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From: ebostick@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Edward Bostick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Help with File Packages
Message-ID: <26d31071.45fe@petunia.CalPoly.EDU>
Date: 22 Aug 90 23:08:33 GMT
Reply-To: ebostick@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Edward Bostick)
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Organization: Cal Poly State Univ,CSC Dept,San Luis Obispo,CA 93407
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 I have an application and a manual for the application
that I would like to put together in a file package.  I
have an icon that I would like to use to represent the
file package.  Do I use the Project Inspector panel in IB
to associate the icon with the file package?  Should the
application name field be change?  And, if I want to use
make install, should the install directory field be changed?
I have tried some variations of different app names and
install dir names, but I had no luck.  I can make a file
package by creating a directory and giving it an extension
of ".app", but I had no luck getting an icon associated
with the file package.
 Once I have the file package put together I would like to 
be able to have the application use a function like getwd()
to get the path name of application or the file package.
As you guessed this path name would be used to open the 
manual located with the application.  The function getwd()
works with programs not under the control of the Window
Manager.  Those that are, return the path name of the
users root directory.  Is there another function that will
do what I need or is there something that I'm doing wrong?
 Finally, once I have the path name I can open the manual
which is a WriteNow document.  This works, but WriteNow
will create a new window along with opening the manual
window.  I feel that I must be doing something wrong with
the messages that I'm sending.  I have used openFile and
openTempFile, both with the same results.  I was wondering
if the port that I opened from the WriteNow application
using NXPortFromName was the problem.
  
  Thank you in advance for any help and/or advice.
 
  mail responses to: ebostick@polyslo.calpoly.edu