Launching in OS X Problems

[Ken Ray]

Peter,

Use the shell command "open" that you can run through Terminal. The
basic syntax at the command line is:

  open <pathToApp> <pathToDoc>

So here's the code I used (watch wrapping):

  on mouseUp
    put "open" && quote & "/Applications/Windows Media Player/Windows
Media Player.app" & \
      quote && "/Applications/Windows Media Player/sample.asf" & quote
into tCmd
    get shell(tCmd)
  end mouseUp

Works like a charm...

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com 
> [mailto:use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of 
> Peter Reid
> Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 6:46 PM
> To: Runtime Revolution Use Mailing List
> Subject: Launching in OS X Problems
> 
> 
> Hi
> 
> Did anyone get a solution to launching programs under OS X?  I'm 
> using Rev 2.1.2 with OS X 10.3.2 and trying to "launch" the three 
> media players: Flash, RealOne and Windows Media Player with relevant 
> media files.  Only the Flash one works!
> 
> I've tried using:
> 
>     launch mediafile with mediaPlayer
> 
> (where mediaPlayer is the full path to the Windows Media Player, say)
> 
> If I try this in the Message box, I get the error "no such program". 
> But if I omit the mediafile from the launch command:
> 
>     launch mediaPlayer
> 
> then it works fine, i.e. it opens the player (but doesn't play 
> anything of course!).  This is true for both Windows Media Player and 
> RealOne Player, both of which are carbonised by the look of it (they 
> are .app bundles, with embedded Contents/MacOS etc.) unlike the Flash 
> Player which seems to be a native app.
> 
> I even tried to use AppleScript instead:
> 
>      put "tell application " & quote & "Windows Media Player" & quote 
> & return &\
>          "  open " & quote & mediafile & quote & return &\
>          "end tell" & return into theScript
>      do theScript as AppleScript
> 
> but this just opens the Windows Media Player without playing 
> the media file.
> 
> I want to be be able to make my Rev app like a video jukebox that 
> handles the three  formats by opening the relevant player in its own 
> window.
> 
> Any ideas please??
> 
> Peter
> -- 
> Peter Reid
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