Hi Jeff and Mark, I forgot to say that the target platform is Win. I tried Jeffs approach first without result. But because of your quick replies I started thinking if my ghost-windows perhaps doesn't comes from my rev launcher, but from the other (non-rev) app, I want to launch... I think have to dig in that direction Thank you for your replies Tiemo
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: [email protected] [mailto:use-revolution- > [email protected]] Im Auftrag von Mark Schonewille > Gesendet: Dienstag, 1. Juni 2010 19:58 > An: How to use Revolution > Betreff: Re: How to launch an app invisible? > > Hi Tiemo, > > I found the following on the internet somewhere, I think it was the > AppleScript newsgroup. > > > - Open de application package to see its contents. > > - open the Contents folder > > - Open the file "info.plist" in a text editor and add the following > > two lines inside the > > outermost <dict></dict> tags: > > <key>NSBGOnly</key> > > <string>1</string> > > Example: > > <dict> > > [lots o' XML, possibly including > > other nested <dict></dict> tags] > > <key>NSBGOnly</key> > > <string>1</string> > > </dict> > > The following two lines should also work: > > <key>NSUIElement</key> > > <string>1</string> > > but the latter solution hasn't been confirmed. If you tried it, let > > us know. > > This applies to Mac OS X only. I think (guess) that hiding the window > suffices on Windows. > > More info in the archives at http://qurl.tk/bn > > -- > Best regards, > > Mark Schonewille > > Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering > Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com > Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer > > Economy-x-Talk is always looking for new projects. Contact me for a > quote http://economy-x-talk.com/contact.html > Download Clipboard Link http://clipboardlink.economy-x-talk.com and > share the clipboard of your computer over the local network. > > On 1 jun 2010, at 19:48, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote: > > > Sorry, I know this must have been asked a couple of times, but I > > didn't got > > the right search terms for the archives. > > > > I want to build a tiny launcher app to launch another app and quits > > afterwards, without any notice for the user, so that he doesn't even > > knows > > of its existence. > > > > Technically everything is easy, beside I don't get the launcher > > totally > > invisible. I tried it with setting the stack property invisible. > > Hiding the > > stack at startup, setting the topleft to -1000,-1000 at startup, > > getting rid > > of every title controls, BUT whatever I try, a "window frame" (which > > is much > > larger as the stack size) blinks up for a moment, before the launcher > > disappears. It's just a nice to have, but I am sure there must be an > > easy > > solution. > > > > Thank you > > > > Tiemo > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
