Re: Beachball on Lengthy Task
Re: Beachball on Lengthy Task
- Subject: Re: Beachball on Lengthy Task
- From: Pierce Freeman <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 05 Apr 2009 11:30:22 -0700
- Thread-topic: Beachball on Lengthy Task
Dear Kirk:
While I probably won't be using that in my current project, it sounds like a
good idea and I will probably look into it if I ever have a need...
On 4/5/09 6:33 AM, "Kirk Kerekes" <email@hidden> wrote:
> Along with threads and various asynchronous techniques already
> mentioned, you should also consider creating a separate UI-less
> "foundation tool" to perform your lengthy task, controlled with NSTask
> in your main app. This yields all of the benefits of a thread, with
> none of the threading pitfalls. Getting real-time feedback (for a
> progress indicator, for example) from the task is more complex than
> with a thread, and getting result data back is slightly more involved,
> but the absolute freedom from threading issues is often worth it.
>
> Several of Apple's utility apps are constructed as a UI shell that
> invokes one or more tools.
>
>
>
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