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  • Subject: Re: Question
  • From: Mike Ferris <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 12:16:46 -0800

I don't understand... you can rename app bundles. I just tried with a couple to be sure. As long as the app's Info.plist has a CFBundleExecutableName key in it, the name of the app wrapper does not matter. (If it does not have that key in the Info.plist then the assumption is that the binary has the same name as the wrapper and renaming the wrapper will break it.) Apps built by PB will, by default, have the CFBundleExecutableName key.

Also, apps that use the bundle API to locate their resources and other stuff within their bundles should not care what the bundles name is or where it is installed.

Perhaps you are trying to rename system applications? Depending on what kind of user account you have, you may not have permission to do this. When I am logged in normally (to a non-admin account), I cannot rename TextEdit or Mail, etc... But I can sure rename apps that I myself installed.

Can you be more specific about what does not work for you?

Mike


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Date: Tue Jan 7, 2003 10:59:29 PM US/Pacific
To: Cocoa Dev List <email@hidden>
Subject: Question

Could somebody please tell me why I cannot rename an open application bundle in Mac OS X? I see no logic in this whatsoever. One of the new annoyances with Mac OS X.
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