>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.
An alias record 'll do it. You make an alias record with a call to alias manager, the
alias record contains information such as where the app is, the size, name,
filetype/creator etc. If you want to find the application, just resolve the alias, and
the computer will search for a similar file.
>Regards,
>
>Kevin
>
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