Thank you Scott and Trevor! Trevor, I think what you wrote certainly puts me in the right direction.
Peter > On Sep 19, 2019, at 9:12 PM, Trevor DeVore via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 5:25 PM Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> A user asked about “linking” to my desktop LC app from a PDF. Is there >> anything in the PDF spec that does this? His idea was that it the link >> would do more than just opening up my app, but contain data that indicates >> a specified “page” in my app. >> >> My application is Mac/Windows. >> > > You can define a url protocol (e.g. myapp://) which can be configured on > Mac or Windows to launch your application. This works with links in a > browser so that a web page can contain a link that launchers your > application. I don't know if it will work from a PDF file, though. It may > depend on the PDF viewer or other variables. It is probably worth trying as > you can embed the "page" number in the url. > > On Windows you need to update the Windows Registry. Here is a link to some > code in a library that ships with Levure that will set the appropriate > values in the registry: > > https://github.com/trevordevore/levure/blob/develop/framework/helpers/file_system/file_system.livecodescript#L193 > > You can run this code when your application first launches. > > On Mac/iOS you need to add some keys to your Info.plist file. The README > for the library has an example: > > https://github.com/trevordevore/levure/tree/develop/framework/helpers/file_system#url-protocols > > Once you've set the registry/Info.plist files up (you will need to launch > the app at least once on macOS so it picks up the settings in the plist > file) your app will be launched when the URL protocol is triggered. On > macOS you will handle an appleEvent. You can look at the code in the > library for hints: > > https://github.com/trevordevore/levure/blob/develop/framework/helpers/file_system/file_system.livecodescript#L83 > > For Windows you can read the `commandArguments` when the app launches or, > if the application is already running, handle the `relaunch` command and > use the parameters passed to it. > > Hopefully that is enough to get you started. > > -- > Trevor DeVore > ScreenSteps > www.screensteps.com > _______________________________________________ > 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