Re: [Adobe-source-devel] Finding resources

[Robert D. <rcd...@gm...>]

On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 7:34 PM, Robert Dailey <rcd...@gm...> wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 6:58 PM, Sean Parent <sea...@me...> wrote:
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>> I would object to putting in support for searching above the folder
>> containing the executable - this is a potential security risk (a resource
>> can be replaced/overwritten without write access to the application
>> directory).
>>
>> Copying application resources into a "package" is a good thing.
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> Good point. I had always agreed with this, it's just an interesting way of looking at my suggestion. I never thought of how it could be exploited for the worst.
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> I think there is some miscommunication here. When I called the begin app a unit test, that's because I'm referring to the one in //adobe_platform_libraries/test/begin. When I ran this app, it was merely a dialog with a slider and an edit field. Nothing more. It didn't look like a "GUI
> front-end and editor for property model and layout library files
> ". Is there another begin app somewhere I am missing out on? Apologies for my confusion.
>
> There's also another thing I'm fairly confused about. And again, I do
> apologize, as this is getting slightly off topic, but bear with me if you
> would. Let's say that APL goes away, since that essentially seems like what
> it will do eventually. With just ASL around, how can it possibly be
> functional without any widget implementations? For example, if I have an
> interface for a Button widget, but no implementation for it for Windows, no
> button can be created. There needs to be Win32 code at *some level* in order
> for ASL to be even remotely useful. Either that, or the design philosophies
> I've been reading are completely misleading. Some detailed insight into this
> would be really helpful for me. If there are articles I can read, by all
> means please point me in the right direction.
>
> Thanks again to everyone for helping.
>

Update:

I just downloaded the v1.0.42 release of ASL with the begin app for Windows,
and I actually see all of the dialogs now. I understand what you mean now. I
just find it odd that it is in the /test/ directory. I simply assumed those
were for unit/integration tests.