Re: Code signing and bundle layout

FROM : Jeff Johnson
DATE : Mon Jun 23 20:35:25 2008

On Jun 23, 2008, at 7:49 AM, Bill Cheeseman wrote:

> on 2008-06-23 7:02 AM, Trygve Inda at <email_removed> wrote:
>

>> I have a prefpane that contains two helper applications (which are
>> themselves bundles). These are currently in the Resources folder, 
>> but it
>> looks like they should move. Do I create a different folder for 
>> these?

>
> I discussed this issue at length with Apple engineers several 
> months ago.
> They made it clear that they were undecided at that time about the 
> best way
> to handle this situation, but they strongly indicated that putting the
> helper app packages into any subfolder of the Contents folder was
> inadvisable. As an interim meaure, they advised me to put the 
> helper app
> packages at the root level of my application package's Contents 
> folder. I've
> done that, and it seems to work.
>


Bill, thanks for the information. Did they say why putting a helper 
app in a subfolder (e.g., MacOS) was inadvisable?

-Jeff