Getting NSDocument to load a file into current window

[Eric Lada]

Hi!, I am new to Cocoa, and was hopeing someone could help me with a little problem I was
having. I am writing a simple hex editor, and would like to be able to drag any file into
my NSDocument subclass, and have that document displayed in hex format.
However whenever, I drag a document Into the window, or even just use the Open menu item,
a NEW NSDocument opens up, with the file displayed. I would like to be able to display the
file in the current window. What is the best Cocoa approved methode of doing this?

Currently I am useing loadDataRepresentation:(NSDAta *)data ofType:(NSString *)aType
to get the behavior I don't want.

Thanks for any assistance you can give.

-Eric

[matt neuburg]

In <slrnblqn99.2ta.ericlada@eric-ladas-computer.local> Eric Lada wrote:

> Hi!, I am new to Cocoa, and was hopeing someone could help me with a
> little problem I was having. I am writing a simple hex editor, and
> would like to be able to drag any file into my NSDocument subclass,
> and have that document displayed in hex format. However whenever,
> I drag a document Into the window, or even just use the Open menu item,
> a NEW NSDocument opens up, with the file displayed. I would like to
> be able to display the file in the current window. What is the best
> Cocoa approved methode of doing this?

Open means open a new document. If that isn't the behavior you want - e.
g. you just want a single window at all times - then you aren't using a
document-oriented paradigm, and you should not be using a document-based
application as the basis of your project. m.

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