Force my application to be the front most app...

[Daniel Hazelbaker]

On May 28, 2007, at 1:02 PM, Charles E. Heizer1 wrote:

> Thanks,
> I can’t seem to get it to work, and I think I know why but am not  
> sure how to fix it.
>
> I close the window and then open it. The issue here is that  
> makeKeyAndOrderFront using afterDelay seems to be in it’s own loop.  
> How do I address this issue?

Off the top of my head, I would recommend using an NSTimer instead of  
the performSelector:afterDelay: method.

e.g.

{
    ...
    [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:theDelay target:self  
selector:@selector(forceIntoForeground:) userInfo:nil repeats:NO];
    ...
}


- (void)forceIntoForeground:(NSTimer *)timer
{
     [mainWindow makeKeyAndOrderFront:self];

     if (I_want_to_be_really_really_really_sure == YES) {
         ProcessSerialNumber myPSN;

         GetCurrentProcess(&myPSN);
         SetFrontProcess(&myPSN);
     }
}


> Thanks,
> - Charles
>
> - (IBAction)reminderButton:(id)sender
> {
>
>     double theDelay;
>
>     if ( [delayTimePopUp indexOfSelectedItem] == 0) {
>         theDelay = 300; // 5 minutes
>    } else if ([delayTimePopUp indexOfSelectedItem] == 1) {
>         theDelay = 600; // 10 minutes
>    } else if ([delayTimePopUp indexOfSelectedItem] == 2) {
>         theDelay = 900; // 15 minutes
>    } else if ([delayTimePopUp indexOfSelectedItem] == 3) {
>         theDelay = 1800; // 30 minutes
>    } else if ([delayTimePopUp indexOfSelectedItem] == 4) {
>         theDelay = 3600; // 1 hour
>    } else if ([delayTimePopUp indexOfSelectedItem] == 5) {
>         theDelay = 7200; // 2 hours
>    } else if ([delayTimePopUp indexOfSelectedItem] == 7) {
>         theDelay = 10; // 2 hours
>    } else if ([delayTimePopUp indexOfSelectedItem] == 6) {
>         theDelay = 0; // No Delay selection was never
>
>         // Display an alert dialog warning the user of the
>        // reboot situation...
>        NSAlert *alert = [[NSAlert alloc] init];
>         [alert addButtonWithTitle:@"OK"];
>         [alert addButtonWithTitle:@"Cancel"];
>         [alert setMessageText:@"Ignore the reboot?"];
>         [alert setInformativeText:@"Are you sure you want to ignore  
> the reboot? You will not be warned to reboot again."];
>         [alert setAlertStyle:NSWarningAlertStyle];
>
>         if ([alert runModal] == NSAlertFirstButtonReturn) {
>             // OK clicked, ignore the reboot dialog
>            exit(0);
>         }
>
>         [alert release];
>     }
>
>     // If the time to delay is no 0 delay the app
>    if ( theDelay != 0) {
>         ProcessSerialNumber myPSN;
>         GetCurrentProcess(&myPSN);
>         [mainWindow orderOut:nil];
>         [mainWindow performSelector:@selector 
> (makeKeyAndOrderFront:) withObject:self afterDelay:theDelay];
>         SetFrontProcess(&myPSN);
>    }
>
> }
>