NSAlert/Dialog Toolkit Plus Questions

[mcsprodart]

I am using Shanes great Dialog Toolkit Plus modified some to resolve the threading issues with NSAlert and had a couple questions to see if anyone has suggestions:

1. Remembering window location after moving alerts… Can someone suggest on how you might get the location of a dialog before closing it and then remember the last location when showing another? It would be nice when having multiple displays or working in an application and showing a dialog you could move it out of the way and continue working. Then when the next dialog shows, remember that location.

2. Other then creating a dialog application runner and sending a call to a subroutine within the app, I am assuming theres no other way to take the focus off of the dialog and allow someone to continue working? I tried sheets but then couldnt figure out how to show sheets attached to a nib in applescriptobjc and was just concerned with more threading problems if I managed to pull it off.

3. By default has anyone else had an issue with Dialog Toolkit Plus not being active and front when showing? I added current application’s NSApp’s activateIgnoringOtherApps:yes after the tell alert line.

Thanks!

[Shane_Stanley]

@mcsprodart

1. Remembering window location after moving alerts… Can someone suggest on how you might get the location of a dialog before closing it and then remember the last location when showing another?

You can’t do that with an alert. You could do it with an enhanced window by storing the bounds in the closeTheWindow: handler.

2. Other then creating a dialog application runner and sending a call to a subroutine within the app, I am assuming theres no other way to take the focus off of the dialog and allow someone to continue working?

Correct.