Re: application file id?
Re: application file id?
- Subject: Re: application file id?
- From: Jeff Ganyard <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 09:39:16 -0700
On Sunday, May 4, 2003, at 07:40 PM, Christopher Nebel wrote:
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.
Application File in the Files suite looked different when I last looked
at it, I'm glad it's not! I'm glad it's not going away!
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"
That's good to know! I must have overlooked it in release notes. I
noticed that 'info for' does not return the bundle identifier. is there
some way to discover the identifier via script?
thanks!
jeff
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