This might be an actual good application of launching a compiled AppleScript or even an Automator action.
I seem to remember making terminal applications in Xcode. I wonder if you could do that with an AS-OC script and then just call the application within your bundle to Activate the Finder Open a new window Press command F Type text. Of course, you’d need to request GUI Scripting control. You could also just have the compiled script within your bundle and call it. Just compile it using osacompile. osacompile -o output.app input.applescript Cheers, Alex Zavatone > On Dec 13, 2022, at 2:48 PM, Torsten Curdt via Cocoa-dev > <cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com> wrote: > > Thanks for the help, Rob > > Is it always going to be the same search? If so, you could create a Saved >> Search in the Finder and include it with your app. Then when you want to >> bring up the search you can open the Saved Search bundle and it will open >> in the Finder. Hope that helps. >> > > I was hoping to pass it in so that search parameters are still accessible > to the user. > Basically the same as CMD+F and entering some search parameters. > That would be the ideal solution. > > But maybe a Saved Search could be a workaround. > I am quite sure it would be OK if the user could see and change the > properties of the Saved Search. > > But I could not figure out how to edit a Saved Search myself yet 🙃 > > Is there a way to edit a Saved Search? > > cheers, > Torsten > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/zav%40mac.com > > This email sent to z...@mac.com _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
