Re: Launching Cocoa Application externally

FROM : Stuart Malin
DATE : Wed May 14 19:56:59 2008

On May 14, 2008, at 5:55 AM, <email_removed> wrote:

> The App runs fine in gdb and even writes the output file.....
>
> Still the same error (crash and no output written) when running it
> with "open MyApp.app".
>
> Yann


Have you built a deployment (Release) version? Unless you have done 
so, a Debug version will run fine under Xcode, but not standalone 
because of zerolink (possibly among other reasons). Use the "Project" 
menu --> "Set Active Build Configuration" to set this.


> On 14. May 2008, at 16:47, Jens Alfke wrote:
>

>>
>> On 14 May '08, at 6:48 AM, Yann Disser wrote:
>>

>>> How can I debug my App from Finder (or Terminal) to see where it
>>> crashes? (printf("hallo\n") doesn't work either)

>>
>> From a shell, enter "gdb MyApp.app", then "run".
>>
>> I would suspect a dyld error, like a framework/library not found.
>> The Finder / LaunchServices is really bad at reporting these.
>> Running the app from a shell or gdb should report more useful info.
>>
>>
>> On 14 May '08, at 6:55 AM, Stéphane wrote:

>>> There's a bug in your code or in your Info.plist.

>>
>> Actually I think we could answer almost all of the questions on this
>> list that way ;-)