URL Scheme Handled by a Rev Application
Andre Garzia
andre at andregarzia.com
Thu Jan 24 20:05:04 EST 2008
Andres,
I trully don't know! :-D
Cheers
andre
On 1/24/08, Andres Martinez <andres at bakno.com> wrote:
> Hello Andre
>
> I made it work putting the handler into the stack script.
>
> It is clear it would not run on windows, what I want to know is how to
> get parameters sent to the application on Windows.
>
> Regards,
> Andres Martinez
> www.baKno.com
>
> On Jan 24, 2008, at 7:06 PM, Andre Garzia wrote:
>
> > 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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