.service bundles are supposed to be in ~/Library/Services/ folder (which you can't use if you are writing for the Mac App Store). Not sure if they are recognized within your own bundle. The .service bundle is designed for dynamic bundles, but clearly hasn't been updated to support the MAS restrictions on apps.
For Mac App Store apps, there is no good way to currently specify dynamic services. Also, there is yet another Services-related bug, specifically in using .service bundles for dynamic services. Specifically, the icon will display a circle with a slash overlay because Finder doesn't see an executable. This same icon will then show up next to your menu item in the Services menu. Sadly, this has *not* been fixed in Lion either. If you're getting a sense that Services is less than half-baked, join the club and file bugs related to these issues with Apple so that hopefully someone will fix them, maybe by the time Mac OS XIII comes out (it took ~10 years for Apple to take a look at issues in Services dating back to 10.0). Mark On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 1:10 PM, Georg Seifert <georg.seif...@gmx.de> wrote: > Yes, I’m on Snow Leopard. > > I just had a another look at the specs. there is something about a .service > bundle. Can I put one of this in my .app bundle? And how do I register it? > > Thanks > Georg > >> You didn't indicate what version of Mac OS X you were running under. >> >> If this is happening under Snow Leopard, then this is a known issue in >> Snow Leopard that Apple fixed in Lion. >> >> The only work around I know is to put the service code in a separate >> (background) application that then calls back into your app to do >> whatever task you need it to do. >> >> Mark >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> My app registers some services and they work just fine. Only if I invoke >>> then from within the same application, the app hangs. I tried with other >>> apps and they had the same problem. >>> >>> I searched the web for it but could not find anything. >>> >>> Is there anything I can do about it? >>> >>> Thanks >>> Georg > > _______________________________________________ > > 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: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/unmarked%40gmail.com > > This email sent to unmar...@gmail.com -- Mark Munz unmarked software http://www.unmarked.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: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
