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Re: Custom sheets without going application modal?

On Sunday, December 29, 2002, at 04:33 PM, Joshua Scott Emmons wrote:

My application pulls up a custom sheet to enter some new-record info. Every example I've ever seen to get a custom sheet working uses something like the following:

... snip ...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but this takes the *whole application* modal, right?

Yep, you're right. Don't quote me on it, but I *think* that the erroneous examples can be traced back to some Apple docs that were, at one point, a bit vague on the subject. The current docs are clearer.

What is the danger in me implementing the above like so:

No danger at all - in fact, it's the preferred way to open a window-modal (as opposed to app-modal) sheet.

[mySheet orderOut:self];

One minor nit - orderOut: makes the sheet invisible, but doesn't release it. That's good for a sheet that could be used relatively frequently, as it pops up quicker on subsequent uses. But, for an infrequently-used sheet, you could save a bit of memory by sending it a close message instead, which releases it.

sherm--

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