When I launch Qcad Pro in my iMac the program opens normally but it is not active, Finder remains active despite running in the background. To make it active I have to click anywhere in the workspace or toolbars. Then, and only then, the ribbon shows QCAD Pro and Menus, etc.
All other programs installed on my iMac become active once launched despite having, say, several other programs running. The last launched program becomes the active window. Is this a bug in the program or can it be fixed in the Preferences?
QCAD Pro Inactive after launch
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Re: QCAD Pro Inactive after launch
This is something that has changed in the most recent versions of Mac OS X.
If you are comfortable working with a plain text editor, you can work around it by changing the file QCAD-Pro.app/Contents/Info.plist and removing the following 2 lines:
<key>LSUIElement</key>
<string>1</string>
If you are comfortable working with a plain text editor, you can work around it by changing the file QCAD-Pro.app/Contents/Info.plist and removing the following 2 lines:
<key>LSUIElement</key>
<string>1</string>
Re: QCAD Pro Inactive after launch
Yes I am comfortable with doing that. But please tell me in which Library folder I can find this file. I looked into: Library/Applications but could not find it.andrew wrote:This is something that has changed in the most recent versions of Mac OS X.
If you are comfortable working with a plain text editor, you can work around it by changing the file QCAD-Pro.app/Contents/Info.plist and removing the following 2 lines:
<key>LSUIElement</key>
<string>1</string>
Re: QCAD Pro Inactive after launch
Ah, found how to do it. Job done, thanks.algrass wrote:Yes I am comfortable with doing that. But please tell me in which Library folder I can find this file. I looked into: Library/Applications but could not find it.andrew wrote:This is something that has changed in the most recent versions of Mac OS X.
If you are comfortable working with a plain text editor, you can work around it by changing the file QCAD-Pro.app/Contents/Info.plist and removing the following 2 lines:
<key>LSUIElement</key>
<string>1</string>
For those new to Qcad like me here is the procedure:
Open Finder and select the Applications folder.
Right click on Qcad-Pro.app and choose "Show Package Contents"
This brings up the list of key files and subfolders.
Right click on file "Info.plist" and choose to Open With TextEdit.app
This text editor opens and shows all the lines of this file. Just remove those two lines mentioned by Andrew, remove the empty spaces as SAVE the file. Relaunch Qcad and the issue is fixed.