On Oct 10, 2010, at 12:11 PM, Jason Slack-Moehrle wrote:

> Quincey,
> 
>>> I know that I need to write C-ACllable Wrapper Functions for the Cocoa 
>>> stuff that I need, but I am not sure how to identify what I need to do.
>>> 
>>> Example. I know that I will probably need to use NSOpenPanel and 
>>> NSSavePanel. So I need to write a C-Callable Wrapper for the parts of 
>>> NSSavePanel that I would use? Like: setTitle, setMessage, etc, etc?
>> 
>> I don't think anyone can tell you the best way to proceed, since it depends 
>> on so many factors.
>> 
>> Abstractly, I think I'd encourage you to operate at the highest level 
>> possible. So, rather than wrapping individual methods, as you seem to be 
>> suggesting above, rather transfer into pure Obj-C code for the entire task 
>> of handling the open or save dialog, passing in a structure of context 
>> information if you need to do something like configure the standard dialog 
>> or filter with delegate methods.
>> 
>> That might ease your task by letting you use a natural Obj-C idiom for the 
>> Cocoa parts. Also, if you change the rest of (or, more of) the application 
>> to Cocoa later, you're not stuck with the task of re-re-converting the 
>> Carbonish Cocoa wrappers.
> 
> Good Advice for sure. I was thinking along this line:
> 
> http://developer.apple.com/legacy/mac/library/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/CarbonCocoaDoc/CarbonCocoaIntegration.pdf

That document is out of date. If you want to convert to 64-bit, you’ll probably 
need to convert to a bona-fide Cocoa application, since I believe that not only 
the GUI functions but the Carbon event mechanism itself is no longer supported 
in 64-bit. You’ll need a Cocoa run loop, and so you might as well write the 
whole GUI in Cocoa, and incorporate the lower-level non-GUI code from your 
existing code base where appropriate.

Charles_______________________________________________

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