Re: Problem with NSUserDefaultsController
Re: Problem with NSUserDefaultsController
- Subject: Re: Problem with NSUserDefaultsController
- From: Keary Suska <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:25:38 -0600
- Thread-topic: Problem with NSUserDefaultsController
8/31/08 10:13 AM, also sprach email@hidden:
> I've been playing around with bindings to NSUserDefaultsController in
> a very simple app to test saving preferences, but the
> [sharedUserDefaultsController save:self] method seems to return
> immediately without waiting for the save operation to complete.
>
> The save does actually take place, which I can see if I open the
> plist file in Property List Editor, but if the very next line after
> sending the save message is one which reads a property from the
> plist, it's the old value which gets returned rather than the newly
> saved one.
The -save: method is unintuitive in name. It does not, as you may think,
save changes to disk. It simply commits any changes to the NSUserDefaults
object. It's a no-op if appliesImmediately is YES. The only way to force a
save is to call -synchronize on NSUserDefaults.
Best,
Keary Suska
Esoteritech, Inc.
"Demystifying technology for your home or business"
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