hi I use the ParaViewSuperBuild all the time to test my plugin. you can do something like this to bring paraview to the foreground (from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11248284/mac-os-x-bring-non-bundle-gui-applications-to-foreground-when-launched-from-t).
>$ pwd /Users/fbordeu/ParaView/builds/ParaViewSuperBuild_bin/install/Applications/paraview.app/Contents/MacOS >$ ./paraview (wait paraview to launch) >$ osascript -e 'tell application "paraview" to activate' Felipe Le 1 juin 2013 à 13:27, Michael Schlottke <m.schlot...@aia.rwth-aachen.de> a écrit : > Hi Sean, > > Ok, so that means there is no way to run it in the foreground without having > an app bundle? The problem is, that somehow I get an > > "The application cannot be opened because its executable is missing." > > error even though the executable is there AND the Info.plist file is > identical to another app bundle that does work. Any ideas where else to look > for the problems? > > Michael > > On May 31, 2013, at 17:27 , Sean McBride wrote: > >> On Thu, 30 May 2013 16:38:32 +0200, Michael Schlottke said: >> >>> I installed ParaView 4.0.0-RC2 on my Macbook by compiling it from >>> source. When I start ParaView from command line, it always disappears >>> behind the active window. Does anyone know how to fix this, so that when >>> ParaView is started, it will be the application at the very front of my >>> screen? Please note that is not started "hidden" (i.e. only in the >>> dock), but the window actually uses the full screen - it's just not >>> visible and you have to use Cmd-Tab to get to it. >> >> That sounds like the kind of behaviour that occurs when a command line >> application tries to show a GUI. You see similar with many VTK unit tests. >> On OS X, the only supported way to show a GUI (NSWindow, NSView, etc.) is to >> do so from a .app bundled application. Is your ParaView build as a .app or >> just a plain executable? >> >> Cheers, >> >> -- >> ____________________________________________________________ >> Sean McBride, B. Eng s...@rogue-research.com >> Rogue Research www.rogue-research.com >> Mac Software Developer Montréal, Québec, Canada >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: > http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview
