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Re: Permissions & Execute bit on RB PEF Apps?

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Subject: Re: Permissions & Execute bit on RB PEF Apps?
From: Michael Diehr <md03 at xochi dot com>
Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 21:46:56 -0700
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Hmm, seems like this may be a known bug with application filenames  
that have a version number in their name (which I realize is bad HID)...
   http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-39145.html

Weird that "MyApplication 3.4" will open as an application, but "My  
Application 3.5" won't.
I wonder if ".5" is a recognized file extension?


On May 31, 2007, at 9:41 PM, Michael Diehr wrote:

> Both RB4.5.3 and RB2007 give you the following permissions for PEF  
> apps:
>    -rw-r--r--
>
> The vast majority of the time this seems fine.  However, I'm having a
> few customer complaints that after installation the app is not being
> recognized as an application, and is instead showing up as "Open
> with...Script Editor" which of course fails.
>
> Anyone else seen this?  Would forcing chmod +x fix this, or is there
> some other mysterious way to get the finder to recognize an app as an
> app?
>
>
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