[BLACKBOX] Config.ocf and .exe files

From: Douglas G. Danforth <"Douglas>
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:49:19 -0700

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Folks,

I just realized why my config files were not being loaded
when I packed them into an exe file whereas my Menus files
were working correctly.

The name of a Menus file does not matter as long as it is
copied to the correctly named destination file

MyProj/Rsrc/MyMenus.odc => MyProject/Rsrc/Menus.odc

Config files, however, are compiled files whose internal
name does matter. It must be

(A)
MODULE Config;
...
END Config.

It can not be

(B)
MODULE MyConfig;
...
END MyConfig.

If (B) is used and the command for packers is given

(C)
MyProj/Code/MyConfig.ocf => System/Code/Config.ocf

then the linking loader in the exe can not file
Config since all that is there in the symbol table is MyConfig.

One must use (A) and then cut (cut so it is not executed by
all future use of your BB system) the resultant file from
from where it is placed
   Code/Config.ocf
and put it back into (say) MyProj/Code/MyConfig.ocf
where now the file name does not matter.

When one now executes (C) the linking loader can indeed
find the correct symbol for Config.

Although, in retrospect, this is obvious I just wanted to
finish the discussion I had previously raised.

-Doug Danforth

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