Re: Need some NSComboBox debugging help

2016-08-05 Thread Keary Suska
> On Aug 4, 2016, at 11:34 PM, livinginlosange...@mac.com wrote: > > I have 8 NSComboBoxes in my application organzied into 4 pairs, each pair > sharing an NSComboBox delegate. I have had some users periodically say that > the combo-boxes get confused. ComboBox A will wrongly display ComboBox B

Core Data or not

2016-08-05 Thread Trygve Inda
I am considering moving an app to Core Data. Currently it manages an array of InterestingObjects. I use NSArrayControllers and TableViews. Everything works. I have two cases: 1. I have one array of all InterestingObjects and I set different predicates on the array controller to show only those ma

How to perform CoreData deletion in the background?

2016-08-05 Thread Laurent Daudelin
I have an app running only on iPad right now that uses CoreData. From time to time, I receive updated data from the server which forces me to clean up my local database. I would like to be able to delete small chunks of data in the background but I don't find any appropriate key for UIBackgroundMo

Re: Need some NSComboBox debugging help

2016-08-05 Thread Quincey Morris
On Aug 5, 2016, at 07:03 , Keary Suska wrote: > > One would think that it either has to do with the assignment of the delegate > or the assignment of the outlets/properties of the delegate, or both. I would add one other thing to this “smells like” list: duplicate controls. If you somehow ende

Re: Core Data or not

2016-08-05 Thread Quincey Morris
On Aug 5, 2016, at 07:46 , Trygve Inda wrote: > > Somehow this seems easier to do without Core Data. If you’ll accept my opinion as commentary and not anything more dire, I’d say that your proposed course of action is based on several clearly undesirable options: 1. For 5,000 records, I don’t

Re: Core Data or not

2016-08-05 Thread Luther Baker
Little different perspective, Core Data tends to work drop dead easy for simple stuff. Small data set with simple functionality should work straight out of the box easy. And there is nothing wrong with creating a manual array of managed objects from a Core Data result set. I personally wouldn't s

Re: Core Data or not

2016-08-05 Thread Graham Cox
> On 6 Aug 2016, at 12:46 AM, Trygve Inda wrote: > > I am considering moving an app[…] > Everything > works. So my question is: what is your motivation? Is it underperforming? Is it just idle curiosity, restlessness, too much time on your hands, or some other state of mind? While I have s

Re: Core Data or not

2016-08-05 Thread Trygve Inda
> Little different perspective, Core Data tends to work drop dead easy for > simple stuff. Small data set with simple functionality should work straight > out of the box easy. > > And there is nothing wrong with creating a manual array of managed objects > from a Core Data result set. Currently I