Re: Tools, installers, and login items
Re: Tools, installers, and login items
- Subject: Re: Tools, installers, and login items
- From: Angela Brett <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 15:29:12 +1300
On Friday, November 9, 2001, at 10:52 pm, Angela Brett wrote:
I have a foundation tool which is intended to be running all the
time. I would like to make an installer for it which will make it a
login item or something, so it will always be open. I have two
problems though... firstly, it doesn't seem like a tool works as a
login item, since it doesn't run when doubleclicked. Secondly, I
don't know how to get an installer to make something a login
item... looking at the Package Maker help I guess it would be a
post-install script but I don't know what should be in that. Am I
borking up the wrong tree here? Can/should it be a login item? It's
only meant to run for the user who installs it.
If it should always be running, it should be a StartupItem instead.
There is a howto on startup items here:
http://www.opensource.apple.com/projects/documentation/howto
It looks to me like StartupItems are for system-wide things which
aren't just for individual users. I would like my tool to be running
all the time when a user who has installed it is logged in.