On 11/5/00 3:39 pm, Leston Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Okay, I'll completely expose my ignorance about the Mac now...
>
> How do I identify "theApp" used in this example? In Windows I give it a
> filename. I could look in registry to find out if and where the app is
> located.
> Or I could give the file name unqualified (no path), then Windows will search
> the dir's in its PATH environment variable to try and find it.
>
> I have no idea about how the Mac handles such things. I know Launch works
> with a filename, but how do I know where the app is located? Or can I use a
> descriptive name like "Finder", if so what would it be? Or an unqualified
> filename?
I don't know any way to locate the application on the Mac, short of asking
the user to select it in an answer file dialog.
Regards,
Kevin
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