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Earliest availability of getCurrentAccountBook()

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Max Pixel

02 Jun, 2020 05:05 AM

I got a null pointer exception upon opening Moneydance. It came from my extension's init(), the line where I call getCurrentAccountBook() on the Context. This was the first time I opened Moneydance with the extension installed - I hadn't noticed it when the extension initialized upon installation because the "current account book" has been set by that point.

I have a workaround in the meantime, but I would like to know if there is an event that is the earliest point in time that I can expect the current account book to be available. Perhaps one of the mysterious "available at a later date" handleEvent(String) events?

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by Sean Reilly on 02 Jun, 2020 08:35 AM

   

   Hi Max,

   You can override the handleEvent(String) method in your extension to be notified when files are opened, closed, etc:

     /**
      * Receive notifications of application events.
      */
     public void handleEvent(String appEvent) {
       if (appEvent.startsWith(AppEventManager.FILE_OPENED)) {
         ...
       }
     }
   

   --
   Sean Reilly
   Developer, The Infinite Kind
   https://infinitekind.com

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2. Max Pixel closed this discussion on 11 Jun, 2020 05:32 AM.