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Re: Parallel instances of Cocoa apps?
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Re: Parallel instances of Cocoa apps?


  • Subject: Re: Parallel instances of Cocoa apps?
  • From: "Shawn Erickson" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:04:24 -0700

On 9/14/07, Clark Cox <email@hidden> wrote:

> > > * Which instance will be activaed when the user double-clicks your
> > > app's icon in the Finder?
> >
> > The instance they double-click.
>
> They don't double-click an instance, they double-click a file (or
> bundle in the case of an application). If you've got two instances of
> the same app running, then they both came from the same app on disk.
>
> > > * Which instance will be activated when the user opens one of your
> > > app's documents?
> >
> > The most recent version (as in version number).
>
> They're the same app; by definition, they have the same version and
> modification date.

Ah yeah... I was thought he wanted to have multiple copies of the
application and run those but I guess he wants to run the same one (on
disk instance) multiple times. What you outline is correct for that
scenario as do the ones I listed.

-Shawn
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