Changing Bundle Name
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Hello!
Maybe this is more an Xcode-question than a general Cocoa one, but I am
not sure.
When I started my project, I named it in a kind of sloppy way and now
whenever I run the application, the dock icon displays this old name.
How can I change this? Of course, renaming the application itself
didn't do anything. Is there any place where I can tell Xcode how to
name the binary executable so that the dock icon displays what I want
it to?
Regards,
Michael -
On Jan 16, 2005, at 14:45, Michael Becker wrote:
> Maybe this is more an Xcode-question than a general Cocoa one, but I
> am not sure.
> When I started my project, I named it in a kind of sloppy way and now
> whenever I run the application, the dock icon displays this old name.
> How can I change this? Of course, renaming the application itself
> didn't do anything. Is there any place where I can tell Xcode how to
> name the binary executable so that the dock icon displays what I want
> it to?
Open Target Info window and look at "Properties" tab.
Jirka -
On or about 1/16/05 5:46 AM, thus spake "<cocoa-dev-request...>"
<cocoa-dev-request...>:
> Maybe this is more an Xcode-question than a general Cocoa one, but I am
> not sure.
It is, actually.
> When I started my project, I named it in a kind of sloppy way and now
> whenever I run the application, the dock icon displays this old name.
> How can I change this? Of course, renaming the application itself
> didn't do anything. Is there any place where I can tell Xcode how to
> name the binary executable so that the dock icon displays what I want
> it to?
Giving your app a name is astoundingly tricky. If I remember correctly:
(1) the localized CFBundleName is what shows up in the menu bar
(2) changing (presumably localizing) the About, Hide, Quit, and Help menu
items is up to you :(
(3) the dock name is the name of the app wrapper; you can change this by
changing PRODUCT_NAME in your target (not project) settings
(3a) when you do that, you also need to change the CFBundleExecutable to
match (in your info.plist), or the app won't launch; I believe you can now
(Xcode 1.5) set it to $(PRODUCT_NAME) to make this happen all by itself, and
in fact that seems to be the best approach.
m.
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Except sometimes XCode gets confused and your target wont build
anymore. I had a fight with this this weekend. It was easier to create
a new project in the end.
Maybe you could get away with creating a new target and deleting the
old?
On 17/01/2005, at 6:57 AM, Matt Neuburg wrote:
> On or about 1/16/05 5:46 AM, thus spake
> "<cocoa-dev-request...>"
> <cocoa-dev-request...>:
>
>> Maybe this is more an Xcode-question than a general Cocoa one, but I
>> am
>> not sure.
>
> It is, actually.
>
>> When I started my project, I named it in a kind of sloppy way and now
>> whenever I run the application, the dock icon displays this old name.
>> How can I change this? Of course, renaming the application itself
>> didn't do anything. Is there any place where I can tell Xcode how to
>> name the binary executable so that the dock icon displays what I want
>> it to?
>
> Giving your app a name is astoundingly tricky. If I remember correctly:
>
> (1) the localized CFBundleName is what shows up in the menu bar
>
> (2) changing (presumably localizing) the About, Hide, Quit, and Help
> menu
> items is up to you :(
>
> (3) the dock name is the name of the app wrapper; you can change this
> by
> changing PRODUCT_NAME in your target (not project) settings
>
> (3a) when you do that, you also need to change the CFBundleExecutable
> to
> match (in your info.plist), or the app won't launch; I believe you can
> now
> (Xcode 1.5) set it to $(PRODUCT_NAME) to make this happen all by
> itself, and
> in fact that seems to be the best approach.
>
> m.
>
> -- matt neuburg, phd = <matt...>, http://www.tidbits.com/matt/
> pantes anthropoi tou eidenai oregontai phusei
> AppleScript: the Definitive Guide! NOW SHIPPING...! (Finally.)
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596005571/somethingsbymatt
> Subscribe to TidBITS! It's free and smart. http://www.tidbits.com/
>
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