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From: harrow@dec-exodus.UUCP
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Subject: ET Icon Editor Question...
Message-ID: <2731@decwrl.DEC.COM>
Date: Sat, 3-May-86 13:04:06 EDT
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Posted: Sat May  3 13:04:06 1986
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I've been attempting to use the ET Icon Editor, written in RASCAL, as a
RASCAL learning tool.  However, I can't seem to get a working application 
out of it when I compile it.

My steps are as follows:

1.	Compile the LIBRARY file to a .ras file.

2.	Compile the SOURCE file to a .ras file.

3.	Link the SOURCE file (the source file contains the link directive to
	point to the LIBRARY file (note that there were NO errors during
	the compile phases).

	On my first link attempt, I was left with anundefined symbol CROSS.
	Looking at things, I simply replaced the reference to CROSS() with
	the appropriate 
code to generate the cross-cursor, and a subsequent
	LINK finished fine.

4.	I then chose EXECUTE SAME from the RASCAL menu and ended up with a
	blank application window with the watch cursor flashing.  I had to
	RESET to get things going again.

5.	I then tried using the MAKEAPPL utility to turn the .obj into a
	standalone application, turning OFF things like default menus (the
	program seems to make its own), etc., but at best I end up with a 
	bomb and a menu bar containing "dim" random characters.

Since the application obviously DID work (since the standalone application was
distributed along with the sources, I must be missing something.  Can some
RASCAL guru give me a hand?

Thanks,

Jeff Harrow