On Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:06:36 +0100, Angus Hardie <angus.har...@malcolmhardie.com> said: > >On 29 Jun 2011, at 14:22, Ulf Dunkel wrote: > >> Am 27.06.2011 22:58, schrieb Ulf Dunkel: >>> In a simple app of mine, I use the standard Help menu and MyApp Help >>> menu item, which is bound to -showHelp:. >>> >>> I would like to have my AppDelegate being informed when the Help Viewer >>> has been launched and opened from this menu item. >>> >>> It seems as if the method -showHelp: cannot be overridden. Which other >>> way can I use to receive any information when -showHelp: has been called? >>> > >My first thought was that you could change the target of the menu item >so that it calls your own method, then call the original >showHelp method with something like: > > [NSApp showHelp:sender]
I routinely "repoint" the showHelp: action from the Help menu item so that my own code runs in response. Usually, however, this is because I *don't* want the Help View launched and opened from this menu item. :) m. -- matt neuburg, phd = m...@tidbits.com, <http://www.apeth.net/matt/> A fool + a tool + an autorelease pool = cool! Programming iOS 4! http://www.apeth.net/matt/default.html#iosbook_______________________________________________ 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
