


", but this requires some rather unbelievable hoops just to make it work. In what is more of a hack than an actual solution, I have also found that I can manipulate the installed application's ist file, replacing the CFBundleExecutable value with a shell script that does an "open -a. I cannot seem to find a way to do these Automator steps from the command line (which would be required during installation of my application) using something like Apple Script (osacript).

I can't do that in an automated install of the application. I have found that I can do exactly what I want to do from the Automator application: Select "Application", enter the command line, save it, copy and paste the icon, etc. At the user's direction on install, I need to create a shortcut-like item that contains command-line arguments to the installed application, and that can be placed in the Dock like a normal application with an icon. I've been searching and searching for a process on OS X that creates something as simple and elegant as Windows shortcuts.
