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Eric13

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 11:55 am
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I cannot find out how you allow your app's icon in OS X to allow files
to be dropped on it causing it to run the app and auto load the files.
I am guessing that the files will show up as command line parameters
in argv. However when I drag some tiff files overs my viewer it will
not launch it. It is as if I have to tell the app that it can open
them, or associate tiffs with that app, or something. Thanks for any
help you can provide.

P.S. This is also posted in the wxwindows news group.

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Miro Jurisic

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 4:52 pm
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In article <a6af27e.0402240855.1374a0d3.TakeThisOut@posting.google.com>,
emedlin.TakeThisOut@myrealbox.com (Eric) wrote:

 > I cannot find out how you allow your app's icon in OS X to allow files
 > to be dropped on it causing it to run the app and auto load the files.
 > I am guessing that the files will show up as command line parameters
 > in argv. However when I drag some tiff files overs my viewer it will
 > not launch it. It is as if I have to tell the app that it can open
 > them, or associate tiffs with that app, or something. Thanks for any
 > help you can provide.

You need to add the information about file types you accept to your app's
Info.plist file, and then you have to write an Apple Event handler that accepts
those files and opens them..

hth

meeroh

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 10:03 am
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Miro Jurisic <macdev.TakeThisOut@meeroh.org> wrote in message news:<macdev
 > You need to add the information about file types you accept to your app's
 > Info.plist file, and then you have to write an Apple Event handler that accepts
 > those files and opens them..
 >
Do you have a link that talks about adding this to the Info.plist file
and creating the Apple Event handler?<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 3:37 pm
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Miro Jurisic <macdev.DeleteThis@meeroh.org> wrote in message news:<macdev-22F05E.13523324022004.DeleteThis@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu>...
 > You need to add the information about file types you accept to your app's
 > Info.plist file, and then you have to write an Apple Event handler that accepts
 > those files and opens them..
 >
 > hth
 >
 > meeroh

I have added the following to my Info.plist file.
<key>CFBundleDocumentTypes</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleTypeExtensions</key>
<array>
<string>tiff</string>
<string>tif</string>
</array>
<key>CFBundleTypeName</key>
<string>NSTIFFPboardType</string>
<key>CFBundleTypeRole</key>
<string>Viewer</string>
</dict>
</array>
I though this would allow the App bundle to late *.tiff and *.tif
files to dropped on it. I have not implmented the event handler yet,
but I would think I could drop the file on the App would and it would
launch but would not load the files since I have not wrote the handler
yet. I have also learned of a function called wxApp::MacOpenFile that
I can overide that should catch the apple even you are talking about.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 4:02 pm
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Never mind my last post. I don't why my Info.plist file was not
letting my app let me drag and drop files on it before but now it
does. Anyway I just need to catch the event with MacOpenFile or some
other function. wxApp::MacOpenFile does not seem to be getting called
for me though.
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 4:33 pm
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 5:37 pm
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In article <a6af27e.0402250703.5575190d.TakeThisOut@posting.google.com>,
emedlin.TakeThisOut@myrealbox.com (Eric) wrote:

 > Miro Jurisic <macdev.TakeThisOut@meeroh.org> wrote in message news:<macdev
  > > You need to add the information about file types you accept to your app's
  > > Info.plist file, and then you have to write an Apple Event handler that
  > > accepts
  > > those files and opens them..
  > >
 > Do you have a link that talks about adding this to the Info.plist file
 > and creating the Apple Event handler?

<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/CoreFoundation/Conceptual/CFBundles/Con
cepts/infoplist.html>,
<http://developer.apple.com/samplecode/Sample_Code/OS_Utilities/MiniShell/MiniShe
ll.c.htm>

Note that the way the latter example converts the FSRef to a path is broken, and
you should ignore it.

hth

meerho

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(Msg. 8) Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 5:37 pm
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In article <a6af27e.0402250703.5575190d.TakeThisOut@posting.google.com>,
emedlin.TakeThisOut@myrealbox.com (Eric) wrote:

 > Miro Jurisic <macdev.TakeThisOut@meeroh.org> wrote in message news:<macdev
  > > You need to add the information about file types you accept to your app's
  > > Info.plist file, and then you have to write an Apple Event handler that
  > > accepts
  > > those files and opens them..
  > >
 > Do you have a link that talks about adding this to the Info.plist file
 > and creating the Apple Event handler?

<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/CoreFoundation/Conceptual/CFBundles/Con
cepts/infoplist.html>,
<http://developer.apple.com/samplecode/Sample_Code/OS_Utilities/MiniShell/MiniShe
ll.c.htm>

Note that the way the latter example converts the FSRef to a path is broken, and
you should ignore it.

hth

meeroh

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