It can’t be queued and completion handler was used in ASS so it’s not the same as ASS sheets.
For sure – the approach has to be quite different. And it’s made more complicated by the fact that these days there’s no simple way to force an update to the UI for the duration of a method that handles an event.
Download Myriad Helpers and add the NSWindow+MyriadHelpers files to your project.
Find the CustomSheetTest.applescript file and add a property like this:
property textField : missing value
And change the showCustomSheet: handler to this:
on showCustomSheet:sender -- triggered by button in window
customWindow's showOver:mainWindow
repeat with i from 1 to 10
(textField's performSelectorOnMainThread:"setStringValue:" withObject:("Progress " & i) waitUntilDone:true)
delay 1
end repeat
mainWindow's endSheet:customWindow
end showCustomSheet:
Now in IB go to MainMenu.xib, control-click on the Custom Sheet Test object, and connect the textField outlet to the text field on the Custom Window, where it says “Custom sheet”.
Run, click Show More, then click Show custom sheet.
Hi,
I would like to know how to close a sheet Window after finishing a process, for example I am uploading a photo and a sheet Window is displayed saying “Wait for the photo to load” so when you finish loading the photo this sheet Window can close without the need to hit the “OK” button or any other.
I use this:
set alert to current application's NSAlert's alloc's init()
tell alert
its setMessageText:""
its setInformativeText: ""
its setAlertStyle:2
its setShowsSuppressionButton:false
its beginSheetModalForWindow:theWindow modalDelegate:me didEndSelector:(missing value) contextInfo:(missing value)
end tell
You call -endSheet:. It the window showing the sheet is mainWindow, then:
mainWindow's endSheet:(mainWindow's attachedSheet())
Thanks @Shane Stanley, working like a charm!
one more question:
Is there any way to insert a progress bar or an indeterminate progress indicator, if so how would it be done?
Either use a window instead of an alert as the sheet, or add it as the alert’s accessoryView.
I never used alert’s accessoryView but I will try, thanks!
If not asking too much could you give me an example?
If the view you want to appear in the alert is called someView, it’s:
alert's setAccessoryView:someView
Thanks for the answer,
Honestly I could not, alias I did not quite understand how would add a Progress Indicator there a Panel Sheet.
Is there any way to launch the App with a certain window and after a few seconds this window will close automatically and open a second window? if so how could i do?
I know I can use
orderOut_ (me)
to hide and
makeKeyAndOrderFront_ (me)
to show another window.
but how can i close the first automatically after a few seconds?
You can use an NSTimer.
thanks for the help Shane.
Is there any way to display a sheet window without the app icon?
You can display any window as a sheet, so it’s just a matter of building your own window.
It’s not code – you create a new window in Xcode. Add whatever buttons you want, and connect them to handlers that close the sheet. Then have your main window call beginSheet:completionHandler:, passing an outlet to the sheet window and missing value.
@shane,
I try this but not working:
script AppDelegate
property parent : class "NSObject"
-- IBOutlets
property theWindow : missing value
property Window : missing value ---outlet for the new window
on applicationWillFinishLaunching_(aNotification)
-- Insert code here to initialize your application before any files are opened
end applicationWillFinishLaunching_
on applicationShouldTerminate_(sender)
-- Insert code here to do any housekeeping before your application quits
return current application's NSTerminateNow
end applicationShouldTerminate_
on openSheet:sender
tell class "NSApplication" of current application
its sharedApplication's beginSheet_modalForWindow_modalDelegate_didEndSelector_contextInfo_(Window, theWindow, me, missing value, missing value)
end tell
end openSheet:
end script[/AppleScript]
button "Open" is create in the mainWindow aka theWindow.
Perhaps you should try what I posted.