I think you want to schedule the connection for the
NSModalPanelRunLoopMode runloop mode. This is the mode that is
used for modal windows.
You mean with scheduleInRunLoop:forMode: ? ...but that's only
available since 10.5
I don't know of a good alternative that's 10.4-compatible, short of
running the NSURLConnection on a background thread with its own
runloop.
OK ..so at least it was a real shortcoming and not me fighting the
framework again.
What about my current solution with the run loop? Does it smell really
bad ...or is the workaround OK as well?
But have you considered _not_ using a modal panel? IMHO, modal
panels are a "UI smell", to coin a phrase. Does it really need to be
impossible for the user to interact in any other way with the app
while that panel is open? Usually a sheet will suffice, and sheets
don't use a special runloop mode, so that would solve your problem.
Indeed - modal is smelly ...and I have considered non-modal. It would
make my life easier. But since I have just integrated your exception
handling into the FeedbackReporter framework ...wouldn't you expect
the dialog that pops up in case of an uncaught exception to be modal?
