How to run a hidden standalone under OSX?

[Bob Sneidar]

I have a helper app which uses Applescript to communicate what I want it to do. I call it Spinner, and all it does is display a model window with a message and a spinning indicator. If I set it's LSUIElement to true, can I still have it show or hide it's window? All I really want is for the app to not have the icon in the dock as you expressed, but I DO want the user to see it when I show it's window. 

I've also toyed with the idea of having a translucent window I can set to the size of the current app window to give it a kind of screen back effect. I don't think that will work on Windows though. 

Bob S


> On Feb 15, 2017, at 12:58 , Paul Dupuis via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Someone else here in the office already solved this. I was just slow to
> read my emails I guess.
> 
> The answer is:
> 
> On OS X, you can do this by adding
>  LSUIElement true
> to its Info.plist file (within the application bundle).
> 
> It's probably easiest to do this with Property List Editor which is part
> of the OS X development tools - doesn't look like the Standalone Builder
> has a place to do it.