Combining Mac and Peecee FileMaker Runtimes

I recently generated a cross-platform runtime for a client who runs both Windows and OS X. Here’s some notes on the process:

1. Generate runtime on OS X
2. Generate runtime on Windows with same bindkey
3. Combine two resulting directories:
   • .USR will be duplicated (one is redundant)
   • .exe had sticky bit set resulting in ‘One or more items have special permissions and cannot be copied.’ (permissions -rwxr-Sr--, chmod g-s xxx.exe fixed it)
   • Note Windows Extensions folder has more items than Mac (so combine folder rather than replace)

I created a high level folder to hide the myriad of Windows files. So at the top level I now have:

• Solution OS X (created under OS X, alias to Solution.app)
• Solution Windows.lnk (created under Windows, link to Solution.exe)
• Documentation folder
• System Files folder
  • Extensions folder
  • Solution.app
  • Solution.exe
  • Solution.USR
  • (40 DLLs)

The client clicks on the appropriate solution name depending what platform they’re on.