Classic Application Problem

[bassi]

I have an application called Editview to look at DNA sequence files on my Mac. At work I use this app on my iMac under 10.1.4 w/ no problem under classic. I decided to work on the files at home on my TiBook using 10.1.4 in classic mode, I emailed the prog and files and when I try to open the files they're not recognised and I can't change the "open with application" dialog for the files to Editview. What have I done wrong? Editview does not look like a valid application in the dialog box (it's grayed out).

[mervTormel]

...emailed the prog and files...
probably mangled in the ether. perhaps your work's email transport agent is Notes (or worse)? did you stuff/gzip the files first? if they're big files, you might just want to gzip/upload them to some ftp space and get them from there.

[lerkfish]

its also conceivable the program has prefs or invisible files that need to be installed directly, instead of transferring the application folder.

[bassi]

Yes, I think I will gzip the files and try an alternative route. I lcould just lug my VST firewrie 20 gig HD around with me to and from work and this may be easier and simpler. It's small and light.

[hschickel]

Classic Mac application files have a resource fork that is crucial for them to execute. If you zipped, gzipped or mailed these files through a system that does the above the resource fork will be lost, rendering the files useless.

Try stuffing the files (.sit) or packaging them in a compressed disk image (using Disk Copy) to mail or ftp them.

Hugh