Here are some notes for building and distributing standalones for OSX. It is assumed users already know how to build a standalone in Runtime Revolution 2.2 or greater. This document focusses on building icons and custom .DMG installers. There's also a PDF which you can print out and keep for reference.

This is a basic tutorial you can view in RunRev (or MC) to see how you can build buttons with mouseOver and mouseDown behaviors without scripting — using the icon properties of buttons.

You can find a tutorial on how to create the "reflective buttons" at www.altuit.com/webs/altuit/GlassPhotoShopTutorial/default.htm

While this isn't necessarily a tutorial, it is handy to know. RPM's are install packages for RedHat and several other Linux distros. If you haven't seen DemoLinux, you should go to www.demolinux.org to check it out. It's a CD-ROM which will boot your PC into Linux with the Gnome interface without creating partitions or affecting your PC computer in any way. You can opt to also install other packages, such as the Linux version of RunRev. It can even save RunRev to your hard disk. You can then easily check your existing apps for Linux compatibility. If you're going to build an RPM, you'll need to open a terminal window and change directory to the directory where your executable is located. Then, download the file here and replace the TransNote01 name with the name of the file you're compacting. Then change the TransNote name with the name of the file you wish to install. You can monkey around with the paths, descriptions etc.. Next, type in the bash window:    rpm -ba TransNote.spec It will build the rpm file and tell you where it put it. Just post it to the net and you're done!

NOTE: BELOW IS ONLY FOR VERSION 2.1 AND EARLIER
Making icons for RunRev and getting them to work in Windows is a chore. I've found a real quick way to do it. I use a program called QTam Bitmap to Icon.

I can then create a 32 x 32 pixel 24-bit bmp file (note: if you have PhotoShop, you can create a 16-color BMP using Indexed Color, Adaptive, Forced Black & White) and QTam will convert it to the requisite 766 byte .ico file that RR needs. It supports transparency as well. Click the link button below to download a copy. The trial version works just fine, but if you like it, you can do as I did and support shareware.

You need to use the following settings in QTam:
Size: 32x32
Color: 16 colors
Output format: Normal Icon

That's it! Extremely fast and easy. No fancy editors to learn and you can use your favorite paint program to create the 32 x 32 bmp you start with.

Oh, and if you're looking for a way to generate some sharp looking icons...check out my Photoshop Glass Button Tutorial.

Good luck!

Here are a few icons I quickly made using the above technique. Though limited to 16 colors, you can still make some decent icons for Windows. 256 colors would of course be better! Also, click on the LINK button to download a photoshop file as an icon template for QTAM.

Thanks to an excellent presentation by Jacque Landman Gay at the Revolution Conference in San Francisco. It prompted me to create this stack which is a step-by-step walkthrough of setting up a Revolution CGI on a local Mac running OSX.