On Dec 31, 2008, at 13:49, Richard Ashwell wrote:
1) I am/was creating my document class "programatically" like:
(Note Typed in email, and in my project MyDocument is actually named
something else)
MyDocument *newDoc = [[MyDocument alloc] init];
[newDoc importData:data];
Not so good. When creating or opening a document, there's more to do
than just creating the NSDocument instance.
openUntitledDocumentAndDisplay:error: is the way to go.
By itself this wouldn't pop up a document because of the overridden
applicationShouldOpenUntitledFile: method
No, that had nothing to do with it. By creating the NSDocument
instance directly, you simply weren't getting the document window shown.
So I added:
[newDoc makeWindowControllers]; and the method mentioned below.
Reading your notes carefully though it looks like I maybe should be
using openUntitledDocumentAndDisplay:error instead of the
makeWindowController thing that got my document to popup perhaps
only because I added the showWindow:self to the end of that method.
Exactly.
And you are probably right that I am getting two instantiations, but
only "seeing" one.
I will test your suggestion first, though It might take me a few
because the template doesn't generate a NSDocumentController, only
the NSPersistentDocument class itself so I first have to figure out
how to add the Controller to my AppController class and stuff
without breaking everything, I should be able to get
openUntitledDocumentAndDisplay:error to work (I bet it does, so here
is a pre thank you!!!),
No need to stress! NSDocumentController is a singleton object that
every AppKit application gets for free. So instead of:
MyDocument *newDoc = [[MyDocument alloc] init];
just write this:
NSError *error;
MyDocument *newDoc = [[NSDocumentController sharedDocumentController]
openUntitledDocumentAndDisplay: YES error: &error];
if (!newDoc)
... // report the problem described in 'error'
... I pulled out the extra call to makeWindowControllers and traced,
When the document gets create via the New menu item the
makeWindowControllers gets called automatically like you described,
but just instantiating the document with MyDocument *newDoc =
[[MyDocument alloc] init]; doesn't call makeWindowControllers.
Perhaps that is what the NSDocumentController is supposed to do for
me?
Yup. It also causes the document to appear on the Window menu for you,
and populates the Open Recent menu.
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