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From: patrickd@chinet.chi.il.us (Patrick Deupree)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: My impressions of Actor 3.0
Message-ID: <1990Jul10.143702.20775@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 10 Jul 90 14:37:02 GMT
References: <500@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU> <7723@fy.sei.cmu.edu>
Organization: The Whitewater Group, Evanston, IL
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In article <7723@fy.sei.cmu.edu> bwb@sei.cmu.edu (Bruce Benson) writes:
>Version 1.2b would create stand alone programs!  I have not yet received my
>update to Actor 3.0 and did not notice any reference to this in the
>Whitewater brochure.  How about a clarification from the Whitewater folks?

Fear not people.  We've not changed in that respect.  Not only can you still
create stand alone applicatioins, but we've made the process much easier.
Previously we had a process called "Sealing Off".  This required running a
slim and trim version of Actor, loading your program, then removing the
compiler from the system.  We now have a menu choice called "Seal Off..."
that will bring up a dialog.  All you have to do is provide the name of
a class (that you create) that starts your application, the name of the
file you want it saved into, your static setting, and your dynamic setting.
Hit OK and voila, you have an application.

I believe that the previous posters confusion on this matter (he thought
you required the Resource Toolkit to do this) is due to our new manuals.
In order to make integration of our tools easier, we do refer to the Toolkit
in our new manuals.  He possible thought that it was _required_ to perform
actions that we referred to (e.g. dialog boxes, menus, etc).
-- 
"Organized fandom is composed of a bunch of nitpickers with a thing for
 trivial pursuit."  -Harlan Ellison

Patrick Deupree ->	patrickd@chinet.chi.il.us