Re: Get a list of applications for a file kin d for 'open with...' menu

FROM : Mike Abdullah
DATE : Mon Feb 04 10:59:32 2008

You want to read up on Launch Services. That'll do what you want.

Mike.

On 4 Feb 2008, at 09:51, Lachlan Cotter wrote:

> Hi Cocoabuilder,
>
>
>
> Sorry if it's a dumb question; I can't seem to find where this might 
> be treated in the docs.
>
> I would like to display an 'open with…' menu in my application 
> similar to that in the Finder.
>
> To do this I would need to get a list of all installed applications 
> which can handle a given kind of file.
>
> But how…?
>
> Is there an API that would be useful here?
>
>
>
> Cheers,
> Lach_______________________________________________
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