Re: adding applets, and session management

[Stéphane Konstantaropoulos <stephanek brutele be>]

Le lun 17/02/2003 à 15:18, Stella Power a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
> I'm having a bit of trouble with an applet that I'm writing.  My applet works
> fine if I run it manually, but once I install it and add it to the panel
> from the Applets menu things don't work as expected.  When I add the applet
> it launches my fully working applet, as well as a crashed icon symbol, and
> I've no idea why!  My .desktop and .gnorba files are below.
> 
> I'm also have a problem when I log out.  When I log back in again, the applet
> no longer works, and all that appears on the panel is a crashed icon symbol.
> 
> Any one have any ideas?  I've spent a week trying to fix this, trawling
> through archives and searching the web to no avail.
> 
> Stella
> 
> g_app_test.desktop:
> --------------------
> [Desktop Entry]
> Name=My Applet
> Comment=testing
> Exec=g_app_test --activate-goad-server=g_app_test
> Icon=button.xpm
> Terminal=0
> Type=Application
> 
> g_app_test.gnorba:
> -------------------
> [g_app_test]
> type=exe
> repo_id=IDL:GNOME/Applet:1.0
> description=test applet
> location_info=g_app_test

Maybe use absolute paths for your icon file and for your executable
file?

Gnorba is no longer supported, go for Bonobo activation.
Instead of a gnorba file you need a .server file.

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