three files and two folders):
>>> ## File
>>> extSetInputMethod
>>>
>>> ## Folders
>>> x86-64/extSetInputMethod
>>> x86-32/extSetInputMethod
>>>
>>> I guess the first one checks the current architecture and then calls the
>>> correct version for this.
>>> Whatever, this works fine in the customers older apps.
>>>
>>> So I added all this via the "Copy files" tab in the "Standalone Application
>>> Settings"
>>> However these files were NOT in specialfolderpath("resources") in the
>>> runtime?
>>>
>>> In the runtime I find this:
>>> the_actual_app.app
>>> -> /Resources
>>> -> /Resources/Externals ## empty, no externals used in app
>>> -> /Resources/x86-64 ## EMPTY!?
>>> -> /Resources/x86-32 ## EMPTY!?
>>>
>>> File -> extSetInputMethod = missing and the two latter folders are EMPTY!?
>>> Where on earth are the contents of the other folders?
>>>
>>> But I find this in:
>>> the_actual_app
>>> -> /MacOS
>>> -> /MacOS/extInputMethod ## the missing file! see above
>>> -> /MacOS/x86-64/extInputMethod ## the missing file
>>> -> /MacOS/x86-32/extInputMethod ## the missing file
>>> ...
>>>
>>> So calling the shell apps in -> specialfolderpath("resources") does of
>>> course not work!?
>>> If I copy them manually to the correct folder in the runtime, they stop
>>> working.
>>> So all in all this is a real showstopper! :-/
Best
Klaus
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