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Re: controlling remote application question
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Re: controlling remote application question


  • Subject: Re: controlling remote application question
  • From: Christopher Nebel <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 16:02:05 -0700

On May 11, 2004, at 6:28 AM, Paul Berkowitz wrote:

Because Entourage is Carbon, not a package, there is no package plist to
check.

First off, "Carbon" is mostly orthogonal to the packaging. You can create a Carbon bundled application, or even a single-file Cocoa one (though that's more of an academic exercise). Second, it's not true that there's no plist -- I forgot about this case when I claimed that single-file applications were immune to the problem.

Because there's a bunch of information that can only be readily specified with an Info.plist, Apple defined a way to include one in a single-file application for those folks who weren't ready to re-package their application as a bundle. Look for a 'plst'(0) resource. Entourage has one, and you'll find the following in it:

<key>CFBundleName</key>
<string>Entourage</string>

Incidentally, the system doesn't decide when a name is "too long" -- it's up to the application writer to supply one, and the system will use it if it's there. (The HI Guidelines encourage the use of a "short name" if the full name seems too long.)


--Chris Nebel
AppleScript Engineering
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