Re: how do I make sure a certain app opens a file without using openFile: withApplication:?

• Subject: Re: how do I make sure a certain app opens a file without using openFile: withApplication:?
• From: "Alan Smith" <email@hidden>
• Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 10:37:10 -0400
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Sherm: Yes, that's the way I'm doing it now.

Glenn: That seems to have the same affect as NSWorkspace's openFile:
withApplication:.

:(

Thanks guys but I'm afraid the problem is still unsolved.
Alan

On Jun 29, 2006, at 3:05 PM, Alan Smith wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> I need to open a pilot for the EV series without using openFile:
> withApplication:. If I use that it doesn't work properly, if I use
> openFile: it works great. The only problem is that I need to make sure
> that the specified copy of the EV opens the pilot. I have my app copy
> the EV game and manage the pilots and plugins for it. So I want my
> app's copy of the EV to open, not the another copy of the EV that
> could be on disk somewhere.
>
> How do I open a file with an app without using openFile:
> withApplication:?

Have you tried passing the full path to your app bundle as the second
parameter?

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