Document-based application design enables users to create and manage documents containing their data. In cocoa, this is enabled via the "document architecture" subsystem which provides inbuilt support for applications that manage documents.
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Quickest way to dirty a FileReferenceDocument in SwiftUI for macOS
I have a number of changes to a document-based application which are not undoable (conceptually, think quiz progress) but which should dirty the document so the state is saved when the user quits or closes the document.
Apple's documentation for…
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Use of @StateObject in Document-based SwiftUI application: getting instances instead of references
I am trying to use a @Stateobject in my document as source of truth for the dataModel behind the document. However, it seems I am doing something wrong as I appear to get different instances for the document and the content view, which is in line…
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SwiftUI document-based apps on macOS: How to prevent TextEditor from setting document edited
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I am working on a simple SwiftUI document-based app on macOS (12.0.1) with Xcode 13.2.1.
In my app, I need two TextEditors in the document view. One displays the content of the document, and the other is used to support some other…
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NSDocument window controller and outlet instantiation
I have what it seems to be a weird problem with an instance of a document window controller. I have a document-based application with a custom window controller inited from overridden makeWindowControllers method of NSDocument main class:
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MVC3 - How to modify action result to get multiple objects update
When I select a theater from a drop down and click on 'add a movie', this code is run.
public ActionResult Create(TheaterViewModel input)
{
var theater = new TheaterViewModel
{
TheaterId = input.TheaterId,
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iOS 14 Document based app adopting SceneDelegate?
I'm recently developing a new document based app. The traditional, and by now, the official template is instantiating an UIDocumentBrowser in the AppDelegate; and the official recommendation for document based app to use the document browser as the…
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How to Implement Intermediate File Type for Document-Based Applications like QuickTime Player?
Does anyone here have experience with document-based applications on macOS in which you can make a document file type that the user can't save via the app? Having the rename/move dropdown with disabled name and location fields?
Wanted to start with…
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Understanding Core Data in Document Based App
I'm creating a document based app, using swift / SwiftUI and core data for the first time. My approach for CRUDing works - but it doesn't seem to be "right" somehow. Maybe there is a more elegant way of doing this.
In my Document-Class I get my…
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How do I connect SwiftUI to a Document in a macOS Document-based app?
I’m trying to create a basic Document-Based SwiftUI app. However, the skeleton created by Xcode does not have any linkage between the document and the content view. Here is what I have inferred to be the correct way:
struct Task {
var done: Bool
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When Application quits, NSDocument's isDocumentEdited method always returns false
In a document-based application, any change in a document is signalled by a
[self updateChangeCount: NSChangeDone];
At any time, when debugging, the [document isEdited] returns TRUE, as far as the document has been edited. The doc's window displays…
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How to add simple save-load functions to document-based Swift 3 app?
I'm studying Swift (for just a hobby) at the moment, and trying to figure out how I'm supposed to and save and load functions to document.swift file in document-based swift app? I'd like to know how to save and load simple txt-files. I'm using…
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Document not deallocated on window close?
I have a document-based application, and my NSDocument subclass and NSWindow subclass are not being deallocated when I close a window. Any idea how to fix this?
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When is NSDocumentController instance instantiated by default in a Document-Based template project?
I created a Document based Cocoa project in Xocode 8.0 on maxOS 10.11.6, using swift 3.0.1. I deleted the mainMenu.xib, document.xib, modified the infolist, and then added my own main function. Becasue I do not use Interface Builder at all.
In the…
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cocoa document based application with shared windows?
I'm developing a document based app. Each document has three windows (and hence three window controllers). I'd like to set it up so that two of the three windows are shared between different open documents (swapping views as needed). Is this…
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Disable Document-Based functionality on a Cocoa Application
I started a Document-Based project on XCode for a MacOS project. I realize now that i don't need this functionality and its potentially causing problems and delays in my progress.
Is there a way to disable this functionality?
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