Re: A Mac App & helper NSStatusItem - how to share preferences
Re: A Mac App & helper NSStatusItem - how to share preferences
- Subject: Re: A Mac App & helper NSStatusItem - how to share preferences
- From: Trygve Inda <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:55:37 +0000
- Thread-topic: A Mac App & helper NSStatusItem - how to share preferences
> Steve Cronin (email@hidden) on 2008-12-28 8:41 PM said:
>
>> I have an application which will have an optional helper NSStatusItem.
>> The statusItem is a stand-alone application which can be installed as
>> a LoginItem.
>>
>> I want this status item to be able to read the preferences file from
>> the application.
>
> No need to drop to CFPreferences. Let's say your 2 bundle identifiers
> are "com.cronin.mainapp" and "com.cronin.helper".
>
> In your helper app, just do this:
>
> NSUserDefaults* sud = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
> [sud addSuiteNamed:@"com.cronin.mainapp"];
>
> Sean
In my helper app I use:
userDefaults =
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults]
persistentDomainForName:kMainAppIdent];
You just need to make sure there is no chance of the helper and the host
writing at the same time to the same file.
Trygve
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