Let the user choose what type of document to open

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Published on 2010-03-22T15:06:29Z Indexed on 2010/03/22 15:11 UTC
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I'm creating an NSDocument application, with two document types: Website and Webservice. This is in my Info.plist:

<key>CFBundleDocumentTypes</key>
 <array>
  <dict>
   <key>CFBundleTypeName</key>
   <string>Website</string>
   <key>CFBundleTypeExtensions</key>
   <array>
    <string>website</string>
   </array>
   <key>LSTypeIsPackage</key>
   <true/>
   <key>CFBundleTypeRole</key>
   <string>Editor</string>
   <key>LSHandlerRank</key>
   <string>Default</string>
   <key>NSDocumentClass</key>
   <string>AWWebSite</string>
  </dict>
  <dict>
   <key>CFBundleTypeName</key>
   <string>Web Service</string>
   <key>CFBundleTypeExtensions</key>
   <array>
    <string>webservice</string>
   </array>
   <key>LSTypeIsPackage</key>
   <true/>
   <key>CFBundleTypeRole</key>
   <string>Editor</string>
   <key>LSHandlerRank</key>
   <string>Default</string>
   <key>NSDocumentClass</key>
   <string>AWWebService</string>
  </dict>
 </array>

Now, whenever the user opens the application, selects the 'New' item from the menubar, or clicks the Dock icon while there are no open windows, I want to show a window with two options, each for one of the document types. Can anyone help me with this? Thanks

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