Re: Quit Application doesn't send window close methods

FROM : Justin Lundy
DATE : Wed Jan 01 17:31:10 2003

Have you looked into applicationShouldTerminate?  This seems to be
called prior to the end of termination
regardless of how the program is being ended, but I haven't tested it.

  - Justin

On Wednesday, January 1, 2003, at 06:15  AM, Ted Lowery wrote:

> 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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