On Feb 17, 2010, at 3:21 PM, Paul Johnson wrote: > I am working on a Document-based application that needs to have a > certain file in ~/Library/Application Support/<appname> before it can > do anything. It needs to be created the first time the program is run > (or if it has been deleted by the user). > > I've created a class XXAppDelegate and declared it as implementing the > NSApplicationDelegate protocol, and I defined > -(void)applicationDidFinishedLaunching:(NSNotification*)aNotification. > In this method I want to perform the file creation. Does this sound > like I'm on the right track? (Newbie as you can tell.) > > I should add that the file needs to be created by accessing the > internet and could take even a minute to finish, so I will no doubt > have to worry about informing the user about the delay when the > program is run for the first time, but before I charge in this > direction I would appreciate some affirmation I'm on the right track.
Yes, you're on the right track. You could start it earlier by putting it in -applicationWillFinishLaunching:, but I wouldn't bother in your case. If the file could be created immediately, and if other parts of your app which might run between -applicationWillFinishLaunching: and -applicationDidFinishLaunching: would be simpler to code by assuming it's already present, then doing it in the earlier method would be good. Since it's going to take a while to download the file, there's no real benefit to starting it earlier. Regards, Ken _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
