[haiku-3rdparty-dev] Re: App Name from App Signature string?

  • From: hey68 you <hey68you@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-3rdparty-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 15:09:48 +0300

Thanks Brian! Don't know how I missed that - it's very clear in the BeBook!

On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Brian Hill <perelandra777@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> hey68you,
> You can use the Roster's FindApp function to get the entry_ref to the
> application:
>
> entry_ref ref;
> be_roster->FindApp(signature, &ref);
>
> -Brian
>
> On Apr 15, 2012, at 7:21 AM, hey68 you wrote:
>
> Hello - is there an easy way to know the App name if I only know the App
> signature string (and the App is NOT currently running)?
>
> If the app is running I can use the function, and then look at that
> appInfo.ref.name;
>
> But what if the App is not running?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> hey68you
>
>
>

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