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11\f1\b0\fs24 SimpleService is a little program which shows to to create services for the services menu. There are two services provided in this example:\
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14\cf0 \'a5 "Open File" service, which opens the file specified by the provided string. This service has no return value.\
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17\'a5 "Capitalize" service, which takes a string and returns a capitalized version.\
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19The service information is stored in Info.plist and read by the system during login. Take a look at the "Application Settings" to see how the service information is specified. Details on the various entries can be found in the documentation, in "Services" under "Programming Topics."\
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21To install SimpleService, copy it into ~/Library/Services, log out and log back in.\
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23There are some tricky issues in creating a service:\
24\'a5 The Info.plist needs to specify LSBackgroundOnly = 1, in order to assure the service does not appear in the dock.\
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