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| Application Additions |
| Inherits From: | Responder : Object | |
| Declared In: | apps/Preferences.h |
| Category Description |
| Preferences.h declares a category that adds four methods to the Application class of the Application Kit. These methods make it easier for your Preferences module to: |
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Locate its interface when the module is loaded | |
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Enable and disable items in the Windows and Edit menus of the Preferences application | |
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Access the views contained in the Preferences window |
| Method Types |
| Loading the interface |  loadNibForLayout:owner: | |
| Controlling menu items | enableEdit: |
| enableWindow: |
| Accessing the Preferences window |
| appWindow |
| Instance Methods |
| appWindow |
| appWindow |
| Returns the id of the Preferences window, enabling you to alter its content view, for example. |
| enableEdit: |
| enableEdit:(int)aMask |
| Enables and disables menu items in Preferences' Edit menu. aMask specifies which items are to be enabled. For example, this message enables the Cut and Copy commands: |
[NXApp enableEdit: CUT_ITEM|COPY_ITEM];
| The permitted values for aMask are: |
| CUT_ITEM COPY_ITEM PASTE_ITEM SELECTALL_ITEM EDIT_ALL_ITEMS |
| See also: enableWindow: |
| enableWindow: |
| enableWindow:(int)aMask |
| Enables and disables menu items in Preferences' Window menu. aMask specifies which items are to be enabled. The permitted values for aMask are: |
| MINIATURIZE_ITEM CLOSE_ITEM WINDOW_ALL_ITEMS |
| See also: enableEdit: |
| loadNibForLayout:owner: |
| loadNibForLayout:(const char *)name owner:anOwner |
| Loads the nib file named "name.nib" and makes anOwner its owner.
This is a convenience method that searches for the nib file in the appropriate language subproject of the bundle from which the class of anOwner was loaded. See also: |