CommonGround Softworks Inc.


July 8, 1999 - Osmosis Technical Note 6


Subject: MacOS internationalization effect on the PPC browser/Program Linking


Problem:

An Osmosis script is targeted and created on one machine, but when moved to another machine and properly set-up, the following Osmosis error is reported, "Port does not exist at destination".

Discussion:

Osmosis uses program linking, via the PPC Port Browser, to identify the machine running the Helix application. This is a Mac OS system function and is internally configured by the system's internationalization. Therefore, a US system will save it's configuration differently from a French, German or Norwegian system.

Solution:

If an Osmosis script is created and targeted on a US or other international system, it must be re-created (not merely re-targeted) if moved to a different international system.

Thanks to Mike French for helping to work this one out!


 

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