Re: LSSharedFileList API bug(s) -- workaround?
Re: LSSharedFileList API bug(s) -- workaround?
- Subject: Re: LSSharedFileList API bug(s) -- workaround?
- From: "Steven Degutis" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:49:16 -0500
The three applications I've written which use my Cocoa wrapper are normal
applications with the exception that they have LSUIElement set to YES, and
means they live in the menu bar as NSStatusItems, not in the Dock.
Therefore, as far as I understand from reading
http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2005/tn2083.html, Login Items is the
appropriate solution here, not a launchd service. Although it is worth
taking into consideration.
On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 4:00 PM, Jerry Krinock <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> On 2008 Oct, 27, at 13:24, Steven Degutis wrote:
>
> I've been writing my own wrapper for the LSSharedFileList API to be able
>> to
>> stick it in my Cocoa app. However I've found a few bugs.
>> One isn't that big of a deal, but I've filed a rdar for it anyway, and
>> it's
>> that you can't actually set the Hide property. It just fails in odd ways.
>>
>
> Actually, when I wrote ^my^ wrapper for LSSharedFileList, I found that Hide
> fails consistently. You might want to reference the bug I filed, 5901742,
> 2008-04-30. Still open :(
>
> The other one, however, is pretty major...
>>
>
> Another good reason to not use Login Items.
>
> If anyone has any ideas for a workaround or solution, please let me know!
>>
>
> Yes. Instead of using a Login Item, have launchd launch whatever you want
> launched at login, and keep it running. This way, your user only has one UI
> to deal with adding/removing your login item: Your UI.
>
> I've come to the conclusion that Login Items is for users who have a
> preference to see their Mail.app, iCal, coffee-maker, or whatever launched
> at login. For an application to place itself or its Helper in Login Items
> is redundant and confusing to the user. And, of course, redundant and
> confusing concepts lead one to write lots of buggy code.
>
> http://developer.apple.com/macosx/launchd.html
>
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