Creating a Standalone Application
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1) Choose Save A Copy... from the File menu.
2) Choose Application from the "File type" popup menu at the bottom of the
Save A Copy dialog box.
3) A dialog box appears into which you can type information for the
Finder's Get Info window. You can use this information to keep track
of versions of the application as you develop it. You can summon an
additional dialog box, of use mainly to advanced developers, into which
you can type more detailed version information.
WARNING: Once a standalone application is created, it cannot become
a stack again -- and, from a development point of view, is frozen in
its new form.
Script Security
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Because standalone applications have no script editor, the user has no
access to your scripts.
Custom File Type
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HyperCard provides the file type code STAK to standalone applications. You
can provide your own file type code by choosing Custom file type from the
"File type" popup menu. Again, this feature is intended for advanced
developers.
WARNING: Creating a standalone application with anything other than the
default application signature can have unexpected results. For information
about avoiding such surprises, see "Create a Standalone Application" in the
HyperCard Help stack.
This article was adapted from the HyperCard 2.2 New Features stack.