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Ok, I can't find anywhere appropriate, so I'll ask here on the blog...
Who do I talk to about making my Windows app 'Fusion/Unity friendly'?
For instance, I have an app that sits in the notification area in Windows, but I would like to detect the presence of Fusion/Unity, and provide a more normal application icon/window in this case, so you see my app's icon in the OS X dock.
Who do I contact for info like this?
Posted by: Tim | May 15, 2008 at 04:27 PM
@Tim
First, the VMware Fusion user forums are a great place to ask this kind of question: vmware.com/go/fusionforums
Second, it seems like what you're asking is how to get an application that runs in the Windows system tray to show up on the dock, in Unity?
The best way to do that, in my testing, is to open that application, say for example, the VMware Tools application that runs in the system tray in your Windows guest.
Open that up so that window opens.
Switch into Unity, and that app will show up as an icon in the dock.
Right-click on the icon, and click "Keep in Dock."
This sounds like it may hit your requirements.
Posted by: Peter Kazanjy | May 15, 2008 at 06:55 PM
Thanks Peter.
Your suggestion won't work in my case as my application is transient, so it doesn't have a 'main' window that people keep open.
However I found some code to detect VMWare (although not Unity), so I think I can provide the user with a config option that will meet 95% of people's needs. I am making a more persistent window (for a new feature) that you'll be able to configure to not 'go away' (it will minimise rather than close under Fusion) so it will always be in the dock. This will likely work well enough.
I'll try the forums too.
Posted by: Tim | May 16, 2008 at 12:21 AM