Thanks Paul. The problem is, the file types involved are SQLite databases and there is no standard file extension for them. The most common is ".s3db" but I've seen half a dozen other extensions used.
Does the apple event approach not work any more? I thought if you associated a file with an application in the Get Info dialog, that application would be used to open the file. I know that works because I've used it to associate .doc files with Open Office and they open just fine when I double click them. I also found something on the list that mentioned looking at the global variable $1 during preOpenCard and it would contain a file path if the app was opened by double clicking a file. I tried that too but still no joy. On Mon Feb 23 2015 at 12:20:06 PM Paul Dupuis <p...@researchware.com> wrote: > Your "Info.plist" file in the OSX app bundle needs to be edited to > define the allowed file types that can be dropped on your application. > > This appears to be a OSX constraint that the OS only allows dropping of > file types specified in the Info.plist file. > > In the standalone setting in the IDE you can define 1 document type for > your standalone. The XML for that type in the plist file can then be > copied to define additional types as you like. > > > On 2/23/2015 2:50 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: > > I found the following handler on the forum for launching an OSX > application > > when an associated file is double clicked > > > > on appleEvent pClass,pID > > > > local tFiles > > > > if pClass is "aevt" and pID is "odoc" then > > request appleEvent data > > put it into tFiles ## files OS is requesting your application > opens, > > one per line > > if tFiles is not "not found" and tFiles is not empty then > > openDB line 1 of tFiles > > end if > > else > > pass appleEvent > > end if > > > > end appleEvent > > > > I put that into the script of the first card of my application's main > > stack. openDB is a handler in my main stack script. > > > > Built the standalone and associated a file with my application then > double > > clicked it. My application opened but did not open the file. I added > some > > answer commands to the appleEvent handler including one right at the > > beginning, re-built the application and tried again but nothing was > > displayed. > > > > It appears the apple event is never reaching my application. Maybe the > > code I found is out of date somehow? This is on Yosemite. > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
