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Re: Modal Dialog Issue
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Re: Modal Dialog Issue


  • Subject: Re: Modal Dialog Issue
  • From: "Carmen Cerino Jr." <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 12:17:25 -0500

Bingo! Keary hit the nail right on the head. It is indeed the "visible
at launch" option that caused this behavior.

On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 12:11 PM, Keary Suska <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> On Nov 3, 2008, at 9:32 AM, Matt Neuburg wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 3 Nov 2008 09:22:25 -0500, "Carmen Cerino Jr."
>> <email@hidden>
>> said:
>>>
>>> I have a button that when clicked will display a modal dialog. My
>>> modal dialog is custom, and lives in its own Xib file. My issue is
>>> that the first time I click the button to make the dialog appear it
>>> does not latch it self onto the window like it should. If I go to
>>> dismiss the dialog with my cancel button, the dialog does not
>>> disappear but focus returns to my main window. Now the strange thing
>>> is if I go to click that button again, the modal dialog works as it
>>> should.
>>
>> Here's a wild guess. It sounds like maybe the whole nib-loading process is
>> not getting a chance to complete (the first time you show the dialog). So,
>> instead of going directly from loadNibName to beginSheet, as you do here,
>> try "stepping out" to the next event loop after loadNibNamed by calling
>> another method with peformSelector:...afterDelay. m.
>>>
>
> The initial behavior could also be the likely result of the "visible at
> launch" option checked, which the default for all windows created in IB.
>
> HTH,
>
> Keary Suska
> Esoteritech, Inc.
> "Demystifying technology for your home or business"
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 >Re: Modal Dialog Issue (From: Matt Neuburg <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Modal Dialog Issue (From: Keary Suska <email@hidden>)

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