Re: Listening for changes in a table

2008-09-18 Thread Kyle Sluder
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 8:46 PM, Chris Idou [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got a NSTableView controlled by an NSArrayController, which uses an array of NSMutableDictionaries as its controlled objects. One of the columns is a checkbox. These dictionaries are ultimately stored in the user's

Re: Utility/Floating window with titlebar on left side

2008-09-18 Thread Kyle Sluder
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Nick Beadman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The issue I am having is that I want my NSPanel to have the title bar on the (left) side. In Carbon there is an WindowAttribute (kWindowSideTitlebarAttribute) which makes this trivial but I can't find anything equivalent in

How to get AirPort Connection Status

2008-09-18 Thread Rashmi Vyshnavi
I want to know when my computer connects/disconnects to WiFi/AirPort network. Is there a way to get the status of connection to a WiFi network. I tried using System Configuration API,but I could not get the status. Here is the snippet -- static void

Existence of Network

2008-09-18 Thread kiran Sanka
Hi all In my cocoa application i want to find out if there is a network connection exists or not ? -The Coneection or disconnection of the network should be notified to my cocoa application Any suggestions? Regards kiran sanka ___

Re: How to get AirPort Connection Status

2008-09-18 Thread Jason Coco
On Sep 18, 2008, at 00:50 , Rashmi Vyshnavi wrote: I want to know when my computer connects/disconnects to WiFi/AirPort network. Is there a way to get the status of connection to a WiFi network. I tried using System Configuration API,but I could not get the status. Here is the snippet --

Re: NSTimer does NOT repeat, why ?

2008-09-18 Thread Thomas Davie
On 18 Sep 2008, at 11:18, Florian Soenens wrote: Hi list, anyone knows why in this simple piece of code, the method testTimer is only called once and not every 2 seconds? Thanks in advance; Florian. #import Controller.h @implementation Controller -(void) awakeFromNib {

Re: NSTimer does NOT repeat, why ?

2008-09-18 Thread Florian Soenens
Stupid me! Thanks for the responses, works fine now... On 18 Sep 2008, at 11:33, Thomas Davie wrote: On 18 Sep 2008, at 11:18, Florian Soenens wrote: Hi list, anyone knows why in this simple piece of code, the method testTimer is only called once and not every 2 seconds? Thanks in

iPhone SDK

2008-09-18 Thread Waqar Azeem
In last March I downloaded the iPhone SDK 2.09 GB in size. And now today I downloaded the latest version of this SDK i.e. iphone_sdk_for_iphone_os_2.1__final but this time the file size is 1.38 GB. Where are the remaining 600 MBs [- Or -] XCode other development stuff are already there in the

Re: iPhone SDK

2008-09-18 Thread Roland King
unfortunately you can't ask questions about iPhone SDK here, even if they seem innocuous. In general if I download something and it works fine I don't worry too much about it, I know that generic XCode releases are all sorts of sizes. Waqar Azeem wrote: In last March I downloaded the iPhone

Re: Binding to an NSArrayController however binding is 1-way only.

2008-09-18 Thread Ken Thomases
On Sep 17, 2008, at 10:25 AM, dreamcat7 wrote: I am stuck finding a solution for my array of arrays problem. - A problem with a twist ! Quincy Morris has already explained that bind:toObject:withKeyPath:options: doesn't do what you guessed it might. Here's how I would explain it (after

determining system idle time in leopard

2008-09-18 Thread Memo Akten
In my app I'd like to check for system idle time, and perform an action after a set amount of time. I've found this code to check for system idle time http://www.cocoabuilder.com/archive/message/cocoa/2004/10/27/120354 is this still the best way to do it on leopard? cheers, memo.

Core data fetch returns no objects

2008-09-18 Thread Tomaž Kragelj
Hi all - I need some help with core data fetching... I have 1:N relationship between Project and Measurement entities. I add all objects to managed context programatically using + [NSEntityDescription insertNewObjectForEntityForName:inManagedObjectContext]. First I add Project object,

Modal dialog without NSApplication

2008-09-18 Thread brodhage
Hi, I am developing application software for Mac and Windows. Most of the code is developed using ObjectC - this way most of the code can be used for both OS. Only the OS depending stuff - like showing dialogs, menus... - is separated. The problem: how can I show and handle a modal dialog

Re: Modal dialog without NSApplication

2008-09-18 Thread Jean-Daniel Dupas
Le 18 sept. 08 à 15:12, brodhage a écrit : Hi, I am developing application software for Mac and Windows. Most of the code is developed using ObjectC - this way most of the code can be used for both OS. Only the OS depending stuff - like showing dialogs, menus... - is separated. The

Re: Core data fetch returns no objects

2008-09-18 Thread Benjamin Stiglitz
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 02:05:03PM +0200, Tomaž Kragelj wrote: If I use the same code for fetching immediately after adding the objects to the context, the fetching works... It looks like the problem might be related to fact that I use different persistent store for Project than for

How to call functions of a C dylib on a C++ dylib

2008-09-18 Thread Daniel Luis dos Santos
I am having trouble getting it to compile. From what I understand there must be an extern C before the inclusion of the C lib's header files. I still get a link error. Is there anything else to it ? ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list

