[MacPerl] Follow up--dropping files on runtime

[David Thomas <ldthoma@uswest.com>]

As requested, here is a summary of what I found out about drag and 
dropping files onto runtime applications.

After receiving some insightful help from various folks, it does 
appear that the problem with runtimes that lose the ability to have 
files dropped on them is linked to the bundle bit.

A machine that has MacPerl installed on it recognizes the runtime as 
MacPerl and allows documents to be dropped on it.

When you move the runtime application to a machine without MacPerl, it 
gets confused and, while you can double-click to start the 
application, it will not recognize drag and dropping on the runtime.

This can be fixed by rebuilding the desktop of the volume you've moved 
the runtime onto. It also blows away the nifty little camel icon(?).

I am still vauge as to why this is the case and would appreciate some 
more insight into how this works. But even more important:

Is there a more convenient way to get a new volume to recognize the 
runtime rather rebuilding the desktop. While this fixes the problem, 
it isn't a very good solution for an application that needs to be able 
to be copied from computer to computer without a lot of tinkering.

Any ideas?

Thanks

David