URL Scheme Handled by a Rev Application
Andre Garzia
andre at andregarzia.com
Thu Jan 24 19:06:08 EST 2008
Andres,
this needs to be put into a frontscript. Put it into a button and
insert the button into the front. And no, this will not work on
windows, this is a pure mac os technology.
Andre
On 1/24/08, Andres Martinez <andres at bakno.com> wrote:
> Thanks again Andre
>
> I was confused thinking that I needed to create an AppleScript but
> then I figured out that the script you provided is to include into my
> Rev project, correct?
>
> Is there any way of getting these same parameters on Windows Rev
> applications?
>
> Regards,
> Andres Martinez
> www.baKno.com
>
> On Jan 24, 2008, at 6:16 PM, Andre Garzia wrote:
>
> > Andres,
> >
> > create a frontscript and trap the appleEvent event. Look for a event
> > like GURL (it's GURLGURL). I used to have a example of that somewhere
> > nearby.
> >
> > You need the frontscript because Revolution IDE will trap the events
> > before you if you don't use one. It's something like:
> >
> > on appleEvent theClass,theID -- execute a set of statements in a
> > text file
> > if theClass is "GURL" and theID is "GURL" then
> > request appleEvent data -- get the content of the AppleEvent into
> > the it variable
> > -- now do your stuff
> > end if
> > pass appleEvent
> > end appleEvent
> >
> > Andre
> > On 1/24/08, Andres Martinez <andres at bakno.com> wrote:
> >> Thanks Andre
> >>
> >> I finally made it work by rebuilding the Launch Services database.
> >>
> >> Now the part I don't know yet is how to receive the parameters in my
> >> Rev App.
> >>
> >> For example if the URL is myapp:parameters
> >>
> >> How can I read those parameters when the system invokes the Rev App?
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Andres Martinez
> >> www.baKno.com
> >>
> >> On Jan 24, 2008, at 6:01 PM, Andre Garzia wrote:
> >>
> >>> Andres,
> >>>
> >>> I am searching for doing the same thing. By altering the plist, you
> >>> also need to touch the file to advertise to Finder that it needs to
> >>> refresh its database. There are other ways too. The best way would
> >>> be
> >>> to create an external binding into the launch services API.
> >>>
> >>> In the past, I did a hack that could do this kind of stuff by
> >>> altering
> >>> some plists and default entries on mac os x tiger.
> >>>
> >>> check this post http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.ide.revolution.user/73700
> >>>
> >>> I had a stack to create such custom protocol entries for mac os x,
> >>> but
> >>> I can't find it... maybe it was destroyed with my old machine when
> >>> it
> >>> fried. :-) If I find it and you still want it, I can send to you.
> >>>
> >>> andre
> >>>
> >>> On 1/24/08, Andres Martinez <andres at bakno.com> wrote:
> >>>> Hello again,
> >>>>
> >>>> With more google search I found the following...
> >>>>
> >>>> ------------------------------------------
> >>>> Here is what you need to do to register your app for a custom URL
> >>>> scheme (for the example we will use a "myapp" scheme).
> >>>> 1) In your Info.plist, add a new entry for CFBundleURLTypes?:
> >>>>
> >>>> <key>CFBundleURLTypes</key>
> >>>> <array>
> >>>> <dict>
> >>>> <key>CFBundleURLName</key>
> >>>> <string>MyApp's URL</string>
> >>>> <key>CFBundleURLSchemes</key>
> >>>> <array>
> >>>> <string>myapp</string>
> >>>> </array>
> >>>> </dict>
> >>>> </array>
> >>>> 2) Somewhere in your application's startup code (e.g. init), add
> >>>> this
> >>>> code:
> >>>>
> >>>> - (void)registerMyApp
> >>>> {
> >>>> [[NSAppleEventManager sharedAppleEventManager]
> >>>> setEventHandler:self
> >>>> andSelector:@selector(getUrl:withReplyEvent:)
> >>>> forEventClass:kInternetEventClass andEventID:kAEGetURL];
> >>>> }
> >>>>
> >>>> - (void)getUrl:(NSAppleEventDescriptor *)event withReplyEvent:
> >>>> (NSAppleEventDescriptor *)replyEvent
> >>>> {
> >>>> NSString *url = [[event
> >>>> paramDescriptorForKeyword:keyDirectObject]
> >>>> stringValue];
> >>>> // now you can create an NSURL and grab the necessary parts
> >>>> }
> >>>> ------------------------------------------
> >>>>
> >>>> Now, I need to know how can I run such code from within my Rev app.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Regards,
> >>>> Andres Martinez
> >>>> www.baKno.com
> >>>>
> >>>> On Jan 24, 2008, at 4:15 PM, Andres Martinez wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Hello
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I found the following text in this page...
> >>>>> http://www.euronet.nl/~tekelenb/playground/security/URLschemes/
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------
> >>>>> "The Finder automatically registers all applications as it becomes
> >>>>> aware of them, such as [...] when the user navigates to a folder
> >>>>> containing them."
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Part of that registration involves LaunchServices (an under-the-
> >>>>> hood
> >>>>> thing, somewhat similar/related to InternetConfig) to check if a
> >>>>> thusly found application advertises itself as being capable of
> >>>>> handling a specific URL scheme. If the executable can do http for
> >>>>> example, it will contain that information in such a way that
> >>>>> Finder
> >>>>> can access it (and pass the info on to LaunchServices).
> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------
> >>>>> Does anybody know how to include this type of information into OSX
> >>>>> Rev applications?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Regards,
> >>>>> Andres Martinez
> >>>>> www.baKno.com
> >>>>>
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