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Re: Beta and ResExpress
>>>>> "Jim" == Link8452 <Link8452@aol.com> writes:
In article <960409125059_267576779@emout10.mail.aol.com> Link8452@aol.com writes:
Jim> I downloaded the Beta version of Executor and would like to
Jim> say that it is VERY nice. The splash screen is great, and the
Jim> browser enhancements make it much more appealing.
Thanks. We have a few more changes to make to the splash screen and
Browser's appearance.
Jim> I have been trying to get ResExpress to work with Exewcutor
Jim> for a while, since ResEdit isn't stable and Resourcerer won't
Jim> save anything. When I dragged it to the Hot Band, it
Jim> installed and I ran it from the Browser. It looked as though
Jim> it was going to work fairly well. When I tryed to configure
Jim> it from the menu it gave me a Privilege Violation and exited
Jim> to the Browser (which is better than crashing as it did in
Jim> previous versions). Then, after exiting Executor and running
Jim> it again, I tried to run ResExpress again. This time it
Jim> crashed right away w/o any message. When I tried to remove it
Jim> from the Hot Band, it was not there. So I tried to delete the
Jim> Sytem.ard file and it gave me a screwed-up dialog box saying
Jim> "This file has no resource fork, would you like to create
Jim> one?" Then if you select YES it asks you to rename a file
Jim> (which it doesn't actually do). So I can't delete the
Jim> System.ard file and will have to reinstall Executor.
Jim> I know you weren't going to fiddle with Font/DA support until
Jim> after Beta0 ships, but I thought this would help you.
Now that beta0 is out we plan to work on Font/DA
installation/deinstallation. At this late date we probably won't make
many DAs go that aren't already going, but we will try to get it so
installing and deinstalling isn't such a fearful activity.
Jim> Great job on Executor! It looks a lot better.
We're trying.
Jim> Jim Brandt
--Cliff
ctm@ardi.com
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