Re: Find path of an application
Re: Find path of an application
- Subject: Re: Find path of an application
- From: "Jason Coco" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 17:06:27 +0000
- Importance: Normal
- Sensitivity: Normal
Hi Rakesh,
The CoreServices framework is daemon safe and includes the LaunchServices. You don't need to link to the whole of Carbon for that call, just to CoreServices.
Make sure that you remove all references to Carbon.
Jason
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-----Original Message-----
From: Rakesh Singhal <email@hidden>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 22:05:07
To: Jean-Daniel Dupas<email@hidden>
Cc: Darwin Dev<email@hidden>
Subject: Re: Find path of an application
These APIs are proper but if I can not use the carbon framework(not
daemon safe) in that case, I can not use these APIs. Then which APIs
to use instead of LSFindApplicationForInfo()? Need to support 10.4 and
10.5 both.
Regards
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Jean-Daniel Dupas
<email@hidden> wrote:
>
> 1. Use Process Manager and search for bundle id or creator.
> 2. Use LaunchServices API (see LSFindApplicationForInfo() ).
> 3. Use Launch Services again. (see LSOpenApplication() ).
>
>
> Le 16 déc. 08 à 10:00, Rakesh Singhal a écrit :
>
>> I am done with finding the process is running or not. Thanks a lot.
>> Still I am stuck with second issue to find the path to my application
>> in my system. Actually there are 3 steps:
>>
>> 1. To know that application is running or not? Now it is done.
>> 2. If not then get the path of application where it was installed
>> (user can change the path during installation).
>> 3. Launch the application.
>>
>> My code is standard C++ tool so I want to use only C and C++ APIs.
>> Please suggest me.
>>
>> Regards
>> rksinghal
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 6:58 PM, Jean-Daniel Dupas
>> <email@hidden> wrote:
>>>
>>> The name of an application is not reliable.
>>> You should never have to use it to identify an application.
>>> Use the Application Bundle identifier, or the application creator
>>> instead.
>>>
>>> Le 15 déc. 08 à 14:12, Rakesh Singhal a écrit :
>>>
>>>> I think I need to use GetNextProcess and but I am not clear to use it
>>>> to know about that my application is running or not. I know only about
>>>> the name of my application and I have to iterate over GetNextProcess
>>>> and use sysctl API. But i do not know how to know taht it is my
>>>> application or not :-( how to relate name of application nad process
>>>> serial number?
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 4:30 PM, Jean-Daniel Dupas
>>>> <email@hidden> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Le 15 déc. 08 à 11:45, Rakesh Singhal a écrit :
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think these are general queries still I am not aware of answer of
>>>>>> following queries:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1. I create a package for MyApp application and option is given to
>>>>>> user to change the path to install the MyApp application. Now in my
>>>>>> code, I want to find out the path of MyApp application so that I can
>>>>>> access it. So how to get the path of application?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Are you taking about Cocoa App, Carbon App, BSD tool ?
>>>>> For Cocoa App, use NSBundle API
>>>>> For Carbon App use CFBundle API (works with Cocoa too)
>>>>> For BSD tool, I think_NSGetExecutablePath() will do the trick
>>>>> (<mach-o/dyld.h>)
>>>>>
>>>>>> 2. MyApp is running on my system and I need to find out that is it
>>>>>> running or not then how to find out?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> What do you mean by "find out" ? The simple answer is have a look at
>>>>> activity monitor but you may want to determine it programatically.
>>>>>
>>>>> Same as above. Which kind of App ?
>>>>>
>>>>> Cocoa: Iterate over -[NSWorkspace launchedApplications]
>>>>> Carbon: Use Process Manager API.
>>>>> BSD: use sysctl.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://developer.apple.com/qa/qa2001/qa1123.html
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
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