I am quite out of my depth here, and I am not even sure the title is correct.
Background. I am trying to write a frontend for the emulator Sheepshaver. The existing frontend creates so-called “virtual machines”. These are like ( or are ) bundle folders in which individual machine configurations are stored. On creation, there exist the “bundle” folder which has at its simplest - on clicking “Show Package Contents” - a single file named “prefs”. So far so good, and no problem.
The issue is this. If I “Get Info” on the bundle/package I am shown the default program which will launch this. I don’t know if this is still a Mac Creator/Type thing or what. What I need to do is to vary this executable. In other words, I might have several versions of the SheepShaver app, and I might want to, by a folderitem launch, shell script, or however, start my bundle with a different version of the app or have more than one version of the app running simultaneously.
The app itself does not seem to have a command line option to set which bundle to execute, or I could do it that way.
Thanks for the reply. The Sheepshaver app is NOT my app, written in C of some sort, precompiled by others. I am just trying to write a frontend to execute it in a more convenient way.
I think I am getting somewhere via Applescript. I will have to tell a specific application, via its path, to open a specific bundle. 15 years since last using Applescript.
I am making good progress with Applescript, and think I have it working in principle. Now I must get home later to my setup and try to remember how to run Applescript from Real Studio ( I’m sure it will come back to me. )
