On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 3:27 AM, Kyle Sluder <kyle.slu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 5:20 PM, Ammar Ibrahim <ammar.ibra...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > 1- How do you ensure only one instance of your app is running? How do you > > detect if it stops responding? Can you restart it using something like a > > watchdog? And how would you go about implementing it? > > The system already does this for you. Unless you're not writing a > regular application (say, a daemon or something), or you only want one > instance regardless of how many people are logged in on the machine > (say, using Fast User Switching). If you need to ask this question, > you're probably not in either of these scenarios, so don't worry about > it. > Actually, I'm writing a non regular application, and it's for a controlled environment. No users will be using the system, it should be completely automated and recover from errors. All I need is to make sure my app is running at all times. Would a simple cronjob check do the trick? The only thing I dont know how to do at the moment is to check if the app is not responding, and force quit it from an external script/app > > > > 2- Is there a way to launch applications like iTunes from cocoa without > the > > need to use AppleScript? > > Look at the NSWorkspace documentation. iTunes's bundle identifier is > com.apple.iTunes, but in general you can look at any app bundle's > Info.plist file to get its bundle identifier (the CFBundleIdentifier > key). Thanks, I did and it did the trick. One question though, it seems the call returns before the app is launched, what's the best way to detect when the app is launched? I heard there's something called notification center or so. Is there a way to view all notifications being sent on my Mac? _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
