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| 20/6/02 |
Ready to Use Compiler Stubs |
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Submitted by Rob Laveaux, Pluggers Software
Even if you're developing a cross-platform database, you may want to use a plug-in that's not available for both Macintosh and Windows. Since all plug-ins must be present and accounted for when you compile, you need a dummy version of the plug-in for the platform on which the plug-in isn't called. This dummy version of the plug-in is called a "stub." Often the author of the platform specific plug-in will offer a stub for the other platform, but if not, you can just make your own.
At the following URL you will find the compiler stubs I created for all platforms (Mac, Carbon and Windows):
ftp://ftp.4dzine.com/externals/stub_plugin.sit.hqx
The main benefit of these compiler stubs is that they share a common code base and that you can safely call all the plug-in commands without getting into trouble. But all they will do is beep.
To create a compiler stub, just copy the 4BNX, 4DK#, FON#, STR#, THM# resources from the original plug-in to the resource fork of the stub plug-in. |
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