application

Application objects derive from file objects. Therefore, application objects inherit all of the properties of the file object. This means that you can inspect properties such as modification time of or product version of an application just as you would with a file. See the properties of a file object for a complete list of these. The real power and primary purpose of the application object is their creation. The creation methods are optimized in anticipation of the importance of this object.

Note: See file for a list of the application properties. Folder and file names may be case sensitive. Use "as uppercase" or "as lowercase" if you do not know the actual case when making comparisons.

Note: On Windows, a properly installed application will register itself with the operating system. It does this by creating a registry key, usually named after the executable, in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths. The regapp inspector uses the default value of this key, which should contain the full path of the executable.

Creation
Properties
Casts

Parent: file

Version	Platforms
8.0.584.0	AIX, HP-UX, Red Hat, SUSE, Solaris, Windows
8.1.535.0	Debian, Ubuntu
8.2.1310.0	Mac
9.5.13.130	Raspbian

Creation

application : application

Starting from BigFix 9.5 Patch 5, the inspector for Mac systems finds all applications bundles and executables anywhere on the local hard drives and matches an application bundle to the path of the actual executable inside the bundle. For example, both queries Q: application "/Applications/iTunes.app" and Q: application "/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunes" now recognize correctly the iTunes application package. This version of Inspector for Mac systems requires OS X Spotlight service to be enabled.

Plural: applications

Version	Platforms
8.2.1310.0	Mac

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application <binary_string> : application

Returns the named applications (bundles) and executables as binary filesystem objects.

Plural: applications

Version	Platforms
9.5.5.193	Mac
9.5.7.90	AIX, Debian, Red Hat, SUSE, Solaris, Ubuntu, Windows
9.5.13.130	Raspbian

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application <binary_string> of <folder> : application

No documentation exists.

Plural: applications

Version	Platforms
9.5.7.90	AIX, Debian, Red Hat, SUSE, Solaris, Ubuntu, Windows
9.5.13.130	Raspbian

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application <string> : application

Returns the named applications (bundles) and executables as filesystem objects.

Plural: applications

Version	Platforms
8.0.584.0	AIX, HP-UX, Red Hat, SUSE, Solaris, Windows
8.1.535.0	Debian, Ubuntu
8.2.1310.0	Mac
9.5.13.130	Raspbian

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application <string> of <folder> : application

Returns an application object for the named file located in the folder. See application.Example: exists application "notepad.exe" of the windows folder - Using the application of folder creation method, this example locates the notepad application provided it exists in the Windows folder.

Plural: applications

Version	Platforms
8.0.584.0	AIX, HP-UX, Red Hat, SUSE, Solaris, Windows
8.1.535.0	Debian, Ubuntu
9.5.13.130	Raspbian

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application <string> of <registry key> : application

Returns the application associated with the named command. Normally used with a sub-key of key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT whose name is a file type.

Plural: applications

Version	Platforms
8.0.584.0	Windows

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application <string> of <registry> : application

Returns an application object matching name provided. See application.

Plural: applications

Version	Platforms
8.0.584.0	Windows

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application of <folder> : application

No documentation exists.

Plural: applications

Version	Platforms
8.2.1310.0	Mac

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application of <registry key> : application

Returns the application associated with the "open" command. Normally used with a sub-key of key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT whose name is a file extension.

Plural: applications

Version	Platforms
8.0.584.0	Windows

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application of <registry> : application

Iterates through the properly installed applications. See application.

Plural: applications

Version	Platforms
8.0.584.0	Windows

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default web browser : application

No documentation exists.

Plural: default web browsers

Version	Platforms
8.0.584.0	Windows

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native application <string> : application

No documentation exists.

Plural: native applications

Version	Platforms
9.1.1065.0	Windows

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recent application : application

Returns all the application objects that have recently been executing on the machine. See application.

Plural: recent applications

Version	Platforms
8.0.584.0	Red Hat, SUSE, Windows
8.1.535.0	Debian, Solaris, Ubuntu
9.5.3.211	Mac
9.5.13.130	Raspbian

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recent application <string> : application

Returns an application for the name provided it has recently executed. The name is assumed to be the last part of an executable file name.

Plural: recent applications

Version	Platforms
8.0.584.0	Red Hat, SUSE, Windows
8.1.535.0	Debian, Solaris, Ubuntu
9.5.3.211	Mac
9.5.13.130	Raspbian

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regapp : application

No documentation exists.

Plural: regapps

Version	Platforms
8.0.584.0	Windows
8.2.1310.0	Mac

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regapp <string> : application

Returns an application object for the name provided. See application and regapp.

Plural: regapps

Version	Platforms
8.0.584.0	Windows
8.2.1310.0	Mac

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running application : application

Returns all the application objects that are currently executing on the machine. See application.

Plural: running applications

Version	Platforms
8.0.584.0	Red Hat, SUSE, Windows
8.1.535.0	Debian, Solaris, Ubuntu
9.5.3.211	Mac
9.5.13.130	Raspbian

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running application <string> : application

Returns an application for the name provided it is currently executing. The name is assumed to be the last part of an executable file name.

Plural: running applications

Version	Platforms
8.0.584.0	Red Hat, SUSE, Windows
8.1.535.0	Debian, Solaris, Ubuntu
9.5.3.211	Mac
9.5.13.130	Raspbian

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x32 application <string> : application

Returns an object corresponding to the 32-bit application specified by <string>.

Plural: x32 applications

Version	Platforms
8.0.584.0	Windows

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x64 application <string> : application

Returns an object corresponding to the 64-bit application specified by <string>. On a 32-bit computer, this is equivalent to a normal application inspector, but on a 64-bit machine, this inspector returns an object that has filesystem redirection disabled.

Plural: x64 applications

Version	Platforms
8.0.584.0	Windows

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<registry key value> as application : application

If the data stored in the value is a string and it is the full pathname of an application that exists on disk, the application object is returned.

Version	Platforms
8.0.584.0	Windows

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Properties

inspectability of <application> : boolean

No documentation exists.

Plural: inspectabilities

Version	Platforms
8.2.1078.0	Windows

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task name of <application> : string

No documentation exists.

Plural: task names

Version	Platforms
8.2.1078.0	Windows

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virtualizer of <application> : string

No documentation exists.

Plural: virtualizers

Version	Platforms
8.2.1078.0	Windows

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Casts

<application> as string : string

No documentation exists.

Version	Platforms
8.2.1310.0	Mac

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