OSX/XP behavior different when alias/shortcut is sent to the application
http://www.realsoftware.com/feedback/viewreport.php?reportid=gapmrfox
When a OSX application receives an App.OpenDocument event with an
alias, the item (folderitem) is pre-resolved, and item.alias is
always false.
When an XP application receives the event with an alias, the item
folderitem is NOT pre-resolved, and item.alias will be true.
NOTE: in both cases, the alias wasn't double-clicked, but dragged
onto the app icon.
Either one of these behaviors is incorrect, or this needs to be
documented, because it is actually a gotcha, in particular when your
file happens to be an XML file and you then new XMLDocument(item) --
because under XP, if the folderitem passed to XMLDocument is a
shortcut, KABOOOOOOM!
Which leads us to:
http://www.realsoftware.com/feedback/viewreport.php?reportid=inowqdqq
The workaround seems to be, in app.OpenDocument
if item.alias then
item = GetFolderItem(item.absolutePath)
end if
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