Re: Sending an image to Preview to preview the image

2008-05-07 Thread Ken Thomases
On May 6, 2008, at 5:08 PM, Kimo wrote: My app produces a list of images (NSData format), and I'd like the app Preview to display the image when the user double-clicks on an image in my app. Currently I use NSPerformService as shown below, which works, but Preview always asks to save the

Re: Sending an image to Preview to preview the image

2008-05-07 Thread Bill
On May 7, 2008, at 8:14 AM, Ken Thomases wrote: On May 6, 2008, at 5:08 PM, Kimo wrote: My app produces a list of images (NSData format), and I'd like the app Preview to display the image when the user double-clicks on an image in my app. Currently I use NSPerformService as shown below,

Re: Sending an image to Preview to preview the image

2008-05-07 Thread Ken Thomases
On May 7, 2008, at 10:56 AM, Bill wrote: I'm embarrassed to say that you're correct. What I remembered was a print preview, and it bypassed the regular print window and Preview button. Instead the image went directly to the preview with the Cancel and Print buttons at the bottom. I just

Re: Sending an image to Preview to preview the image

2008-05-07 Thread Bill
On May 7, 2008, at 9:46 AM, Ken Thomases wrote: On May 7, 2008, at 10:56 AM, Bill wrote: I'm embarrassed to say that you're correct. What I remembered was a print preview, and it bypassed the regular print window and Preview button. Instead the image went directly to the preview with

Sending an image to Preview to preview the image

2008-05-06 Thread Kimo
My app produces a list of images (NSData format), and I'd like the app Preview to display the image when the user double-clicks on an image in my app. Currently I use NSPerformService as shown below, which works, but Preview always asks to save the file when you close its window. I've

Re: Sending an image to Preview to preview the image

2008-05-06 Thread Michael Watson
Thoughts: 1. Why not build your own preview panel/window? It's remarkably easy to do if you already have the image data in an NSData object. 2. If you must use Preview, you could write the image to a temp file and tell Preview to open that via NSWorkspace's - openFile:withApplication:

Re: Sending an image to Preview to preview the image

2008-05-06 Thread Bill
On May 6, 2008, at 3:31 PM, Michael Watson wrote: Thoughts: 1. Why not build your own preview panel/window? It's remarkably easy to do if you already have the image data in an NSData object. True, but preview has other advantages, such as saving the file to various formats. Sure I could

Re: Sending an image to Preview to preview the image

2008-05-06 Thread Ricky Sharp
On May 6, 2008, at 5:40 PM, Bill wrote: On May 6, 2008, at 3:31 PM, Michael Watson wrote: Thoughts: 1. Why not build your own preview panel/window? It's remarkably easy to do if you already have the image data in an NSData object. True, but preview has other advantages, such as saving

Re: Sending an image to Preview to preview the image

2008-05-06 Thread Bill
On May 6, 2008, at 3:50 PM, Ricky Sharp wrote: For another feature of the app (which also generates PDF), I changed the workflow to first run an NSSavePanel to let the user specify file name and location. I then generate the PDF at that location and launch Preview to open it. I'm not sure