| Using *.msp and *.mca Startup Properties and Archives
for fast loading and custom configuration.
When invoked over the net, the browser will use the HTTP protocol
to typically get 2 files: the MINERVA machine itself
and the MINERVA application program.
The MINERVA machine is provided by IF Computer as part of the MINERVA
Application Server. The application program is a collection of files
bundled into a *.mca MINERVA Compressed Archive file.
What goes into the archive file is decided by the MINERVA developper,
written in a *.msp MINERVA Startup Properties file.
The tool minervar is then used to create a *.mca Archive
according to the specification given in its *.msp file.
To see how this works have look at the files in your MINERVA_HOME
top level directory and at the
*.html applet wrapper files throughout the ExamplePrograms section.
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