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Blank process name for OSX Cocoa application?

I'm developing an OSX application (Clarke) that runs with LSUIElement set (system menu only - no tray icon, doesn't appear in cmd-tab).

It works totally fine, but someone just pointed out that it has a blank process name in the Activity Monitor listing. Just says nothing. Everything else in there has a name. Even other apps running at LSUIElement.

I've tried to search around the web, but I can't spot anyone talking about this. What on earth should I be looking for?

+4  A: 

Wild guess: Check the CFBundleName in your Info.plist. Make sure that's set and not empty.

Peter Hosey  2009-06-25 21:32:20
+3  A: 

Turns out I had the CFBundleDisplayName key present, but empty. That solves it.

tomtaylor  2009-06-26 09:11:14
Peter actually gave you this answer. You should give credit to him by up-voting his answer and/or accepting it rather than leaving the answer open and adding your own answer (which, in fact, is the same as Peter's suggestion).
Jason Coco  2009-06-26 10:03:22
Not exactly. CFBundleName and CFBundleDisplayName aren't the same thing.
Peter Hosey  2009-06-26 11:12:18
Ah, good point, Peter! I was reading too quickly and missed it. In any event, you should accept your answer, then Tom :)
Jason Coco  2009-06-26 19:12:06

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