Hi all,
now that I'm at the stage to copy/paste the subject line to replace the list's
Vol2, Issue 22..., I think you gave an important information on it:
"Mac REALbasic book and Windows REALbasic"
The important information is: "Mac". However, as you certainly have discovered
since you ask the question, many things can Cross-Platform (xplat).
Beware of the other way non xplat stuff (notably .dll and so on).
Also, check the TargetWin32 / TargetLinux and TargetMacOS entries of the
Language Reference.
Example taken from the "#If ...#EndIf Statement" entry of the Language
reference:
#If TargetMacOS
Separator=":"
#ElseIf TargetWin32
Separator="\"
#ElseIf TargetLinux
Separator="/"
#Endif
gettingstarted-request at lists dot realsoftware dot com wrote:
Subject: Re: Mac REALbasic book and Windows REALbasic
From: support at monkeybreadsoftware dot de (Christian Schmitz)
Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 03:07:10 +0200
btraver <btraver at traver dot org> wrote:
One or two quick questions....
(1) Will the programs in Clayton E. Crooks, II, Learning REALbasic
Through Applications, run in the Windows version of REALbasic?
it should work except some Mac stuff like AppleEvents.
Yes. However, if correctly done (I didn't have even see that book: I do not know
what the author wrote as its target: "Learning REALbasic Through [*]
Applications" [*] stands for (Macintosh / Mac OS 9 / Mac OS X / Windows [what
flavor ?]), every Macintosh specific could be in a [#If Target] block.
(2) If so, what's the best way for me to read the Mac CD-ROM on my PC?
Would it work for me to have a Mac friend send the files to me over the
Internet?
yes. And maybe the CD is just hybrid. Else someone can make a hybrid copy on
a Mac.
I learn on my own last year (in February/March 2003) that Mac OS X burned CDs
(using the built in mechanism) can be read under Windows 98 (certainly all other
most recent flavors...).
Using what your can read is a different story; I can tell that REALbasic
projects can be read (recent ones: version 5 and higher), jpg, gif, png, html,
etc. files can be read.
In fact you can read every object the application know its format (a painting
software can read jpg, gif, png; a browser application can render html files,
AppleWorks can read AppleWorks file as does Word, Excel, and so on).
WARNING: on the other side (burning CD from Windows [Windows 98 in my bad
experience] and try to read them on Macintosh) can be a different experience; I
'lost' some folders (the whole folder and its contents, not only the contents),
do not have the file/folder dates and so on if you do not choose carefully the
Windows/Burning Software/Burning method. :(
That CD was "readable" under Windows XP and my niece was able to burn another
copy with all the original contents, dates, and so on... ;)
In this world of global market (no more borders / no needs for customs), who
needs windows and gates ? IN FACT, who _needs for proprietary AND closed
'standards'_ ?
I was able to read my mails (Eudora XP), download REALbasic application,
examples, pdf, Apple OS Updates, and so on from a Dell with Windows XP burned
using Nero on either CD-R and CD-RW and use them on my Macintosh iBook
800/G3/14.1/256 then 640 + Airport ;)
HTH,
Emile
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