Choose from list dialog using AsObjC

Scripting Forums AppleScriptObjC and Xcode
#1

Hi, all.

I am trying to show Choose from list dialog using AsObjC. But my code doesn’t work. What I do wrong?


use AppleScript version "2.4" -- Yosemite (10.10) or later
use framework "Foundation"
use scripting additions
property arguments : missing value

if my NSThread's isMainThread() as boolean then
	my performTextView:arguments
else
	my performSelectorOnMainThread:"chooseFromListDialog:" withObject:arguments waitUntilDone:true
end if
end run


on chooseFromListDialog:arguments
	
	-- create and show window
	set windowSize to current application's NSMakeRect(0, 0, 700, 600)
	set winStyle to (current application's NSWindowStyleMaskTitled as integer) + (current application's NSWindowStyleMaskClosable as integer)
	set theWindow to current application's NSWindow's alloc()'s initWithContentRect:windowSize styleMask:winStyle backing:2 defer:yes
	set windowController to current application's NSWindowController's alloc()'s initWithWindow:theWindow
	windowController's |window|'s |center|()
	windowController's |window|'s makeKeyAndOrderFront:me
	
	-- create scroll view
	set theScrollView to current application's NSScrollView's alloc()'s initWithFrame:windowSize
	(theScrollView's setHasVerticalScroller:yes)
	
	-- add scroll view to window
	theWindow's contentView()'s addSubview:theScrollView
	
	-- create table view
	set theTableView to current application's NSTextView's alloc()'s initWithFrame:windowSize
	set rowName to current application's NSString's stringWithString:"Row1"
	set row1 to (current application's NSTableRow's alloc())'s initWithIdentifier:rowName
	set rowName to current application's NSString's stringWithString:"Row2"
	set row2 to (current application's NSTableRow's alloc())'s initWithIdentifier:rowName
	(row1's setHeight:20)
	(row2's setHeight:20)
	(theTableView's addTableRow:row1)
	(theTableView's addTableRow:row2)
	-- (theTableView's setDelegate:me)
	-- (theTableView's setDataSource:me)
	-- (theTableView's reloadData())
	
	-- add table to scroll view
	(theScrollView's setDocumentView:theTableView)
	
	
end chooseFromListDialog:
#2

Here is a window with NSTextView and NSScrollView

use framework "Foundation"
use framework "AppKit"
use scripting additions

property arguments : missing value

on run
	-- We call UI and the arguments to be running in main thread
	
	if my NSThread's isMainThread() as boolean then
		set arguments to current application's NSDictionary's dictionaryWithDictionary:arguments
		my performDialog:arguments
	else
		my performSelectorOnMainThread:"performDialog:" withObject:arguments waitUntilDone:true
	end if
end run

on performDialog:arguments
	
	-- Set up the Text view with all parameters if any.
	set theTextView to createTextView(0, 0, 700, 600)
	
	-- Set up the Scroll view with all parameters if any.
	set theScrollView to createScrollView(0, 0, 700, 600)
	(theScrollView's setHasVerticalScroller:yes)
	(theScrollView's setDocumentView:theTextView)
	
	-- Add views as subview to the window
	set subviewItems to {theScrollView}
	
	-- Main window 
	set theWindow to createWindowWithRect(subviewItems, 0, 0, 700, 600)
	
	theWindow's |center|()
	theWindow's makeKeyAndOrderFront:me
end performDialog:

on createScrollView(x, y, width, height)
	set scrollViewSize to current application's NSMakeRect(x, y, width, height)
	set theScrollView to current application's NSScrollView's alloc()'s initWithFrame:scrollViewSize
	return theScrollView
end createScrollView

on createTextView(x, y, width, height)
	set textViewSize to current application's NSMakeRect(x, y, width, height)
	set theTextView to current application's NSTextView's alloc()'s initWithFrame:textViewSize
	return theTextView
end createTextView

on createWindowWithRect(subviewItems, x, y, width, height)
	set windowSize to current application's NSMakeRect(x, y, width, height)
	set winStyle to (current application's NSWindowStyleMaskTitled as integer) + (current application's NSWindowStyleMaskClosable as integer) + (current application's NSWindowStyleMaskResizable as integer)
	set theWindow to current application's NSWindow's alloc()'s initWithContentRect:windowSize styleMask:winStyle backing:2 defer:true
	
	repeat with anSubview in subviewItems
		(theWindow's contentView()'s addSubview:anSubview)
	end repeat
	return theWindow
end createWindowWithRect
#3

thanks, but I need NSTableView example…

#4

Check out the table examples on Takaaki’s site:

http://piyocast.com/as/archives/tag/nstableview

#5

Thanks, Shane, for the advice. This is exactly what I need.

I want to build a choose from list dialog with the option to select multiple non-sequential list items. I’m not sure yet if I can do it. But the examples you indicated are very informative.

#6

Is that for learning or would you like to include more options and the standard choose from list.

If you didn’t know non-sequetial list items could be done by pressing command key with your selections.

#7

To learn AsObjC better and to make advanced choose from list dialogs for myself :smiley:

#8

So you know… to make a dialog like choose from list you also need to use:

Shanes Dialog Toolkit is helpful.
NSAlert and runModal()
and put the NSView as asseccory view

or maybe you could use runModalForWindow: (I have not done this yet)

and figure out how you could return a property of NSTextField.
stringValue() and setStringValue:

Or you could make a Nib in Xcode Interface Builder, and make script bundle to load the nib
and you call your script library from other script. Would properly be easier… :wink: