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mlRe: Adding and removing application to the dock programmatically.
FROM : Alastair Houghton
DATE : Thu Nov 22 11:27:32 2007

On 22 Nov 2007, at 09:04, Amit8 J wrote:

> I have been having a bit of a problem with placing an application in 
> the
> Dock. I want to place an application icon in the Dock programically.


[snip]

> I have seen this kind of functionality in the Microsoft office set 
> wizard.


Why not just let the user put the icon in the Dock himself if he wants?

Don't assume that because you saw Microsoft do something, it must be a 
good idea.  Most applications shouldn't even have an installer, let 
alone a checkbox to programmatically modify the user's Dock.

Kind regards,

Alastair.

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