Re: how do I get the names of other runnings apps and start/stop one?
Re: how do I get the names of other runnings apps and start/stop one?
- Subject: Re: how do I get the names of other runnings apps and start/stop one?
- From: Michael Mulligan <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 08:08:58 -0400
Not sure if this is right, but you could run an NSTask along the lines of
top|grep "appNameThatMightBeRunning" ? *shrugs* This would give you the
process ID (if it's running) so that then you could just say "kill
thatNumber"
On 10/16/02 2:21 AM, "Donald S. Hall" <email@hidden> wrote:
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I want my Cocoa application to be able to control the running of another
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application (which is a Carbon application). Specifically, I need to be able
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to do the following:
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1. Determine if the other app is currently running.
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2. Launch or kill the other app.
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In Applescript, both tasks are trivial. What do I do in my Cocoa app?
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I have been looking through the documentation and have found that I can use
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NSWorkspace to launch the application, but I can't figure out how to
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determine if it is already running (in other words get a list of running
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applications and see if it is in the list), or how to stop it via my first
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program.
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I want this to be able to work in both 10.1 and 10.2.
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Any suggestions or pointers would be greatly appreciated.
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Thanks,
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Don
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Donald S. Hall, Ph.D.
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Apps & More Software Design, Inc.
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http://www.theboss.net/appsmore
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