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Re: Opening a document in the same window
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Re: Opening a document in the same window


  • Subject: Re: Opening a document in the same window
  • From: Mike Abdullah <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 01:56:52 +0000

I would subclass NSDocumentController. Apple has a rather neat document on the web with lots of info about NSDocument etc. that will tell you how best to do it:

http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/Documents/ Tasks/FAQ.html

Then I would simply override openDocumentWithContentsOfFile:display: so that it:

1. Runs a check to see if you have a blank document open
2. If yes, then send that instance of NSDocument the command to open your document
3. If no, then call openDocumentWithContentsOfFile:display: of super


I agree with you that this seems a better way of doing things that the default, and intend to incorporate in my own apps (if I ever do a normal doc-based app!).

Mike.

On 11 Jan 2006, at 17:55, Theodore H. Smith wrote:

How do I get a document to open in a specified window?

Apple's TextEdit.app does exactly this.

When you open TextEdit, there is an empty window.

If you open a .txt document from the finder, that window gets used as the file editor!

So TextEdit was able to use an existing specified window, instead of opening a new one.

I'd like to be able to do the same. Any ideas anyone?
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