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change dock icon of a non active application?
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change dock icon of a non active application?


  • Subject: change dock icon of a non active application?
  • From: Donald Hall <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 23:05:30 -0700

I have searched the mailing lists, documentation, etc, etc, but haven't found an answer to this question.

I have a GUI application that controls another background application. I thought it might be nice if the user could glance at the application icon in the Dock and tell whether or not the background application was running. If the first application is running, of course it can alter its dock icon based on whether or not it detects the background app just as Mail does when it downloads new mail.

But what if my GUI application is not running? If the user has made its icon persistent in the Dock, is it possible for the background application to access this icon/dock tile and alter it? I could search the Dock's plist for my application, but I'm not sure having found it what I could do, if anything.

Thanks for any insight,

Don
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Donald S. Hall, Ph.D.
Apps & More Software Design, Inc.
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