Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!apple!agate!eos!shelby!portia.stanford.edu!elaine0.stanford.edu!draphsor From: draphsor@elaine0.stanford.edu (Matt Rollefson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: I just downloaded StuffIt Classic and... Message-ID: Date: 8 Nov 90 04:49:08 GMT References: <2780@esquire.dpw.com> <2787@esquire.dpw.com> <1990Nov7.101621@hari.Viewlogic.COM> <1990Nov8.022125.25495@svc.portal.com> Sender: news@portia.Stanford.EDU (USENET News System) Organization: AIR, Stanford University Lines: 26 leonardr@svc.portal.com (Leonard Rosenthol) writes: > You didn't hear this from me, but I will give away a secret...The >Stuffit Classic Installer (and ANY OTHER product which uses the Aladdin >Installer Technology) is really two parts. The data fork of the file is >a standard Stuffit Deluxe Archive, while the resource fork contains that >standard resources like CODE, etc. This is a big surprise. But... > What this means is that you can open an Installer file with Stuffit >(Classic/Deluxe) by doing either an Option-Open or choosing Show All from >the Open Dialog. This will open the Installer up like any other archive >and you can extract files manually to your hearts content! That's all well and good, except that that means we need the program to open the installer to extract the program. Now, if the auto-extractor works to the extent that it always extracts the program, if not the help files, then that's great. If not, well we're sort of stuck, eh? >Leonard Rosenthol >Software Ventures Corp. >MicroPhone II Development Team -- Draphsor vo'drun-Aelf draphsor@portia.stanford.edu