I could be wrong about this having worked before in Max 5, I just tried building a 5.1.9 app and it doesn't seem to report when the file opens the app. Either that or it's specific to 10.7. I did both upgrades at once.

Maybe someone at cycling can shed some light on why it works when the application is already opened vs. why it doesn't when the file opens the app?

Am I totally out on a limb here? Has anyone encountered this issue? Does it even affect anyone else? Should I submit an official bug report? Post a sample?

Okay, this is really not working. If I bang opened to test if the file path is empty it reports an empty string but I'm at a loss to how to compare the empty "string" against a populated string so I know if the path is reporting a valid string. Thoughts?

I have no memory of opened, so I can't tell what it's supposed to be doing, but can't you get a lot of what you want from thispatcher?

Sadly no, I need the name of the text file that prompts the app to open just like if you click a .txt file, textedit opens, or if you click a .mov quicktime opens. (BTW, it only works properly in a standalone but the issue I was illustrating with the null character is the same). There are three things I've been struggling with and they all have to do with standalone applications. I've constructed a standalone to illustrate all three. The example app is Burper.app, the associated file is test.burp. If I double click on a file with the .burp extension then the Burper.app should open and "opened" should report the full path and file name of the file that opened it (in this case test.burp).

Hopefully this makes things a little clearer... The issues are: Command C and V into Dialog in standalone. Opened object not reporting file path when app is opened by double clicking associated file. How to close the opened text file that opens in the standalone when all that's required is the file path.

ermmm.... bump.

(I was hoping to have this resolved or at least know what the issue is by the next update of our software).

Maybe any chance of cycling '74 releasing the "opened" object source code??

crazy. so now i have only just discovered this [opened] object. Is there any chance of Cycling'74 making a helpfile for it?!

by the way, cap10subtext, is there no way you could use the file and folder classes in javascript? and / or shell? and did you add an extension to the max-fileformats.txt file? sorry if none of these suggestions any good - i did not read quite 100% of the thread. i think it is a very complex issue maybe.

I'll look into the file and folder classes but I'm not sure that'll help if it more or less does what the File and folder Max objects do. Opened is very idiosyncratic and the issue is specific to opening an application by double clicking an associated file. Short version: works if the application is already open, doesn't if it launches the app. Imagine as a user: double clicking a word.doc file, word launches, but then your file doesn't open.