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In article <1993Jan5.130920.29274@oce.nl> fjh@oce.nl (Erik Hommersom) writes:
> Hi there,
> 
> When I start an application, made with InterfaceBuilder in a Terminal, 
> it is not activated, but the Terminal application remains the active
> application. 
> 
> Instead I would like to have MyApplication become active after it has been
> launched from a Terminal, without having to click on one of its windows. 
> 
> The problem I have is that I cannot figure out where to call the method
> "makeKeyAndOrderFront" if not in the main.m program generated by
> InterfaceBuilder?

The app's delegate receives appDidInit:.  In that method you can call  
makeKeyAndOrderFront or activateSelf:.  The owner of your main nib is usually  
of the class NXApp and is whose delegate outlet you must set.
-- 
Doug Kent
slugg@mouthers.wa.com

In article <1993Jan5.130920.29274@oce.nl> fjh@oce.nl (Erik Hommersom) writes:
> Hi there,
> 
> When I start an application, made with InterfaceBuilder in a Terminal, 
> it is not activated, but the Terminal application remains the active
> application. 
> 
> Instead I would like to have MyApplication become active after it has been
> launched from a Terminal, without having to click on one of its windows. 
> 
> The problem I have is that I cannot figure out where to call the method
> "makeKeyAndOrderFront" if not in the main.m program generated by
> InterfaceBuilder?
> 
> Can someone tell me how to activate an application at startup under these
> conditions?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Erik Hommersom
> OCE Research & Development, Venlo, The Netherlands
> 
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Ok. Assuming there is some class you have defined, and an instance of that  
class you have placed in Interface Builder - (if not, than define a class  
called Controller, instantiate an object in builder and implement the method I  
will describe now, as well as the delegate trick).

Set the object as the application delegate from within IB (I don't know if you  
know all this stuff and can't wait for me to get to the point, or if you are a  
newbie and don't know what I'm talking about - so if this doesn't make sense,  
email me for more info).

Implement the -appDidInit:sender instance method in the Controller class. It  
will get invoked on your object after the application inits, so you can do the  
makeKeyAndOrderFront then. Look in digi librarian in General Reference at the  
"Application" class  documentation - it explains this and more (like how to  
catch when the app is ending). 

Works on 3.0, I don't know about 2.x ...

-- 
>>> Gordie Freedman  -> gordie@cyclesoft.com   NeXTMail Yes! 
>>> Thou shalt not inline functions more complicated than 20 

It is considered rude and uncivilized for applications to
unconditionally activate themselves at startup because the
user may have activated some other application in the mean
time (see - activateSelf: (Application)).

I have included the source for "activate" that you can use to
activate your application after you "open" it.  You might want
to add some enhancements such as appending ".app" if
NXPortFromName() can't find the application as specified.

  -- Brian Katzung  katzung@{i88.isc, swissbank}.com

//
// activate -- Tell an application to activate itself
//	Brian Katzung  8 January 1993
//
// Compile with -lNeXT_s.
//

#import <appkit/appkit.h>
#import <appkit/Speaker.h>

// Activate the named application using the provided speaker
void
activate (id speaker, const char *appName)
{
	BOOL	yes = YES;

	[speaker setSendPort: NXPortFromName(appName, NULL)];
	[speaker performRemoteMethod: "activateSelf:"
	  with: (const char *) &yes length: sizeof(yes)];
}

int
main (int ac, char **av)
{
	if (ac > 1)
	{
		id	speaker;

		speaker = [[Speaker alloc] init];
		activate(speaker, av[1]);
		[speaker free];
	}

	return 0;
}