Re: Question about Info.plist's
Re: Question about Info.plist's
- Subject: Re: Question about Info.plist's
- From: "Glenn L. Austin via Cocoa-dev" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2020 09:44:45 -0700
No, you can't use an "earlier" key to create a "later" value - but you can use
code to do basically the same thing.
Or, you can use the same variable that sets your CFBuildNumber to set your
CFBundleVersion.
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Glenn L. Austin, Computer Wizard and Race Car Driver <><
<http://www.austinsoft.com>
> On Aug 19, 2020, at 9:07 AM, Gabriel Zachmann via Cocoa-dev
> <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> Question:
>
> Is there a way to use a key/value that was defined earlier in the plist file
> to define a value for a later key?
>
> Explanation:
> I have a macOS project with an automatically created "About" window.
> The plist file has, additionally to all the default stuff, the key
> CFBuildNumber (with a value that I increment automatically).
>
> In Xcode, I tried to change "Bundle version" to a value like
>
> $(CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION)_$(CFBuildNumber)
>
> However, in the final Info.plist in the app's bundle, this then looks like
>
> <key>CFBundleVersion</key>
> <string>3.1_</string>
>
> Notice the underscore, but the value of CFBuildNumber is gone.
> "3.1", BTW, is the value I have set under
>
> Project / Targets / General / Identity / Build
>
> I have tried to change parentheses into curly braces, to no avail.
>
> So, question again: is there a way to use a key/value that was defined
> earlier in the plist file
> to define a value for a later key?
> I'd like to do that so that the "About" window contains the build number, too.
>
> Thanks a lot in advance.
>
>
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