[iJed]

How do you stop a Cocoa document based app from creating a new document on startup? I am sure the answer is trivial but I cannot seem to find out how this is done.

[Angus_D]

I think there's an NSApplication delegate method you can use.

[stupidFish23]

i want to know this as well, so anyone anything specific?

[iJed]

Originally posted by Angus_D:
<STRONG>I think there's an NSApplication delegate method you can use.</STRONG>

Yeah I think there probably is, its just that I can't find it.

[Tim Buchheim]

Originally posted by iJed:
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Yeah I think there probably is, its just that I can't find it.</STRONG>

Take a look at Apple's documentation on Application Architecture

I think you want to implement applicationShouldOpenUntitledFile: in your application delegate. If it returns NO then your app won't create a new untitled document at startup. (Or when the user clicks on your dock icon when no windows are open.)

[iJed]

Originally posted by Tim Buchheim:
<STRONG>
I think you want to implement applicationShouldOpenUntitledFile: in your application delegate. If it returns NO then your app won't create a new untitled document at startup. (Or when the user clicks on your dock icon when no windows are open.)</STRONG>

Thanks for the help. Works nicely. Although I should really have seen this myself. I'll blame the Apple Help Viewer which seems to lack a find function for some strange reason...

[stupidFish23]

yeah, the apple developer documentation certainly needs a search feature....