PreLoginAgent - Trust App

Targets macOS
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Hi guys,

I am looking for a bit of help please?

I am trying to create a pre-login agent in Xojo for MacOS, basically it is a password self service app that displays a button and then opens a web browser to the internal self service site.

I have created the actual application, that bit is fine, but in order to allow the app to run at the login screen I need to explicitly trust the app to run by using NSWindow setCanBecomeVisibleWithoutLogin and NSWindow orderFrontRegardless.

I have been able to do this in Xcode, but I can’t work out how I can do the same in Xojo…

I have looked up as much about it as I can find, but nothing has helped so far, is anyone able to offer any insight?

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Just to make sure, the Xojo application is being launched before the user logs in, correct?

Otherwise I can see no other reason as to why these two functions would fail.

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[quote=150313:@Sam Rowlands]Just to make sure, the Xojo application is being launched before the user logs in, correct?

Otherwise I can see no other reason as to why these two functions would fail.[/quote]

Hi Sam,

Yes the app should launch before the user logs in, at the username and password screen basically.

Hope that makes it clearer.

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But does it?

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If you were able to do it successfully with other means, why in the world are you going through the extra work to make it happen with a different tool?

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Maybe he only got a “hello world” app to work and to recode his Xojo app in Xcode could be too timely and/or costly…

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So the reason I was asking is because I was able to download a sample app from the Apple Developer site for a per-login agent. It was obviously programmed in Xcode, Xcode really isn’t my strong suite.

Is ok though, I bit the bullet and learnt how to do everything I needed in Xcode, so my application is all built and working.

Cheers anyway.