Thanks for all the info Mark, I'll check it all out. Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>
On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 5:00 PM, Mark Schonewille < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Pete, > > Just a quick answer. You can set file associations for OSX in the OSX tab > of the standalone application settings window. Installer Maker manages the > file associations on Windows. I'm not sure how to do this in Linux, but I > think double-clicking an unassociated file in Ubuntu would show a window > with an option to choose an app. I think you can also set file associations > in a .desktop file, but I'm not sure how this works. > > On all desktop platforms, you can use $1 to determine if a file was > double-clicked to trigger the launch of the application. $1 contains the > file path. > > You need to check out the relaunch message in the docs. Create a relaunch > handler that doesn't return anything (or returns empty). You can also use > the relaunch message to open a document on Windows. > > On Mac OS X, you'd use apple events if an app is running already. > > Again, I'm not sure how this works on Linux. It should be possible for a > standalone to determine if a process is running already and somehow tell > that process to open a file. > > (As soon as I figure this out for Linux, I'll add it to Installer Maker). > > > -- > Best regards, > > Mark Schonewille > > Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering > Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com > Twitter: > http://twitter.com/**xtalkprogrammer<http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer> > KvK: 50277553 > > Use Color Converter to convert CMYK, RGB, RAL, XYZ, H.Lab and other colour > spaces. http://www.color-converter.com > > Buy my new book "Programming LiveCode for the Real Beginner" > http://qery.us/3fi > > Fill out this survey please > http://livecodebeginner.**economy-x-talk.com/survey/<http://livecodebeginner.economy-x-talk.com/survey/> > > > On 8/1/2013 01:47, Peter Haworth wrote: > >> Is it possible to associate a file extension with a standalone application >> so the standalone runs when a user double clicks on a file with the >> extension? Multiple file extensions? This would be for all three desktop >> platforms. >> Pete >> lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> >> > > ______________________________**_________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/**mailman/listinfo/use-livecode<http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode> > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
