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Re: Changing name of newly created NSDocument (instead of 'Untitled i')
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Re: Changing name of newly created NSDocument (instead of 'Untitled i')


  • Subject: Re: Changing name of newly created NSDocument (instead of 'Untitled i')
  • From: Dave Geering <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 12:07:43 +1000

On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 6:37 AM, Sean McBride <email@hidden> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> My doc-based application is able to import foreign file formats.  I do
> this by creating a new instance of my NSPersistentDocument subclass and
> populate it as needed.
>
> Works fine, but results in a document named "Untitled i".  Is there a
> way to name it something like "original_filename (Converted)"?
> setFileURL: doesn't seem appropriate since I don't want to ask the user
> to choose an on-disk location.
>
> Thanks,

>From memory, you can override -displayName and return a string to
display in the title bar, which can be any arbitrary string. I'm not
sure what else -displayName is used for but I think it is entirely
independent from the filename.

Cheers,
Dave.
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