Re: Can we get command line arguments in applicationShouldHandleReopen?
Re: Can we get command line arguments in applicationShouldHandleReopen?
- Subject: Re: Can we get command line arguments in applicationShouldHandleReopen?
- From: Jens Alfke <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2011 08:58:10 -0700
On Jul 8, 2011, at 7:13 AM, Hirendra Rathor wrote:
> I have written an .app which is launched many times until the running instance shuts down finally. The code
> to start it looks like this:
>
> NSTask* task = [[NSTask alloc] init];
> [task setLaunchPath: @"/usr/bin/open"];
That’s pretty awkward! The preferred way to launch an app is to use the NSWorkspace methods, or LaunchServices (a lower-level procedural API that gives you more options.)
> The idea is to launch the application with different arguments so that it can do different
> stuff every time. This design is inspired as a result of porting this code from other platforms, so I
> would be willing to look at other design alternatives if it does not work well in the Mac world. However
> I would like to give existing solution a try before I do that.
Don’t use command-line args for this. To send parameters when launching an application, use AppleEvents. LaunchServices supports sending an arbitrary/custom AppleEvent to an app while launching it.
—Jens_______________________________________________
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