Thanks very much Joe and everyone else, I'm up and running! Harry
On Feb 25, 2007, at 11:59 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> The problem is that as a beginner PEF and Mach-O mean nothing to me. >> I suspect it has to do with Intel vs PowerPc, or maybe between OS X >> and OS 9? > > Ah, I see. OK, here's the deal in a nutshell: there are two formats > for executable (application) files on the Mac: PEF, which is a modern, > sensible format that the Mac has always used up until recently, and > Mach-O, which is an older, more primitive format that Steve Jobs used > at NeXT and then foisted onto the rest of us when he returned to Apple > and came out with OS X (which is just NeXT in a Mac's clothing in many > other ways, too). PEF apps can run on OS 9 and OS X, but they can > only > contain PowerPC code. Mach-O apps only run on OS X, but they can > contain either PowerPC or Intel code. So, unfortunately, since modern > Mac hardware is Intel, we have to use the Mach-O format, which means > your apps won't run on OS 9 anymore. > > Mach-o apps also make declares differently, as this error message was > pointing out. See <http://www.declaresub.com/ideclare/>, an excellent > online book by Charles Yeomans, for everything you ever wanted to know > about declares (and more!). _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
