Opening stacks in a standalone
J. Landman Gay
jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Sat Feb 2 17:11:59 EST 2013
On 2/2/13 3:37 PM, Marty Knapp wrote:
> I'm having trouble with opening stacks in a standalone. I have setup a
> creator code and file extension. When I make and save a stack from
> within the app I first set the stackFileType to my creator code and
> "RSTK." If I 2x click the file in the Finder, it launches the program
> but does not open the stack. If I drag and drop this stack onto the app,
> the app hilites and launches but the stack does not open. I can open the
> stack from within the app using the file browser no problem. I have
> zipped the app and unzipped it thinking that would force the Finder to
> update, restarted and repaired permissions. No happiness. I've never had
> trouble with this before . . . Running Mt. Lion and LC 5.02. I'm sure
> it's something simple, but any suggestions?
>
You need an appleEvents handler that actually opens the stack. You've
set up the files correctly, but that just tells the Finder to notify
your app that a file should be opened. It's up to your app to take
action on that.
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