Re: Creating Plists / How is the <data> value generated?
Re: Creating Plists / How is the <data> value generated?
- Subject: Re: Creating Plists / How is the <data> value generated?
- From: Steve Christensen <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 17:25:49 -0700
On Sep 15, 2007, at 4:01 PM, Shawn Erickson wrote:
On 9/15/07, aaron smith <email@hidden> wrote:
I'm looking for what is used to generate the <data> values in
plist's. For
example. if you check "Open with rosetta" from an Application's
"get info".
It puts an entry in com.apple.LaunchServices.plist under
LSPrefsFatApplications. What is it putting in the <data> field?
[snip]
So I need some help figuring out what else is a factor when these
data
values are first created.
I've also been having a hunch that possibly the data is the
contents of an
alias record or AliasHandle?
Any ideas would be awesome!!!!!
Likely it is an AliasHandle.
<http://developer.apple.com/qa/qa2004/qa1350.html>
<http://www.cocoabuilder.com/archive/message/cocoa/2003/4/21/77658>
Given that it's a private plist, it might contain anything, including
a combination of an alias and something else. The better answer is
that it's dangerous to go playing in others' plists - particularly in
data blobs - since they can change on a whim. Depending on what he
actually wants to do, there may be a more supported method for
getting there than hacking a plist.
steve
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