Re: Cocoa - Not loading any window at startup ...

FROM : micpringle
DATE : Thu Mar 06 13:37:36 2008

Hi Jean-Daniel,

I thought it would be something simple, which is probably why I couldn't
find any reference for it on Google :-)

Will check this when I get home.

If this is the case, how does one then go about opening and closing the
window, from say a menu item attached to an action ??

Thanks

-Mic

On Mar 6 2008, Jean-Daniel Dupas wrote:

Hi,

To prevent your window to open at startup, uncheck the 'Visible At 
Launch' box in your window settings (in Interface Builder).

I don't know a supported way to create an application that appears in 
the Dock but has the same behaviour than a LSUIElement.



Le 6 mars 08 à 12:55, <email_removed> a écrit :

> Hi,
>
> I'm relatively new to Cocoa but have an application that's coming 
> along nicely. Mostly when I have come across an issue I have managed 
> to find a solution using Google but this particular one has me 
> stumped.
>
> My application has three window, a notification window (similar to 
> Growl) that pops up when particular events happen, a window that 
> pops-up when the user clicks the dock icon and a preferences window 
> that pops up when the user selects preferences from a StatusBarItem 
> I have added to the status bar (or at least thats how it should 
> work). All windows are in MainMenu.nib
>
> The problem I'm having is that I don't want any windows to open when 
> the application launches, and at the moment the notification window 
> opens (as it's the only windows I've actually implemented so far), 
> and I also don't want a main menu because I've added a custom menu 
> to the status bar. I've looked at NSUIElement and LSUIElement but 
> they remove the dock icon also, and I need the dock icon, plus they 
> still launch the window.
>
> So ultimatley my question is, how do launch/setup my application so 
> that I get a dock icon, but no menu bar and so that no window is 
> opened when launched, only when the user does something that prompts 
> a window.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> -Mic
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