Starting Application

Smalltalk User Guide : Packaging, unloading, and analyzing code : Simple packaging : Running the packager : Starting Application

The Packager has a Control Panel to set which class starts the packaged image, what code is run to start the packaged image (aka. reduced runtime image) and what the image (aka “output file”) should be called. The browser below allows you to customize this.

For instance, you could change the “output file” to be chooser.icx. Chooser being more indicative of the application and .icx to indicate the outpout file is, in fact, a VA Smalltalk image.

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You can get to this panel from the Transcript by

1. Selecting Tools > Browse Packaged Images

2. In the Packager control panel, notice “Choose instructions” box is highlighted.

•Choose “IBM Smalltalk reduced runtime image” in the context of the DevelopChooser.

•Click on the “Modify Instructions” box.

3. Notice “Choose instructions” box is highlighted

In the leftmost list pane, select DevelopChooser and use the >> button to move it to the right.

Notice DevelopChooser has an icon to the left of it. This indicates the application will be part of the runtime package

Notice DevelopChooser is selected. This indicates it plays a part in starting the runtime package.

4. Click on the “Startup Code” tab.

Notice DevelopChooser the Application entry point is DevelopChooser main.

Notice the Output File is epappl. This is a VA Smalltalk image file even though the .icx file extension is missing.

Last modified date: 03/14/2019