Hi,
I've got a document based app which has a general (app level) set of
default preferences, but which can be changed per document. The app-level
prefs I'm doing via the Preferences menu item & a dialog box etc. and I
haven't yet decided on how to do the doc level ones.
Would I be following Aqua guidelines to implement the document-specific
ones as a sheet?
If so, the 2 views would contain the same fields, so what is the best way
of having a view which works in both the prefs window and the document's
sheet? I'm anticipating having a set of fields in a view which connect to
FirstResponder's setField1, setField2 etc. methods, so that in the dialog
box, FirstResponder is the app, and in the sheet, FirstResponder is the
document, with both the app and doc containing these same methods.
Or maybe there's a more proper way of doing this? Would an Inspector
window be more appropriate? Some of the effects in the window are
changed 'live' when you change a field, so perhaps an Inspector would be
the best way to go, so that the window & effects aren't obscured by the
sheet.
I can't seem to find the relevant info in the Aqua UI Guidelines PDF.
Thanks in advance for your advice, and have a good weekend,
Ken
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Ken Tabb
Mac & UNIX Propellerhead & Network Bloke (Health & Human Sciences)
Computer Vision / Neural Network researcher (Computer Science)
University of Hertfordshire
e-mail: <ken...>
http://www.health.herts.ac.uk/ken/
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