[Vzome-users] Application wrappers

[Ezra Bradford]

Sorry to say that under Tiger this one vanishes even faster than the  
old one.

Ezra


On Jan 12, 2008, at 7:05 PM, Scott Vorthmann wrote:

>
> Ezra,
>
> I found that when I installed the recent Java update for Mac OS X  
> 10.4 (Tiger), the application wrappers stopped working.  I was  
> going to create a new wrapper, but then I installed Leopard.   
> Again, the old wrappers don't work.
>
> I'm attaching a ZIP of my modified application wrapper for Leopard  
> (OS X 10.5).  The wrapper that Java Web Start offers to create is  
> pretty good, now, but does not have any file associations.  The  
> wrapper attached can be associated as the default app to  
> open .vZome files when you double click on them in the Finder.
>
> I would be unsurprised to find out that this wrapper will work with  
> the latest Java update on 10.4 (Tiger) as well, but I haven't tried  
> it.
>
> Scott
>
> <vZome 2.1 latest.app.zip>
>
>
> On Jan 12, 2008, at 5:35 PM, Ezra Bradford wrote:
>
>> (Mac issue)
>> My application wrappers aren't working any more. When I open either
>> one, it bounces a few times in the dock (as if loading), then
>> vanishes. I'd try to redownload, but I've discovered that the
>> belowmentioned link from 2006 no longer exists.
>>
>> Ezra
>>
>>
>> From the previous subject on double-clicking vZome files:
>> On Oct 29, 2007, at 11:55 PM, Scott Vorthmann wrote:
>>
>>> Jack,
>>>
>>> The file-association trick is a bit iffy with Java Web Start...
>>> recent versions of JWS are supposed to support it, but I don't think
>>> it is reliable.  The best thing is to have one of my custom-made
>>> application wrappers... see this link:
>>>
>>> http://vorthmann.org/pipermail/vzome-users_vorthmann.org/2006-
>>> November/000022.html
>>>
>>> ...and the archive it refers to:
>>>
>>> http://vorthmann.org/pipermail/vzome-users_vorthmann.org/ 
>>> attachments/
>>> 20061120/07ec11b9/attachment-0001.zip
>>>
>>> You may need to crack open the .app package and adjust the JNLP URL
>>> used... but the file association with .vzome files should work fine.
>>> You may find you need to "get info" on a .vZome file, select the
>>> vZome launcher, and "change all".
>>>
>>> Scott
>>>
>>> On Oct 29, 2007, at 7:02 AM, bhall at nd.edu wrote:
>>>
>>>> Jack,
>>>>
>>>> I don't know how it is on the Mac, but on the PC, double-clicking
>>>> launches vZome
>>>> but doesn't open the file, just as you find. BUT, if you leave that
>>>> window open
>>>> and double-click again on the file, the file you want will open.
>>>> This is still
>>>> an extra step, but possibly easier than going through the file  
>>>> menu.
>>>>
>>>> Brian
>>>>
>>>> Quoting Jack Levy <j.levy at ucl.ac.uk>:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm running the latest vZome on a Mac and am finding that double-
>>>>> clicking a file with a .vZome extension fires up the  
>>>>> application but
>>>>> doesn't load the file.  I have to open it explicitly from vZome's
>>>>> File menu.  Is there a way to fix this?
>>>>>
>>>>> Jack Levy,                                  e-mail:  
>>>>> j.levy at ucl.ac.uk
>>>>> Applications and Academic Support Group,    phone: +44 (0)20 7679
>>>>> 2799
>>>>> Information Systems,                               (internal:  
>>>>> 32799)
>>>>> University College London,                  fax: +44 (0)20 7388  
>>>>> 5406
>>>>> Gower Street,
>>>>> London WC1E 6BT.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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