file path of a MenuItem target with cmdOpen action

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Published on 2010-03-29T11:59:43Z Indexed on 2010/03/29 12:03 UTC
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I am trying to acquire the file path of an item within the NSMenuItem object. Using [objectname action] i am able to properly acquire the action (cmdOpen). But [objectname target] returns a null value. According to the documentation in the apple developer website, if the value is null, the action is sent to the first-responder. I want to be able to dynamically access the file path of the target file. Is there a way to do this without changing the program design?

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