[X4U] Where can Services be downloaded?

net kat netkat at comcast.net
Thu Dec 29 08:58:34 PST 2005


OK, well that illuminates...then, anyone could write a service which  
taps into OSX

too bad you can't opt to invoke services using Control-click when  
you're right there on the file or snippet of whatever..I hate  
cruising up to the File menu to get 'em.

nk





On Dec 29, 2005, at 10:55 AM, Norman Cohen wrote:

> The "conduit" is the hook that the programmer uses to access the  
> code available as a service. The actual functionality is something  
> that is left for the programmer to develop. For example, with Word  
> Service, the programmers at Devon Technologies <http://www.devon- 
> technologies.com/products/freeware/services.php> wrote a bunch of  
> code to do all the formatting and other tasks available. By using  
> the Apple defined methods, they are able to advertise these  
> services to other programs that support services. There are a  
> number of services provided by Apple (e.g. Grab) that can be  
> thought of as being "under the hood" since everyone gets them as  
> part of OS X, but those programs are using the same service conduit  
> as Devon and Omni and others have used to advertise their services.

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