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Re: Implications of changing an app's bundle identifier
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Re: Implications of changing an app's bundle identifier


  • Subject: Re: Implications of changing an app's bundle identifier
  • From: Uli Kusterer <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:01:45 +0100

Am 25.02.2007 um 22:52 schrieb Ricky Sharp:
For the apps I write, I of course have every version ever built. I also have six drive volumes; many which contain a copy. I believe my documents tend to be bound to the highest version (or last- launched on the boot-volume?).

It's definitely not last-launched. I haven't really tried to pin this down, but I'd go for highest creation or modification date, because I can launch older versions without accidentally re- associating documents, and version numbers are pretty much freeform strings anyway; I've seen apps but an NSNumber in there, a classic Mac-style version with letters, and even their Copyright strings...


Also, the demo flavor of my app used to share the same creator and other bundle attributes as the release version. In the past, if I brought up a document's properties, it was sometimes bound to the demo application.

Yeah, that's a huge problem with the MS Office Test Drive, which comes installed with many new Macs. Some people buy office, install it, and are then surprised to get expiry notices. Seems like the OS can't tell apart the demo and the final version since they have the same bundle IDs and version numbers...


Cheers,
-- M. Uli Kusterer
http://www.zathras.de



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References: 
 >Implications of changing an app's bundle identifier (From: Bill Cheeseman <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Implications of changing an app's bundle identifier (From: Ricky Sharp <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Implications of changing an app's bundle identifier (From: Uli Kusterer <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Implications of changing an app's bundle identifier (From: Ricky Sharp <email@hidden>)

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