Re: Displaying a version number?

defaults read `pwd`/InfoCFBundleShortVersionString

I read the man page & tried a few variations, including using the CFBundleIdentifier string as the domain & altering InfoCFBundleShortVersionString to CFBundleShortVersionString as the key, but kept getting a message that the domain didn't exist.

Incidentally, in my testing I did find that if you can see what preferences you've set by this format:

defaults read widget-CFBundleIdentifier, where CFBundleIdentifier is the string you placed in your Info.plist.

So, perhaps defaults can only be used for the preferences of an app, not it's default plist file?

On May 12, 2005, at 2:50 AM, Guy Brooker wrote:

Niels,

Here is a much easier way of getting your version number :

ver = widget.system(
'sh -c "defaults read `pwd`/InfoCFBundleShortVersionString"'
,null).outputString);

You'll need

AllowSystem = 1;

In your Info.plist

Cheers,
Guy

Niels Meersschaert <email@hidden> wrote:

When I tried this using the syntax:
plist = new XMLHttpRequest();
plist.open("GET","version.plist",true);
my async listener reported a status != 200 with a statusText of undefined.
The responseText was null, and the responseXML contained no nodes.

Are we sure you can use relative urls referencing files inside the wdgt
bundle, or did I mess up on my syntax?

Say you want to display a version number on the backside
of the widget (is this a bad idea or good idea?), then
what's the easiest way to get the value of the
CFBundleShortVersionString key of the Info.plist
file of our widget bundle?

Or should we just rely on the Get Info command of the
Finder?

I would just let the user use Get Info.

If you feel you must have it, you can sue the XMLHttpRequest object to get
your info.plist and parse it. You can pass relative urls to XMLHttpRequest.

On the other hand you could hard code it in your HTML, and update the
version when you update your widget.

Thanks,
jl

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