NAME
Mac::Apps::Launch - MacPerl module to launch applications
SYNOPSIS
use Mac::Apps::Launch;
my @apps = qw(R*ch Arch MPGP);
my $path = "HD:System Folder:Finder";
LaunchApps([@apps], 1) || warn($^E); # launch and switch to front
LaunchApps([@apps]) || warn($^E); # launch and don't switch
LaunchApps($app[1], 1) || warn($^E); # launch and switch to front
LaunchSpecs($path, 1) || warn($^E); # use path instead of app ID
QuitApps(@apps) || warn($^E); # quit @apps
QuitAllApps(@apps) || warn($^E); # quit all except @apps
IsRunning('MACS'); # returns boolean for whether
# given app ID is runningDESCRIPTION
Simply launch or quit applications by their creator ID. The Finder can be quit in this way, though it cannot be launched in this way.
This module is used by several other modules.
This module as written does not work with MacPerls prior to 5.1.4r4.
EXPORT
Exports functions QuitApps, QuitAllApps, and LaunchApps, IsRunning, LaunchSpecs.
HISTORY
- v.1.60, September 28, 1998
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Added
LaunchSpecs. Use this when the app does not have a unique app ID, the app is not really an app (like the Finder), or you have more than one instance of the app, and want to launch a particular one. - v.1.50, September 16, 1998
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Added
IsRunning. - v.1.40, August 3, 1998
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Only launches application if not already open; e.g., won't launch newer version it finds if older version is open.
- v.1.31, May 18, 1998
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Added
AEDisposeDesccall (D'oh!). Dunno why I forgot this. - v.1.3, January 3, 1998
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General cleanup, rewrite of method implementation, no longer support versions prior to 5.1.4r4, addition of Quit methods, methods return undef on failure (most recent error in
$^E, but could be multiple errors; oh well).
AUTHOR
Chris Nandor <pudge@pobox.com> http://pudge.net/
Copyright (c) 1998 Chris Nandor. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. Please see the Perl Artistic License.
VERSION
Version 1.60 (28 September 1998)