Others have already spoken, so I'll just say "amen".
On one of the Windows 98 machines I use, I ran "mcsetup.exe" to install MC in
the default spot (C:\Program Files\Metacard\Program\). Everything is there,
including unlicensed mchome.mc. Then I put my development directory tree,
including my licensed home stack, on another drive. I put a shortcut to my
licensed home in the Windows taskbar, and that's what I use to launch MC. It
always opens with the current directory set to the one where my licensed home
stack lives (since that's the home stack currently running).
I believe the MC installation instructions for Unix recommend putting the
engine/help/tools in a directory where all users have access to it, and then
putting mchome.mc in the user's personal directory. In a multi-developer
environment, that makes tool administration easier - everyone can use the same
copy of MC but still have their own personal home stack (and other stacks of
course).
FWIW.
Phil Davis
Signe Marie Sanne wrote:
>
> Hello,
> Even though I have worked extensively with MetaCard for several
> years, I still have not found the answers to the following. Would
> someone please enlighten me?
>
> 1. Is it necessary that the files mchome, mc.exe (or metacard on
> Mac), mc.tools and mchelp always are in the same folder as the
> application you work on? (I usually start an application with
> "toplevel mystack") What about aliases of the engine or mchome, or
> full path for the application?
>
> 2. What about the files MC external and MC externalData, what are
> they for? Can they be removed?
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