Re: Determining Previous Front Process
On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:44:03 -0800, Seth Willits sli...@araelium.com said: Does anyone have any experience with getting the previously front process? I tried using GetFrontProcess in applicationWillBecomeActive, but by that time my app is front. Getting front in applicationDidResignActive returns the app that was just activated after mine, but I need to know the active one right before I activate, not after I deactivate. One possible approach: http://www.cocoabuilder.com/archive/message/cocoa/2006/7/9/167174 (I've already posted my code for doing this, so check the archives.) Since you will be notified every time a different app comes to the front, you can just keep track - when your app comes to the front, the one you *previously* recorded as being in front is the one you're after. (It may, of course, have now terminated.) m. -- matt neuburg, phd = m...@tidbits.com, http://www.tidbits.com/matt/ A fool + a tool + an autorelease pool = cool! One of the 2007 MacTech Top 25: http://tinyurl.com/2rh4pf AppleScript: the Definitive Guide - Second Edition! http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596102119 ___ 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
Re: Determining Previous Front Process
On Jan 30, 2009, at 5:48 PM, Matt Neuburg wrote: One possible approach: http://www.cocoabuilder.com/archive/message/cocoa/2006/7/9/167174 This'll work great. Thanks. (I've already posted my code for doing this, so check the archives.) Searching the archives is such a PITA. The search algorithm is lame. Searching for GetFrontProcess and Neuburg, for example, should *surely* show this thread at the top. Does it? No. It's not even anywhere in the top 100 results. What kind of search is that? -- Seth Willits ___ 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
Re: Determining Previous Front Process
On 31/01/2009, at 12:00 PM, Seth Willits wrote: Searching the archives is such a PITA. The search algorithm is lame. Searching for GetFrontProcess and Neuburg, for example, should *surely* show this thread at the top. Does it? No. It's not even anywhere in the top 100 results. What kind of search is that? Use the advanced search and change the search type to All of the words. One result. -- Rob Keniger ___ 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
Re: Determining Previous Front Process
On 2009.01.30, at 6:04 PM, Rob Keniger wrote: On 31/01/2009, at 12:00 PM, Seth Willits wrote: Searching the archives is such a PITA. The search algorithm is lame. Searching for GetFrontProcess and Neuburg, for example, should *surely* show this thread at the top. Does it? No. It's not even anywhere in the top 100 results. What kind of search is that? Use the advanced search and change the search type to All of the words. One result. Typing GetFrontProcess AND Neuburg into the normal search field will do the same. Having a disjunctive search is a silly default IMO. ~Martin ___ 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
Re: Determining Previous Front Process
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 9:00 PM, Seth Willits sli...@araelium.com wrote: On Jan 30, 2009, at 5:48 PM, Matt Neuburg wrote: One possible approach: http://www.cocoabuilder.com/archive/message/cocoa/2006/7/9/167174 This'll work great. Thanks. (I've already posted my code for doing this, so check the archives.) Searching the archives is such a PITA. The search algorithm is lame. Searching for GetFrontProcess and Neuburg, for example, should *surely* show this thread at the top. Does it? No. It's not even anywhere in the top 100 results. What kind of search is that? Use the google! My rule is never to use a site's search unless it blocks google somehow. The list archives are much better searched using site:cocoabuilder.com (or site:lists.apple.com) than trying to make the built-in search functionality produce worthwhile results. Mike ___ 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
Re: Determining Previous Front Process
On Jan 31, 2009, at 12:22 AM, Michael Ash wrote: Use the google! My rule is never to use a site's search unless it blocks google somehow. The list archives are much better searched using site:cocoabuilder.com (or site:lists.apple.com) than trying to make the built-in search functionality produce worthwhile results. And for general search, when I don't like the relevancy ranking in Xcode's doc window, I find Googling with site:developer.apple.com can be very helpful. --Andy ___ 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
