https://github.com/binghuan/macosx_launch_app_from_weblink

Method to demo how to launch app by using web page's link.
https://github.com/binghuan/macosx_launch_app_from_weblink

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Method to demo how to launch app by using web page's link.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/binghuan/macosx_launch_app_from_weblink
• Owner: binghuan
• Created: 2013-08-12T07:04:19.000Z (over 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2013-08-12T09:49:00.000Z (over 11 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-08-02T04:08:49.119Z (over 1 year ago)
• Topics: macos, macos-app
• Language: Shell
• Size: 363 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# MEMO


Reference 1. http://www.macosxautomation.com/applescript/linktrigger/

Reference 2. http://hublog.hubmed.org/archives/001154.html

Following method by using reference 2. 

Use Platypus to create a test.app.

Then, put the test.app into folder "/Applications/"


The file hierarchy will be like this:

BH_MacBookPro:test.app binghuan$ tree

.

└── Contents

   ├── Info.plist

   ├── MacOS

   │   └── test

   └── Resources

       ├── AppSettings.plist

       ├── MainMenu.nib

       ├── appIcon.icns

       └── script

finally, add following key into Info.plist, that's it.



```html

CFBundleURLTypes


   

       CFBundleURLName

       Local File

       CFBundleURLSchemes

       

           local

       

   

NSUIElement

```