Re: iPhoto integration?

FROM : Finlay Dobbie
DATE : Sat Jul 08 17:05:34 2006

On 08/07/06, Steve Christensen <<email_removed>> wrote:
> On Jul 7, 2006, at 7:27 PM, Brian O'Brien wrote:
>
> > Hi I'd like to be able to add pictures to the iPhoto library from
> > inside my own cocoa/ObjectiveC or a C++ application.
> > Anyone know how I can do this?
>
> I'd suggest using AppleScript so that iPhoto does the work of
> interpreting its private file formats. This means that you don't have
> to continually make updates when the file format changes, and makes
> it considerably less likely that your software will inadvertently
> trash a user's iPhoto library.


Also, updating iPhoto's private files whilst it's running is a recipe
for disaster.

-- Finlay