How to create an "Agent Application"?

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shai@waves.com - 27 Jul 2005 11:03 GMT

I'm trying to create a daemon for Mac OS X.

Apple documentation says "If you need to provide user-specific
services, you should create an agent application instead of a daemon"
(http://developer.apple.com/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPSystemStartup/Artic
les/DesigningDaemons.html)

Since my daemon is user-specific and will need some minimal interaction
from the user, an Agent Application will be suitable for my purposes.

However, I found no documentation or code samples on
developer.apple.com on how to create such "Agent application".
Searching this forum and the web did not help either.

Where can i find sample code or instruction on creating an Agent
Application?

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Michael Ash - 27 Jul 2005 11:40 GMT

> I'm trying to create a daemon for Mac OS X.
>
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> Where can i find sample code or instruction on creating an Agent
> Application?

As far as I can tell, this is just a regular GUI app (Carbon or Cocoa)
without an actual GUI, and with LSUIElement or LSBackgroundOnly set in
their plists.

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shai@waves.com - 31 Jul 2005 10:03 GMT

Thanks Michael, I'll give it a try.

Shai

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How to create an "Agent Application"?