Re: FW: Enabling and Disabling menus
Re: FW: Enabling and Disabling menus
- Subject: Re: FW: Enabling and Disabling menus
- From: Brian Howard <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 23:57:35 -0400
On Wednesday, August 22, 2001, at 04:28 PM, Ondra Cada wrote:
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Triple Wow. Work it might, but I would not show it to public ;)))
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We both know it, but for newbies perhaps it should be emphasized that
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those
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have to be bound to proper menu items manually in IB.
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Not needed at all.
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What the 'sender' argument's here for? This is not an action. And the
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nice
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intuitive method name... This should be something like
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Now, you perhaps tried that and it did not work? If so, you had the
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automatic validation (validateMenuItem:) set for the menu. Use *either*
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automatic validation *or* manual one, not both at once.
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Well, clearing/setting menu action would work even if the automatic
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validation is set, you are right in that, but it is an indecent heap of
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quite
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unnecessary work, and it is an ugly hack which would mightily confuse
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anybody who happens to read/maintain/upgrade the code (like you the
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next year
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Incidentally, I seldom comment a programming style, but... have you ever
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heard of the conditional expression? If you *do* want to use such a
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code, I
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guess the following is *SOMEWHAT* more intelligible, not speaking of
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the five
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lines saved:
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<DON'T snip other guys stuff> SS> let me know if this helps
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Sorry, but I guess it would not, rather...
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Hey, Ondra, lighten up. Picking on newbies and beginners makes you look
like a bully, and you've really been on a roll tonight.
Brian E. Howard
Cocoa Cult Central
probably running for the office of SOB unopposed, once again