Re: Closing an app with the red dot.

2011-05-17 Thread Kyle Sluder
On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Andy 'Dru' Satori wrote: > This is a classic instance of having to look at the nature or the application > to decide if it is an appropriate action. > > I use both models depending upon the application.  The general approach I > take is to look at the app in ques

Re: Closing an app with the red dot.

2011-05-17 Thread Andy 'Dru' Satori
This is a classic instance of having to look at the nature or the application to decide if it is an appropriate action. I use both models depending upon the application. The general approach I take is to look at the app in question determine if there is any legitimate reason it should stay op

Re: Closing an app with the red dot.

2011-05-17 Thread Uli Kusterer
On 17.05.2011, at 14:54, Andy Lee wrote: > On May 17, 2011, at 8:44 AM, Andy Lee wrote: >> Also you can implement the applicationShouldHandleReopen:hasVisibleWindows: >> method mentioned above to automatically reopen the window, if you prefer. > > Though I'm not sure as a user I'd like that. Mayb

Re: Closing an app with the red dot.

2011-05-17 Thread JAMES ROGERS
Joanna, No problem. I should have phrased it better. After many exchanges the simplest and best solution for this particular application came from Andy, just disable the button. I am a retired Senior Systems Analyst and certainly can be guilty of tossing a few stones at glass houses. Picking up

Re: Closing an app with the red dot.

2011-05-17 Thread Joanna Carter
>>> I am a cocoa developer, albeit a new one. So I have every right to >>> post this question on this site. > > I think Joanna can be forgiven for an honest misunderstanding. My apologies; I also moderate other technical newsgroups and it is sometimes easy to jump to the wrong conclusion, espec

Re: Closing an app with the red dot.

2011-05-17 Thread Andy Lee
On May 17, 2011, at 8:44 AM, Andy Lee wrote: > Also you can implement the applicationShouldHandleReopen:hasVisibleWindows: > method mentioned above to automatically reopen the window, if you prefer. Though I'm not sure as a user I'd like that. Maybe that is what people meant when they said "that

Re: Closing an app with the red dot.

2011-05-17 Thread Andy Lee
On May 17, 2011, at 8:08 AM, Pascal J. Bourguignon wrote: > JAMES ROGERS writes: > >> I am a cocoa developer, albeit a new one. So I have every right to >> post this question on this site. I think Joanna can be forgiven for an honest misunderstanding. >> Thank you very much, but clicking on >>

Re: Closing an app with the red dot.

2011-05-17 Thread Pascal J. Bourguignon
JAMES ROGERS writes: > I am a cocoa developer, albeit a new one. So I have every right to > post this question on this site. Thank you very much, but clicking on > the application in the dock does not work in my case. That would be a > rather obvious answer and one of the many things I tried. Ba

Re: Closing an app with the red dot.

2011-05-17 Thread Nick
when you 'close' the window - by default the application is not being terminated - you can get your window back programmatically by calling [myWindow makeKeyAndOrderFront]. This is what some apps call, when you click their icon on dock to get the closed window back. You can legally terminate appli

Re: Closing an app with the red dot.

2011-05-17 Thread JAMES ROGERS
I am a cocoa developer, albeit a new one. So I have every right to post this question on this site. Thank you very much, but clicking on the application in the dock does not work in my case. That would be a rather obvious answer and one of the many things I tried. Based on some of the web guru

Re: Closing an app with the red dot.

2011-05-17 Thread Joanna Carter
Jim Do you realise that this is a mailing list for software developers? Nonetheless, assuming you don't mean programatically, simply click on the application in the Dock. Joanna -- Joanna Carter Carter Consulting ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-d