Hi,

The answer is to implement the NSUserInterfaceValidations protocol.

The one method I needed to implement was:

- (BOOL)valildateUserInterfaceItem:

Returning NO disables the referenced menu item.

All works fine now.

Darren.



On 25/01/2011 08:45, "Darren Wheatley" <dar...@tenjinconsulting.co.uk>
wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I load a custom file import window in my Cocoa app using:
>
>[NSApp runModalForWindow:window];
>
>The window displays just fine, and is modal.
>
>However, the application main menu is still active (e.g. File menu and
>items), which is making the modal display redundant.
>
>I've googled this and searched the docs, but can't find a way to turn the
>menu off.
>
>Someone suggested using this:
>
>NSModalSession session = [NSApp beginModalSessionForWindow:window];
>[NSApp runModalSession];
>
>- but that doesn't seem to work either. Again, the window displays but the
>main menu is still active.
>
>Can anyone suggest how I turn the main menu off (grey out all menu items)
>when displaying a modal window please?
>
>Thanks
>
>Darren.
>
>
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