Setting parent window

2010-02-26 Thread Matthew Lindfield Seager
Eric Schlegel  wrote: Mac OS X does not support window child/parent relationships across processes, so I think this approach isn't going to work for you. Eric is completely right but I'm wondering if the OP is saying what he means and meaning what he says... Gaurav Srivastava wrote: I want

Re: Setting parent window

2010-02-26 Thread Steven Degutis
Hi Gaurav, Welcome to Cocoa development! It's fun, and very rewarding. Regarding your question, you really will want to avoid taking Windows design patterns (for both development and user experience) into a Mac app. Not only is what you're trying to accomplish not possible, but it's a really bad

Setting parent window

2010-02-25 Thread Gaurav Srivastava
Is there any corresponding function call for ::SetParent(in Windows) in Cocoa? Basically I have a parent application from which I have to launch another application. I want the child application to open as modal within the parent application and not as a separate application. I have the window

Re: Setting parent window

2010-02-25 Thread Eric Schlegel
On Feb 25, 2010, at 4:38 PM, Gaurav Srivastava wrote: Basically I have a parent application from which I have to launch another application. I want the child application to open as modal within the parent application and not as a separate application. Mac OS X does not support window