Re: Change the NSPreferencePane window size programmatically

2011-01-07 Thread Peter Lübke
Whatever you do to an app that isn't yours: use the APIs supplied for Interapplication Communication, as there are (among others): AppleEvents, AppleScript, Accessibility... These ensure sufficient isolation between the objects involved, and they are (to a certain extend) likely to survive t

Re: Change the NSPreferencePane window size programmatically

2011-01-07 Thread Kyle Sluder
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 10:42 AM, eveningnick eveningnick wrote: > Kyle, > thanks for the warning, i understand the problems it may cause. > but what if i was doing that, how should have i sent a message to an > object of the host application? Quite simple: you don't. Ever. If your host object doe

Re: Change the NSPreferencePane window size programmatically

2011-01-07 Thread eveningnick eveningnick
Kyle, thanks for the warning, i understand the problems it may cause. but what if i was doing that, how should have i sent a message to an object of the host application? ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin re

Re: Change the NSPreferencePane window size programmatically

2011-01-07 Thread Kyle Sluder
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 6:09 AM, eveningnick eveningnick wrote: > I was thinking that my pane is operating in the address space of > System Preferences, which means i can send messages to objects of this > application. Can i somehow retrieve the object of main window and send > it something like "-

Change the NSPreferencePane window size programmatically

2011-01-07 Thread eveningnick eveningnick
Hello is it possible to set up the System Preferences height programmatically? I have 3 possible NSViews of different height (but the same width), which are displayed depending on what current settings does the user have. I am aware that System Preferences automatically changes the size of its win