Re: How to call functions of a C dylib on a C++ dylib

2008-09-18 Thread Daniel Luis dos Santos
Sorry, I forgot to say that I was already doing that. And it does build, my problem is in the link stage. On Sep 18, 2008, at 3:00 PM, Negm-Awad Amin wrote: Am Do,18.09.2008 um 15:55 schrieb Daniel Luis dos Santos: I am having trouble getting it to compile. From what I understand there

Re: Modal dialog without NSApplication

2008-09-18 Thread brodhage
Hi, thank you very much for your quick answer, Jean-Daniel. If you want a complexe dialog... Yes. So I guess CFUserNotification does not help. I don't understand why using NSApp for this kind of works will have an impact on the remaining of you application though. Just because a lot of

Re: Binding to an NSArrayController however binding is 1-way only.

2008-09-18 Thread dreamcat7
On 18 Sep 2008, at 11:44, Ken Thomases wrote: 1) If you for some reason find that using bindings with NSTableView is too restrictive, you might want to think about falling back to the pre-bindings way of populating a table view: the data source. Yes, noted. 2)... If you implement the

Re: How to call functions of a C dylib on a C++ dylib

2008-09-18 Thread Kiel Gillard
Howdy, I think the following syntax is the right idea: extern C { extern void MyFunction(void *args); } However, because it is insanely late, I may be wrong. If you have a look at the headers for Apple's frameworks (eg: one of the Core Foundation headers) you'll see how you should do it.

Re: How to get AirPort Connection Status

2008-09-18 Thread Michael Ash
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 12:50 AM, Rashmi Vyshnavi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want to know when my computer connects/disconnects to WiFi/AirPort network. Is there a way to get the status of connection to a WiFi network. I tried using System Configuration API,but I could not get the status. Here

Poking an NSRunLoop with an NSMachPort

2008-09-18 Thread Dave Dribin
Hello, I'm trying to figure out how to get a blocking call to -[NSRunLoop runMode:beforeDate:] to return. It seems the best way to do this is to use a real (non-timer) input source to poke the run loop, as mentioned by Chris Kane in this post:

Re: Modal dialog without NSApplication

2008-09-18 Thread Jean-Daniel Dupas
Le 18 sept. 08 à 16:15, brodhage a écrit : Hi, thank you very much for your quick answer, Jean-Daniel. If you want a complexe dialog... Yes. So I guess CFUserNotification does not help. I don't understand why using NSApp for this kind of works will have an impact on the remaining of

Re: How to call functions of a C dylib on a C++ dylib

2008-09-18 Thread Stefan Werner
On Sep 18, 2008, at 7:53 AM, Kiel Gillard wrote: Howdy, I think the following syntax is the right idea: extern C { extern void MyFunction(void *args); } I'm not sure about the duplicate 'extern'. Here's what I use in my code: extern C void MyFunction(void *args); or you can also do

Re: Modal dialog without NSApplication

2008-09-18 Thread brodhage
Hi, thank you very much again for your quick answer, Jean-Daniel. In theorie, you can safely call NSApplicationLoad() I allready do. ... create you own auto release pool I allready do. And then I call this function (within subclass of NSWindowController): - (void)showModalDialog {

[Moderator] Re: iPhone SDK

2008-09-18 Thread Scott Anguish
iPhone SDK -- Until an announcement is made otherwise, developers should be aware that the iPhone SDK is still under non-disclosure (section 5.3 of the iPhone Development Agreement). It can't be discussed here, or anywhere publicly. This includes other mailing lists, forums,

[Moderator] List Guidelines

2008-09-18 Thread CocoaDev Admins
iPhone SDK -- Until an announcement is made otherwise, developers should be aware that the iPhone SDK is still under non-disclosure (section 5.3 of the iPhone Development Agreement). It can't be discussed here, or anywhere publicly. This includes other mailing lists, forums,

NSScroller will be visible even it is below other view in 10.4

2008-09-18 Thread qi . liu
Hi all, I found a tricky thing in Tiger: In Nib file, I have a NSScrollView in the window, and I put an NSImageView all above it, for I don't want to see the scrollView. But when window shows, I can see the scroller! In Leopard, the imageview covers the scroller. Did I miss something?

Finding other apps' paths - deterministically!

