On Nov 1, 2011, at 3:06 PM, Vojtěch Meluzín wrote:

> Anyway we are getting out of the topic. Does anyone here know why the modal 
> windows work in a plugin (in a normal application) and not from a console 
> application?

Basically, apps aren’t intended to be launched by a plain exec. A normal launch 
through the LaunchServices API provides some extra setup and state. You _can_ 
launch an app from a shell or equivalent, and it’ll mostly work, but that’s 
mostly as a convenience for developers and for debugging, and there’s no 
guarantee that everything will work correctly. One of the known side effects is 
that the app launches in an indeterminate state in between active and inactive, 
which is probably what you’re seeing.

If you need to launch an app programmatically, look at the LaunchServices API, 
or from a shell use the ‘open’ command on the bundle.

—Jens_______________________________________________

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