On Aug 4, 2009, at 4:20 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
Apple has invented an Internet protocol named "itms" ("iTunes Music
Store") so folks can put links on their web pages and clicking on
those links automatically launches iTunes to the specified URL.
...
How does iTunes register its itms protocol, and can we do the same
for our own apps? Or is there a way to set up a Helper app to
always handle files of a specific type?
...
Any clues?
Here are some links I've posted previously on the subject.
Windows
Registering an Application to a URL Protocol
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa767914(VS.85).aspx>
OS X
HowToRegisterURLHandler
http://www.cocoadev.com/index.pl?HowToRegisterURLHandler
Apple Docs:
<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPRuntimeConfig/Articles/PListKeys.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20001431-102207
>
I think you need to handle the 'GURL' apple event in your application.
Regards,
--
Trevor DeVore
Blue Mango Learning Systems
www.bluemangolearning.com - www.screensteps.com
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