Re: [Vala] gnome-desktop usage..

[Maciej Piechotka <uzytkownik2 gmail com>]

Shawn Ferris <shawnmferris yahoo com> writes:

> Hi All -- Can someone help me with this.. I need to read (and at some point, create) desktop files.. I have 
> this example and I don't receive an error that it couldn't open the file, but it doesn't seem to return a 
> DesktopItem that actually represents the file. 
>
> using GLib;
> using Gnome;
> using GnomeVFS;
>
> class SMF : GLib.Object {
>
>
>   public static void main () {
>
>     GnomeVFS.init();
>
>     weak DesktopItem di;
>
>     try {
>       var di = new DesktopItem.from_file(
>         "test.desktop",
>         DesktopItemLoadFlags.ONLY_IF_EXISTS
>       );

Here scope of var di ends which shadows the DesktopItem di.
>     } catch(GLib.Error err) {
>       message( err.message );
>     }
>
>     if ( di != null ) {
>       message( di.get_string("Name") );
>     }
>
>   }
> }
>
> and my desktop file, which I took from library.gnome.org is:
>
> [Desktop Entry]
> Version=1.0
> Type=Application
> Name=Foo Viewer
> Comment=The best viewer for Foo objects available!
> TryExec=fooview
> Exec=fooview %F
> Icon=fooview
> MimeType=image/x-foo;
> X-KDE-Library=libfooview
> X-KDE-FactoryName=fooviewfactory
> X-KDE-ServiceType=FooService
>
> Am I missing something? 
>
> As always, I appreciate any help!
>
> Shawn
>
>
>
>
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