apologies if ive been misunderstood, but no, i havent taken a pointer from
the java app and passed it to the c app, i know that wont work.
what i was asking if there something similar to the MS Windows HWND, or a
window id, i could pass between processes, not a pointer
ive just had a look at 'son of a grab' source and it seems there is the
concept of a CGWindowID, maybe this is what i need ?
below is an excerpt from the NSWindow Class Reference:
These constants and data type represent the access levels other processes
can have to a window's content.
typedef enum {
NSWindowSharingNone
<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Reference/ApplicationKit/Classes/NSWindow_Class/Reference/Reference.html#//apple_ref/doc/c_ref/NSWindowSharingNone>
= 0,
NSWindowSharingReadOnly
<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Reference/ApplicationKit/Classes/NSWindow_Class/Reference/Reference.html#//apple_ref/doc/c_ref/NSWindowSharingReadOnly>
= 1,
NSWindowSharingReadWrite
<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Reference/ApplicationKit/Classes/NSWindow_Class/Reference/Reference.html#//apple_ref/doc/c_ref/NSWindowSharingReadWrite>
= 2
};
typedef NSUInteger NSWindowSharingType;
NSWindowSharingReadWrite
The window's contents can be read and modified by another process.
Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.
Declared in NSWindow.h
If a process is not allowed to draw in another process's window on OS X,
have i misunderstood the concept of NSWindowSharingType ?
thanks again
Jonathan- Show quoted text -
On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 3:48 PM, Kyle Sluder <
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
> On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Jonathan Cochrane
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Now, on OSX the java app gets a NSView/cocoaviewref. Is there some member
> of
> > NSView similar to the HWND on windows that I can pass to my C process?
> The C
> > process can then create a hardware accelerated opengl rendering context
> from
> > this 'handle' and render to the java apps NSView.
>
> So you have taken a pointer that points to your Cocoa app's virtual
> memory and passed it to a different process? Do you really expect
> this to work?
>
> A process is not allowed to draw in another process's window on OS X.
> You cannot do what you want to do the same way you have on Windows.
> You must refactor your application to compensate for the enhanced
> separation between processes on OS X.
>
> --Kyle Sluder
>
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