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Is there a way to create and use (read from, etc) document packages (bundles) in LC 9.6.3 (Community edition)?

The packages themselves are just Zip files, yes? The revZip external should let you get to the parts you want.

The packages are folders with a file extension, that are recognized by the operating system, and get treated as a single file (even though you can have multiple files inside of it). An example is in the Pictures folder "Photos Library.photoslibrary"

Uncompressed folders should be even easier to traverse. What do you want to do?

Create the document package from LiveCode so I can store the two needed files in there.
where the "Saved File.DatabaseDesigner" is the 'file' (folder) that the end user interacts with.

I believe all you'd need to do to register the folder as a package is to add the appropriate entry in your app's plist:
https://developer.apple.com/library/arc ... kages.html

Okay, so I needed to set the Document Extension, in the standalone builder settings

and then add the following to the Info.plist file (in the application's bundle).
It didn't take effect right away, until I used the "ask file" command and then it showed the package as a file instead of a folder.

Now to update my code to handle this

Super cool. I always like your posts and replies, always with helpful details.

Just to clarify, macOS Packages (.pkg) are installer files, which isn't the same as a bundle (but also comes from Mac OS X's NeXTstep legacy). Pkg files are often compressed file (but may also be bundles).