> On 23 Aug 2016, at 1:46 AM, Andreas Falkenhahn <andr...@falkenhahn.com> wrote: > > It is unusual in the way that it's not calling NSApplicationMain() but tries > to imitate what NSApplicationMain() does. Here goes the code that is executed > to set up the NSApp:
There’s your problem. You’re not running a proper NSRunLoop, so the alert panel is going to be non-operational. When a modal alert is shown, the run loop is set to a run mode that reflects this, which changes the way events are routed and processed. Modal panels are really an illusion that the application creates by managing its NSRunLoop in this way. You are going to have to fix your architecture to run the app in a far more conventional way. I know what you said about a cross-platform model forcing your hand, but I don’t believe that your solution is the right one. I believe you can run the app in a standard way and still support this model. I know this because I had to do exactly the same thing when Mac OS X first came out, to adapt my app framework for the classic Mac OS (“MacZoop”) to run on OS X. That framework had a WaitNextEvent() style architecture, but with care I was able to adapt it to the modern approach without breaking that model, but still being something that played nice with preemptive mutitasking, non-centralized event despatch, and so on. Of course that was 15 years ago, and the details are now hazy, but the essence of it was to turn the thinking about fetching events on its head: WaitNextEvent is not something you poll, but something that goes to sleep until there’s something for your app to do. From the client’s perspective, there’s no difference! I suggest you reinstate a standard runloop within NSApplication, stop playing games with it, and simply use its -nextEventMacthingMask: method to stand in for WaitNextEvent(). All your various problems will be solved at once. Or use Carbon, not Cocoa, but good luck with that. —Graham _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
