I'm running 10.7.5 on my machine I think I found a workaround… First copy the .pdf to my sandbox, then openURL.
> NSString *userManual = [[NSBundle mainBundle] > pathForResource:@"User_Manual_v3.6" ofType:@"pdf"]; NSFileManager *fm = [NSFileManager defaultManager]; NSString *sandboxPath = [[NSString applicationSupportPath] stringByAppendingPathComponent:[path lastPathComponent]]; if ( ![fm fileExistsAtPath:sandboxPath] ) [fm copyItemAtPath: userManual toPath: sandboxPath error:nil]; //- (BOOL)selectFile:(NSString *)fullPath inFileViewerRootedAtPath:(NSString *)rootFullpath; if ( [fm fileExistsAtPath:sandboxPath] ) [[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] openURL: [NSURL fileURLWithPath: sandboxPath]]; @implementation NSString ( VNSStringPathCategory ) + ( NSString * ) applicationSupportPath { NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSApplicationSupportDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES); NSString *basePath = ([paths count] > 0) ? [paths objectAtIndex:0] :NSTemporaryDirectory(); if ( basePath ) { basePath = [basePath addComponent: [[NSBundle mainBundle] bundleIdentifier] createFolder: YES resolveAlias: NO ] ; } return basePath; } @end Keith Knauber Senior Software Engineer Production Resource Group 8617 Ambassador Row, Suite 120 Dallas, Texas 75247 214-819-3145 Phone 214-477-3928 Mobile 214-630-5867 Fax kknau...@prg.com www.prg.com On Dec 18, 2012, at 1:50 PM, Sean McBride wrote: On Tue, 18 Dec 2012 17:53:53 +0000, Keith Knauber said: > Another simple task made impossibly complex by the sandbox… > opening User_Manual_v3.6.pdf That was the case in old version of 10.7... what version are you using? > NSString *userManual = [[NSBundle mainBundle] > pathForResource:@"User_Manual_v3.6" ofType:@"pdf"]; > [[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] openFile: userManual]; // sandbox violation I do it this way: NSBundle* bundle = [NSBundle bundleForClass:[self class]]; NSURL* url = [bundle URLForResource:@"foo" withExtension:@"pdf"]; BOOL success = [[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] openURL:url]; Cheers, -- ____________________________________________________________ Sean McBride, B. Eng s...@rogue-research.com Rogue Research www.rogue-research.com Mac Software Developer Montréal, Québec, Canada _______________________________________________ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com