Re: application file id?
Re: application file id?
- Subject: Re: application file id?
- From: Christopher Nebel <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 4 May 2003 19:40:37 -0700
On Sunday, May 4, 2003, at 02:31 PM, Jeff Ganyard wrote:
so what's the story on OS X as far as application file id? It's in the
legacy suite of the Finder, does that mean it may be phased out over
time?
What version of the Finder are you looking at? 10.2.4 has it in the
Files suite. It's not going away any time soon, though we might try to
supplant it with something better.
What is the best way to launch an App these days? I'd like to avoid
international (i.e. app name) issues and limit the classic "Where is
app..?" dialogs.
The old techniques should still work.
And finally if application file id is the right way to do things going
forward, how do you address Calculator and Sherlock (and probably
others) that have a creator type of "????"
Application file id also understands bundle identifiers, not just
signatures. (I forget exactly when this was implemented, but it's been
a while.) For example:
tell application "Finder" to get application file id
"com.apple.calculator" as string
--> "Jaguar:Applications:Calculator.app"
--Chris Nebel
Apple Development Tools
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