# How to create an executable script on a Mac OSX

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-create-an-executable-script-on-a-mac-osx/320019>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [March 11, 2011, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-create-an-executable-script-on-a-mac-osx/320019 "2011-03-11T13:55:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![ven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ven](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ven)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-create-an-executable-script-on-a-mac-osx/320019/1 "2011-03-11T13:55:43Z")

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We have a flash application that until now has been used on the Windows platform, and is distributed on a USB. The appliaction is either executed straight from the USB or copied to the PC and executed from the users desired location.

Now our client wants a Mac OSX version of the application.

To have a tidy and nice way to open the application, we have utilized a VBScript on Windows. The file layout is like this:

_/Application.exe (created from VBScript, compiled to an EXE file with a nice icon)  
/System/TheFlashExecutable.exe_

The Application.exe is only launching the TheFlashExecutable.exe, nothing more.

Now I need to replicate the behaviour on a Mac. I have already compiled the application into a Mac version, which runs perfectly.

So how would I create this on a Mac? Like above, I need something like this:

_/Applicaion.app (what script or programming environment do i create this file, with a nice icon, from?)  
/System/TheFlashExecutable.app_