Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of DataOpener


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Timestamp:
02/16/06 16:11:18 (19 years ago)
Author:
grimnes
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  • DataOpener

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     1DataOpener knows how to open things in the correct application... i.e. emails in thunderbird, word documents in Word etc. etc 
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     3This is damn tricky.  
     4GnowsisAlpha had a dirty C hack done by Leo. This is clearly nasty. 
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     6Options:  
     7 
     8 * Apple Java Extensions does this on MacOSX http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Java/Reference/1.4.1/Java141API_AppleExtensions/api/com/apple/eawt/ApplicationListener.html 
     9 * Java 1.6 does this - http://download.java.net/jdk6/docs/api/java/awt/Desktop.html 
     10 * The Java Desktop Integration Classes (jdic) project does this. https://jdic.dev.java.net/  
     11  * it uses JNI and native compiled things on every platform 
     12  * Gnowsis already uses this for the trayicon support.  
     13  * MacOSX support is ropy... at best - only older versions available and only half the API.  
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     15Solution: 
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     17 * Use Apple Java Extensions for Macosx and jdic for all other platforms.