When I throw this plist in there I get "corrupt application, please
reinstall". I made the mistake of not backing up my original plist so
I tried just taking the plist out to see if Stata would recreate
one... it did not but the application launches just fine. Any more
suggestions?
On 7/26/05, Derek Wagner, StataCorp <[email protected]> wrote:
> Fredrik Wallenberg <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I used to be able to run my do files by simply dragging them to the
> > Stata icon in the dock. Since OS 10.4 that no longer works. Does
> > anyone have any suggestions for this? I realize it is an OS question
> > rather than a Stata question but hope someone has some relevant
> > experience or knowledge.
>
> Tiger requires a key in Stata's property list that we didn't know was needed
> because previous versions of Mac OS X didn't seem to care about.
>
> To correct the problem, extract the file below between "cut here" and save it
> as Info.plist in the Stata application. For example, if you're using Stata/SE
> and it is installed in /Applications/Stata, then save the file as
>
> /Applications/Stata/StataSE.app/Contents/Info.plist
>
> overwriting the existing file.
>
> If you're using Intercooled Stata, change all instances of Stata/SE in the
> file to Intercooled Stata and save the file as
>
> /Applications/Stata/Stata.app/Contents/Info.plist
>
> You'll have to reboot because OS X won't know the application's property list
> has changed. Rather than rebooting, you could also try duplicating the
> executable, deleting the original, then renaming the duplicate to the original
> filename to get OS X to notice the change but I can't confirm that works.
> It's easier just to reboot.
>
> We've already corrected the problem in Stata 9 in the latest executable
> update.
>
> --- cut here --
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <!DOCTYPE plist SYSTEM "file://localhost/System/Library/DTDs/PropertyList.dtd">
> <plist version="0.9">
> <dict>
> <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
> <string>com.stata.stata</string>
> <key>CFBundleName</key>
> <string>Stata/SE 8.2</string>
> <key>CFBundleGetInfoString</key>
> <string>Stata/SE version 8.2, Copyright (c) 1985-2005 by StataCorp. All rights reserved.</string>
> <key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
> <string>Stata/SE version 8.2</string>
> <key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
> <string>APPL</string>
> <key>CFBundleSignature</key>
> <string>S5x8</string>
> <key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
> <string>StataSE</string>
> <key>CFBundleVersion</key>
> <string>8.2</string>
> <key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
> <string>English</string>
> <key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
> <string>6.0</string>
> <key>LSRequiresCarbon</key>
> <true/>
> <key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
> <string>app.icns</string>
> <key>CFBundleDocumentTypes</key>
> <array>
> <dict>
> <key>CFBundleTypeName</key>
> <string>Stata do-file</string>
> <key>CFBundleTypeIconFile</key>
> <string>do.icns</string>
> <key>CFBundleTypeRole</key>
> <string>Editor</string>
> <key>CFBundleTypeOSTypes</key>
> <array>
> <string>TEXT</string>
> </array>
> <key>CFBundleTypeExtensions</key>
> <array>
> <string>do</string>
> </array>
> <key>LSIsAppleDefaultForType</key>
> <true/>
> </dict>
> <dict>
> <key>CFBundleTypeName</key>
> <string>Stata data file</string>
> <key>CFBundleTypeIconFile</key>
> <string>dta.icns</string>
> <key>CFBundleTypeRole</key>
> <string>Editor</string>
> <key>CFBundleTypeOSTypes</key>
> <array>
> <string>DTA </string>
> </array>
> <key>CFBundleTypeExtensions</key>
> <array>
> <string>dta</string>
> </array>
> <key>LSIsAppleDefaultForType</key>
> <true/>
> </dict>
> <dict>
> <key>CFBundleTypeName</key>
> <string>Stata graph file</string>
> <key>CFBundleTypeIconFile</key>
> <string>gph.icns</string>
> <key>CFBundleTypeRole</key>
> <string>Editor</string>
> <key>CFBundleTypeOSTypes</key>
> <array>
> <string>GPH </string>
> </array>
> <key>CFBundleTypeExtensions</key>
> <array>
> <string>gph</string>
> </array>
> <key>LSIsAppleDefaultForType</key>
> <true/>
> </dict>
> <dict>
> <key>CFBundleTypeName</key>
> <string>Stata SMCL file</string>
> <key>CFBundleTypeIconFile</key>
> <string>smcl.icns</string>
> <key>CFBundleTypeRole</key>
> <string>Editor</string>
> <key>CFBundleTypeOSTypes</key>
> <array>
> <string>SMCL</string>
> </array>
> <key>CFBundleTypeExtensions</key>
> <array>
> <string>smcl</string>
> </array>
> <key>LSIsAppleDefaultForType</key>
> <true/>
> </dict>
> </array>
> </dict>
> </plist>
> --- cut here --
>
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