Functions

CanSaveFileType

Filter file types

CompleteSaveAction

Called after a Save or Save As operation

DocumentTypeName

Return the document type's name, corresponding to an entry in the application's Info.plist file.

FileCreator

Return the 4-byte file creator for document files.

FileType

Return the 4-byte file type for document files.

FinishSaveAs

Handle the results of the Save As dialog

ShouldSave

Determine if saving is allowed

ShowSearchText

Display the text from a Spotlight search

protected

virtual bool CanSaveFileType( 
    const ACFString &inTypeName) const 

Discussion

Determine if the given file type is currently available for saving. Called by GenerateSaveTypes.

function result

False to exclude the type from the file types list.

protected

virtual void CompleteSaveAction();

Discussion

If the document was being saved before closing, this method finishes by deleting the document.

public

virtual ACFString DocumentTypeName() const;

Discussion

The default implementation returns the first type listed in the Info.plist file.

function result

The type name

public

virtual OSType FileCreator();

Discussion

The default implementation returns the creator type from the Info.plist file.

public

virtual OSType FileType();

Discussion

The default implementation returns the first OSType listed in the Info.plist dictionary, using DocumentTypeName() to look up the document info.

protected

virtual void FinishSaveAs( 
    ANavReply &inReply);

protected

virtual bool ShouldSave() 

Discussion

For example, an application in demo mode would return false from this function if saving is restricted.

function result

True if saving is allowed.

protected

virtual void ShowSearchText( 
    const std::string &inSearchText) 

Discussion

This method is called from Initialize() when a document was opened from a Spotlight search.

Parameter Descriptions

inSearchText

The text from the Spotlight search.

(Last Updated October 06, 2006)