Re: Quit Application doesn't send window close methods

FROM : Ted Lowery
DATE : Wed Jan 01 15:15:09 2003

Hi again-

Thanks for the help, this worked.  I don't want to start a flame war
here, but I do have an opinion that I want to share and see if it is
off base.

I notice when I look at the docs for -applicationWillTerminate, it says
The applicationWillTerminate: method does not get called for logout for
power off. See NSWorkspaceWillPowerOffNotification, which is sent for
these events.  Now this strikes me as [insert flame target here]. 
Seems if the window is going to close, it should consistently send the
same messages, so as a programmer, I don't have to build a state
machine which captures all the different ways this could happen. 
What's to keep the framework from adding something in a future release
that adds yet another way a window can be closed with yet a different
delegate method.

Is this too much to expect from a 10+ year old framework?  Is there a
good reason why the framework would not send -windowDidResignKey EVERY
TIME, regardless of the instigator?

Cheers and Happy New Year all.

-Ted
On Wednesday, January 1, 2003, at 01:51  AM, David Rio Vierra wrote:

> Well, you have two ways of doing this.  In your app controller, which
> is a delegate of NSApp, implement -applicationWillTerminate: and do
> cleanup code there.  You may also register some of your objects for
> the NSApplicationWillTerminateNotification so they can do their own
> cleanup.
>
> - Rio
>
>
> On Tuesday, December 31, 2002, at 04:47 PM, Ted Lowery wrote:
>

>> Hi all-
>>
>> I've noticed when I quit my application, I don't get any delegate
>> messages, things like windowShouldClose, windowWillClose or
>> windowDidResignKey.
>>
>> What is the right way to trap for an application quitting so I can
>> clean up?  If I close the window first, clean up happens, as I
>> override windowDidResignKey method.
>>
>> Thanks, Ted
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