Re: [MACTCL] Opening app by double-clicking or dragging file

[Kevin W. <kw...@co...>]

Hi Jasper,

On 10/27/21 6:15 AM, Jasper Taylor wrote:
> Hi MacTclers,
> I have a long standing problem that if I double click a file that is 
> handled by my app, or if I drag it to the app’s icon, I get an error 
> message like this:
>
> *The document “posning.sml” could not be opened. Simile cannot open 
> files in the “com.Simulistics.sml” format.*
> *
> *
> The app then opens without opening the document. However, if I do the 
> same thing when the app is already running, the app’s 
> tk::mac::OpenDocument procedure is called and the document opens. I 
> also have tk::mac::OpenApplication and tk::mac::ReopenApplication 
> defined, but neither are called in the first case.
> I enabled the ‘com.apple.security.authorization.apple-events’ key when 
> signing the code, but this does not seem to change anything.
> Any help very much appreciated!
> —Jasper


This bug was reported on the list last spring, and I committed a fix in 
830e5b70 - it probably hasn't made it into a new Tcl/Tk release yet. Can 
you try building the tip of core-8-6-branch? It should address the issue.

Thanks,

Kevin

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