[Mono-osx] How to hide mono and windows form in Mac Dock

[Sandy Armstrong]

On 02/05/2009 05:29 AM, d_v wrote:
>
>
> Sandy Armstrong wrote:
>> On 02/04/2009 01:16 PM, d_v wrote:
>>> Hi there,
>>>
>>> I figure I can not run my C# 2.0 .NET Windows Service on mono, so I am
>>> running the equivalent Windows Form (application) on mono.
>>>
>>> However the script editor, mono, and sometiimes the form (windows state
>>> is
>>> set to minimized) are all visible in the Dock.  I use a script to launch
>>> mono and the .exe.
>>>
>>> What do you advise is the best way to hide these programs from the Dock?
>>> I am hoping for a manual way to do this and maybe a way to do it in
>>> setup/or
>>> code so I do not have to bother the user with setting this up.
>> Make a Mac app bundle.  Download the OS X versions of MonoDevelop,
>> Banshee, or Tomboy for examples of how this is done.  These are all gtk#
>> apps, but I don't see why it wouldn't work with winforms apps.
>>
>> By the way, there's a mono-osx list that might be more helpful with
>> future Mac questions.
>>
>> Best,
>> Sandy
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>
>
> Thanks for the tip.
> So I started looking up "Mac bundles" and I found this link:
> http://www.mono-project.com/Guide:Running_Mono_Applications and a section at
> the very end called "Macpack, Mac OS X only"
>
> Is this the way I do it?  But I am not using cocoa sharp...

I don't personally know.  Banshee has some stuff integrated in their 
makefiles.  When I make my bundles for Tomboy and Tasque I use a little 
script:

http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/tomboy/trunk/bundle-mac-app.sh?view=markup

Notice that in SVN I keep a "skeleton" of the .app hierarchy (in a 
directory called "osx").  Then I just copy the skeleton and the binaries 
to the right folder.

You can right-click any app and "Show Package Contents" to get an idea 
of how things are laid out, too.

Sandy