Start MaintenanceTool.app from my application under macOS

[Francky033]

Under macOS, I would like to start MaintenanceTool.app from my application.

MaintenanceTool is in the same directory as my application.

I use startDetached in this way:

QProcess::startDetached("~/" + QStandardPaths::displayName(QStandardPaths::ApplicationsLocation) + "/myappl/MaintenanceTool.app/Contents/MacOS/MaintenanceTool");

The response is true but MaintenanceTool does not start.

How to do this?

[Francky033]

Thank you J.Hilk, it works perfectly!

[J.Hilk]

hi
@Francky033 said in Start MaintenanceTool.app from my application under macOS:
("~/" + QStandardPaths::displayName(QStandardPaths::ApplicationsLocation)

are you sure this returns the correct path?

I usually get the path via QApplication::applicationDirPath(), modify the string and start the process that way,

something along this line:

    QString path = QApplication::applicationDirPath();
    if(path.contains("myApp.app/Contents/MacOS"))
        path = path.remove("myApp.app/Contents/MacOS");
    path = path + "maintenancetool.app/Contents/MacOS/maintenancetool";
    process->start(path,args);

But I'm by no means a Mac expert, and this was quite literally the first thing I tried, backing than, and I've been running with an - don't fix it if it's not broken - approach ever since ;-)

[jsulm]

@Francky033 said in Start MaintenanceTool.app from my application under macOS:

QStandardPaths::displayName(QStandardPaths::ApplicationsLocation)

Doesn't this return an absolute path?

[Francky033]

Thank you J.Hilk, it works perfectly!