Re: runloops and NSURLConnection

FROM : Jens Alfke
DATE : Sat May 31 18:55:53 2008

On 31 May '08, at 8:07 AM, Torsten Curdt wrote:

>> I think you want to schedule the connection for the 
>> NSModalPanelRunLoopMode runloop mode.  This is the mode that is 
>> used for modal windows.

>
> You mean with scheduleInRunLoop:forMode: ? ...but that's only 
> available since 10.5


I don't know of a good alternative that's 10.4-compatible, short of 
running the NSURLConnection on a background thread with its own runloop.

But have you considered _not_ using a modal panel? IMHO, modal panels 
are a "UI smell", to coin a phrase. Does it really need to be 
impossible for the user to interact in any other way with the app 
while that panel is open? Usually a sheet will suffice, and sheets 
don't use a special runloop mode, so that would solve your problem.

—Jens