problem disabling a menu item

FROM : Ivan S. Kourtev
DATE : Mon Apr 11 23:46:42 2005

Hi,

I am not getting the expected behavior when I try to disable a menu
item programmatically in a simple application.  I do

  [[NSApp mainMenu] setAutoenablesItems:NO];
  [_someMenuItem setEnabled:NO];

yet the _someMenuItem remains enabled.  I tried sending a setTitle:
message to _someMenuItem (just to make sure that the connection was
right) and it worked as described.  So I think I am missing something
here, any suggestions?

On a more general level, I did read about the "Automatic Menu Enabling"
alternative method in Apple's documentation.  Is Automatic the
preferred way to handle all menu enable/disable activity?

Thanks,

-- ivan