The documentation on DesktopApplication property Description is confusing to me.
A text description for the app that in the Windows Desktop Explorer Properties window on. This property can be set only in the IDE.
This two-sentence description is hard for me to parse even as a native English speaker.
Where do you set this Property? Companion properties such as Copyright are set in the Build Settings. There is a field for Description here and I can put some text in it. But when I try and access this text using App.Description I get only an empty string.
This is a snapshot of a small part of my BuildSettings
This is a snapshot of values in the Debugger under App. In the Debugger, it is an empty string.
Does someone know where you set and access this property?
A text description for the app that may be displayed by some operating systems in Get Info or Property windows for the app. This property can be set only in the IDE. This value is not displayed for macOS.
from the docs. So try “Show info” on the youapp.app trough the context menu
Interestingly, Windows uses it in some system dialogs.
eg
Even if your app is called BakedBeans.exe, if the description is set to
‘A very naughty boy’ ,
you will see messages in Windows
like ‘A very naughty boy is preventing windows from shutting down’
I’ve experienced this weird thing as well. In the tasks manager (expanded), one of my apps is listed as “Server part of RemoteObserver.” (the description) instead of the app name. I fail to see how this is a feature
