site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com On Sep 29, 2008, at 11:20 PM, spartan g wrote: Oh Yes... -corbin Very much Helpful... Once again Thanks Mike, Thanks Corbin.... Best Regards, Spartan... On Sep 26, 2008, at 10:34 PM, spartan g wrote: Thanks Corbin, corbin Sparta... Oh! A few little tips: On Sep 26, 2008, at 3:11 AM, spartan g wrote: - (IBAction)browseClicked:(id)sender { NSOpenPanel *panel = [NSOpenPanel openPanel]; if ([panel runModal]) { NSArray *filenames = [panel filenames]; NSString *filename = [filenames objectAtIndex:0]; Always check the array length first, or just use [panel filename]; if (filename){ printf("\n browseClicked: filename = %s \n", [filename cString]); if ([appToOpenText stringValue] != NULL ){ nil is preferred to NULL. [appToOpenText setStringValue: filename]; } else printf("\n browseClicked: appToOpenText has NULL value \n"); } else printf ("\n *** browseClicked: Filename is NULL *** \n"); } [_defaults synchronize]; corbin _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/site_archiver%40lists.apple... Thanks Mike. I got your point corbin. I was thinking that I am messing somewhere in using the panel properties!!! In fact that behavior, now, seems very helpful to get the last opened directory.. I should also mention that you should not rely on the properties that are written out by the NSSavePanel, as they may change in the future. Any defaults that start with "NS" are considered owned by AppKit. If you want to save/restore the last directory shown, I'd recommend accessing the -directory property and saving/restoring that as required. On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 9:17 PM, Corbin Dunn <corbind@apple.com> wrote: I have used your tips in the updated code. Besides, my aim is to save the filename selected through the panel to a pList file timely whenever it is changed, so I am using synchronization of defaults. I checked and found that there is no resetStandardUserDefaults used anywhere in the entire project. I tried implementing dictionary insted of defaults and updating the pList contents accordingly. But to my surprise, in either cases(dictionary/defaults), whenever I click browse and click cancel/open the junk values are appended automatically in the pList file!!! For the time being I am deleting and recreating the file, but it doesn't seem a good alternative!!! How can a 'Panel runModal' add such junk in the pList!!! Michael already clarified a bit, but it sounds like your definition of junk isn't what I had expected. I assumed you were reading in bad (unexpected) values, ie: junk. But I think you are referring to the other values the save panel places there. As michael said, this is just the way it works. Consider using NSDictionary and writeToFile:... instead On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 10:48 PM, Corbin Dunn <corbind@apple.com> wrote: Howdy spartan, Hi, I am writing an utility which needs to open a panel to browse files and select one. Just a side note: most cocoa people move to NSLog, but printf still works. Try: NSLog(@"%@", filename); -- much easier! } The filename chosen is assigned to the textfield. I have used defaults to synchronize this filename and storing it in a pList file. [_defaults setObject: [appToOpenText stringValue] forKey: @"AppToOpen" ]; It seems strange to use the user defaults as your model to store objects, but i'm sure there is a reason you do this. You probably don't want to hold onto the userdefaults instance as an ivar, and instead always query it with [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults]. It may be possible that something is calling resetStandardUserDefaults, and blowing away the old instance. This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com