Roger, I agree, but I suppose that the app may create externals that need to be saved in that folder in the course of its being used, so I would leave it alone and include it even though it is empty.
Joe Lewis Wilkins Architect On Sep 5, 2011, at 5:31 PM, Roger Eller wrote: > On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 8:23 PM, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote: > >> Hi Greg, >> >> Since you need everything in the Window's Folder to make your standalone >> run on Windows, you're going to have to give the users the whole thing. As I >> recall, this has always been one of the gripes about Windows apps. They're >> just not very "neat". (smile) Sometimes the Mac versions may have separate >> "externals" as well, since we can't change the compiled app and need >> something outside (external) the application itself. >> >> Joe Lewis Wilkins >> Architect > > > Nope. If the externals folder is empty, then the Windows build isn't using > anything there anyway, so that (untidy) <smile> folder doesn't have to be > included. Btw, Mac .app files are mere folders hiding behind an illusion > that they are executables. <smile again>. > > ˜Roger > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
