On Oct 16, 2010, at 6:29 AM, Nick Rogers wrote: > When I run a sheet, I want it to display a text field which has to be updated > every second or so (basically showing a count down "60 Seconds", "59 Seconds" > and so on. > I am starting a timer in main thread using: > timerRawScanMsg = [NSTimer timerWithTimeInterval:1.0 target:self > selector:@selector(myTimerFireMethod:) userInfo:nil repeats:YES]; > [[NSRunLoop currentRunLoop] addTimer:timerRawScanMsg > forMode:NSModalPanelRunLoopMode]; > [[NSRunLoop currentRunLoop] addTimer:timerRawScanMsg > forMode:NSEventTrackingRunLoopMode]; > Then I'm starting the sheet using: > [NSApp beginSheet:windowRawScanMsg modalForWindow:windowMain > modalDelegate:self > didEndSelector:@selector(sheetDidEnd:returnCode:contextInfo:) > contextInfo:nil]; > > The myTimerFireMethod: is not getting called, which would update the text > field in the sheet.
Sheets are document-modal, but are not modal windows or panels. They are not processed by a modal run loop. The run loop runs normally when a sheet is up. Try NSDefaultRunLoopMode. Regards, Ken _______________________________________________ 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: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
