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From: <squ...@xe...> - 2005-06-18 07:58:47
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Hi Gerd, I tried responding to the emails I received, but they never seemed to make it into the SQuirreL lists. I then consolidated my replies and posted them to the User list (where I had posted my other messages) and no one responded. I figured people weren't really interested. Either that or the fact that I neglected to create a new subject line in my consolidated email meant said that no one needed to look at it. I am now sending this email individually to all the recipients on your email. The reason I am not sending it to everyone in a single email is because I use a Disposable Email provider who has not yet figured out how to handle multiple email recipients. In any case, the mechanism for creating a Java application bundle for the Mac is not hard, and does not require the use of reflection, ant, or any programming. The Mac Developer package includes the "Jar Bundler" app (I found it at Macintosh HD/Developer/Applications/Java Tools). This application can take a pure Java App and turn it into an executable. I did that with the SQuirreL SQL Client installed by the installer.jar. The only special steps I took were: 1. Remove the .sh and .bat files since they are irrelevant to running a Java app on Mac. 2. added the acorn.icns icon file from the Lynn Pye distribution which is still promoted on the home page. All this was outlined in my post to the User's list. Really, if there is a java application out there with a Class that has a main method, you can use the Jar Bundler tool to create a .app file which can be launched by double clicking. I've asked this before, and I'll ask again, is there some way I can upload my .zip file to the Sourceforge site? Unfortunately, the .sitx file is is 5.1 MB and the .zip file is 2.5 MB. My ISP allows a max of 2 MB for outgoing email, so I can't simply email the file to anyone. I've already done what little work is required to produce a SQuirreL SQL Client.app with the necessary supporting files and directories. The process is real simple and I've now explained it once on the User's List and once here. I can upload the file to a website that will accept file uploads (which it seems the Sourceforge site cannot do), or I can talk someone through the process if I have a phone number to call. Hope this all helps. Sorry for the rambling, but It's almost 4:00 a.m. here and I've had one hell of a 17 hour day at work. Mike On Jun 17, 2005, at 2:33 PM, Gerd Wagner wrote: Hi, me, Gerd Wagner, and more recently Glenn Griffin were in contact with you about a Mac install package for SQuirreL. By the time we would like to do a release. I converted the Mac plugin to use reflection so I could compile it. Then I was able to execute the Mac build target in our ant build.xml. Which produced tar.gz file that looks like it contained a Mac specific packaging. I would like to ask you if something more is needed to do to create a proper packing for the Mac. The tar.gz file is of 1.7 MB size. If you were interested I could mail it to you. I'd apreciate your help. Thanks in advance. Gerd |
