[macvoiceover] Re: launching Oleaira on disk insert
- From: Travis Siegel <windowbridge@xxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 22:32:50 -0500
Greg.
My understanding as to how finder knows what to launch when certain
things are done (such as inserting a disk, clicking a file type, and
so on) is the file extension/actions listed in the table of such items
kept in a database on the disk.
I.E. it is possible to change the system preferences to launch a 3rd
party dvd player when a disk is inserted instead of the apple supplied
one.
Also, since you can change what osx does with file extensions (I.E.
launch itunes to play mp3 files, or quicktime, and so on) is all done
via file associations.
I've not looked specifically for how to do this, but there is an
application called rcdefault which will allow you to change these
default actions. There's likely an apple technical document
explaining the process.
I'd suggest tapping into that mechanism instead of using apple scripts
under finder if possible.
That way, you'd be guaranteed that your app would launch automatically
when a daisy book was inserted instead of having the user need to
configure things.
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