Re: Add an item to OS X's "startup items"
Re: Add an item to OS X's "startup items"
- Subject: Re: Add an item to OS X's "startup items"
- From: julifos <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 09:37:23 +0000
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On 13/12/02 3:29 AM +1000, julifos, email@hidden, wrote:
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> I've seen that "startup items" in OS X are "stored" as references in a file
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> called "loginwindow.plist", and I don't know if scripting this file will
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> result as well as adding an item manually in system preferences...
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> Anyway, this xml file contains for each item a field called "<data>",
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> which... What is this? How can I reproduce a "login item" field to write to
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> "loginwindow.plist"? Any workaround?
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If you're running 10.2, you can script login items directly via System
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Events:
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set theApp to choose file of type {"APPL"}
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-- path property of login item requires POSIX path
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set appPath to POSIX path of theApp
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tell application "System Events"
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make login item at end with properties {path:appPath, hidden:false}
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end tell
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--
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Shane Stanley, email@hidden
Many tx, Shane... I was breaking my brain with all that ascii chars ;-)
JJ
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