[parallax]

Does anyone have code, or an example on how I'd implement an NSThread?

Thanks.

[Dalgo]

/* Okay here is a bit of code to demonstrate threads in Cocoa. These two methods would be in the same class. input is an outlet to an NSTextField in the interface, output is an outlet to a non-editable NSTextView. Make OKButton something that is called when an OK button next to the input field is pressed. All this does is it takes input and put it into output 60 times, 1 time per second. If this wasn't multithreaded then you wouldn't be able to minimize or hide the window or choose any menu items during the 60 second period that this thing is displaying the output.*/


- (IBAction)OKButton
{
[NSApplication detachDrawingThread: @selector (doSomething
toTarget: self
withObject: [[input stringValue] retain]];
}

- (void)doSomethingNSString *)inputString
{
NSAutoreleasePool* pool;
NSRange range;
int length,
i;

range.location = 0;
range.length = [inputString length];

for(i = 0;i < 60; i++)
{
pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
[output replaceCharactersInRange: range
withString: inputString];

range.location += length;
[NSThread sleepUntilDate:[NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow:1]];
[pool release];
}
[inputString release];
}

[This message has been edited by Dalgo (edited 01-26-2001).]

[parallax]

You're awsome. Thanks :-)

Now, what does the whole pool thing do? It works without any of that release/pool code, but does that cause wasted memory or something?

[Angus_D]

AHHH!
you obviously haven't read ObjC.pdf or whatever it is... It explains all the autorelease pools and things. it's important.

[parallax]

No, I haven't :-(

I'm just *way* too excited with Cocoa.

***calms down.

OK, I'll read the documentation this weekend.