[CMake] OS X Bundle startup command

[Michael Jackson]

On May 29, 2009, at 11:49 AM, Timothy M. Shead wrote:

> Tobias Sauerwein wrote:
>> Hi Everyone
>> In my attempt to get cmake/cpack to produce a propper OS X bundle,  
>> I  hit a problem. We use a launcher script written in applescript  
>> which  is compiled in the build process. Before producing the  
>> bundle with  cpack we simply copied the compiled 'applet' file over  
>> to the actual  bundle. When I set CPACK_BUNDLE_STARTUP_COMMAND to  
>> point to the  applet it is getting copied over but renamed to the  
>> bundle name. Can  I prevent that somehow or can I run a script  
>> right after cmake/cpack  has finished putting the bundle together  
>> to do some final touches?
>
> Tobias:
>
> My experience when I was writing the bundle generator was that the  
> startup command only worked if it matched the bundle name. From your  
> question there must be some way to control what gets executed when a  
> user double-clicks the bundle.  Info.plist?
>
> Cheers,
> Tim
>
> -- 
> Timothy M. Shead
> Data Analysis & Visualization (1424)
> Sandia National Laboratories
> 505-284-0139

from inside the info.plist:

	<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
	<string>QImporter_debug</string>

You can set that to what ever you want. I'm pretty sure that the  
executable _should_ be in the "MacOS" directory otherwise you can  
probably put in a relative path: "../bin/myexecutable"

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