(mac) application menu

[Bill Vlahos]

Richard,

I'm having the same problem which is still present in DP 2.9 b2. I  
believe there are a couple of BZ tickets on this including one Ken  
Ray created with me. It is a real problem and one I have not been  
able to solve.

Perhaps I can talk to you offline?

Bill Vlahos

On Nov 17, 2007, at 12:18 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:

> Björnke von Gierke wrote:
>
>> On 17 Nov 2007, at 18:28, Peter Brigham wrote:
>>> This must be a common need, so I imagine that there are well-  
>>> established ways of handling it.
>> Yes it's a common need, but it's not documented, nor is there any   
>> simple way provided build in. This and menu handling in general is  
>> why  I rarely ever make standalones at all.
>> Additional possible confusions arise when you quit an application,  
>> but  your shutdownrequest handler is not in the message path (for  
>> example  when there's a dialog opened).
>
> FWIW, I just created a new stack, added a menubar, and built a  
> standalone, all using only Rev's default settings.  The engine  
> responds to the OS' aevt/quit normally as expected, quitting the  
> app without issue.
>
> The appleEvent handler is helpful if you need special behaviors on  
> quit other than just quitting, but it seems the engine does the  
> basics well on its own with nothing else required.
>
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