2008-09-18 Thread Jerry Krinock
The methods for finding applications, -[NSWorkspace fullPathForApplication:] -[NSWorkspace absolutePathForAppBundleWithIdentifier:] AppleScript's 'path to application' all return only ONE result. If there is more than installation of the application, which often happens out here in

Re: QCView and NSGarbageCollector

2008-09-18 Thread Peter Schmidt
Am 17.09.2008 um 22:46 schrieb Bill Bumgarner: Every example included with the developer tools should work under GC. If it does not, then it is a bug and, please, do file it. Ok, I've filed a bug. ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list

Re: NSScroller will be visible even it is below other view in 10.4

2008-09-18 Thread Andrew Merenbach
On Sep 18, 2008, at 3:53 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I found a tricky thing in Tiger: In Nib file, I have a NSScrollView in the window, and I put an NSImageView all above it, for I don't want to see the scrollView. But when window shows, I can see the scroller! In Leopard, the

WebView and authentication dialog

2008-09-18 Thread Manoj Patwardhan
I am showing a WebView in a regular window. When I try to load a site that will prompt for authentication, the web view slides out a sheet in its containing window, asking for user name and password. After entering the correct name and password, the web view does not continue loading any

Re: determining system idle time in leopard

2008-09-18 Thread Matt Neuburg
On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:03:42 +0100, Memo Akten [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: In my app I'd like to check for system idle time, and perform an action after a set amount of time. I've found this code to check for system idle time http://www.cocoabuilder.com/archive/message/cocoa/2004/10/27/120354 is this

Re: Finding other apps' paths - deterministically!

2008-09-18 Thread Ken Thomases
On Sep 18, 2008, at 1:47 PM, Jerry Krinock wrote: The methods for finding applications, -[NSWorkspace fullPathForApplication:] -[NSWorkspace absolutePathForAppBundleWithIdentifier:] AppleScript's 'path to application' all return only ONE result. If there is more than installation of

Re: determining system idle time in leopard

2008-09-18 Thread Bill Cheeseman
on 2008-09-18 7:03 AM, Memo Akten at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In my app I'd like to check for system idle time, and perform an action after a set amount of time. I've found this code to check for system idle time http://www.cocoabuilder.com/archive/message/cocoa/2004/10/27/120354 is this

Re: How to get AirPort Connection Status

2008-09-18 Thread Bob Clark
I found this page to be helpful: http://developer.apple.com/qa/qa2001/qa1133.html It's about the currently-logged in user, but the MyNotificationProc callback is called for a lot of changes, including IIRC the network connection transitions. In the callback function you can do something

alloc]init] VS new]

2008-09-18 Thread Sandro Noel
Greetings. I'm looking thru the examples for NSOperation -- my god thread made easy, what a dream come true. I noticed the [Object new] message instead of [[Object alloc]init] i've been looking for the diference, and couls not yet find it in the documentation. could someone explain ?

Drawing an NSImage in a CALayer

2008-09-18 Thread Brad Gibbs
Hi, I'm trying to draw an NSImage (a PNG) in a CALayer. The goal is to create a method that allows me to pass an NSImage as an argument to create a layer-hosting view. I have: -(id)drawButton: (NSView *)button withImage:(NSImage *)anImage { ... // image layer imageLayer=[CALayer

Re: Differences between -isEqual: and -isEqualTo:?

2008-09-18 Thread Dave DeLong
IIRC, isEqual: compares memory addresses, whereas isEqualTo: compares hashes of the objects being compared. I also believe that isEqual: is the preferred method. Cheers, Dave On Sep 18, 2008, at 3:57 PM, Rick Mann wrote: I see that NSObject (and its protocol) define -isEqual: and -

Re: Differences between -isEqual: and -isEqualTo:?

2008-09-18 Thread Seth Willits
On Sep 18, 2008, at 2:59 PM, Dave DeLong wrote: IIRC, isEqual: compares memory addresses, whereas isEqualTo: compares hashes of the objects being compared. I also believe that isEqual: is the preferred method. isEqual: does not compare addresses. That's what == is for. Two distinct

Re: Drawing an NSImage in a CALayer

2008-09-18 Thread David Duncan
On Sep 18, 2008, at 2:54 PM, Brad Gibbs wrote: I'm trying to draw an NSImage (a PNG) in a CALayer. The goal is to create a method that allows me to pass an NSImage as an argument to create a layer-hosting view. I have: Where is this PNG originating? The answer may mean a simpler (and

Re: Drawing an NSImage in a CALayer

2008-09-18 Thread Matt Long
You've got some fundamental issues here. This call in particular: imageLayer drawLayer:imageLayer inContext:ctx]; It doesn't make sense. -drawLayer:inContext is a delegate method. You are overriding drawing functionality for the layer in question. Instead you would set the layer's delegate

Re: Differences between -isEqual: and -isEqualTo:?

2008-09-18 Thread Ken Thomases
On Sep 18, 2008, at 5:15 PM, Charles Srstka wrote: On Sep 18, 2008, at 4:59 PM, Dave DeLong wrote: IIRC, isEqual: compares memory addresses, whereas isEqualTo: compares hashes of the objects being compared. I also believe that isEqual: is the preferred method. The documentation says

Re: Differences between -isEqual: and -isEqualTo:?

2008-09-18 Thread Rick Mann
On Sep 18, 2008, at 15:15:11, Charles Srstka wrote: According to the documentation, isEqualToString: is faster when you know both objects are strings. I'm not sure what isEqualTo: is for, though. Thanks to all for the answers. I thought isEqualTo was a method on NSObject, but I realize

Games for iPhone

2008-09-18 Thread D.K. Johnston
I've written a couple of cute little memory games. If anyone is interested in creating an iPhone interface for them, please contact me off-list. dkj ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or

Re: Drawing an NSImage in a CALayer

2008-09-18 Thread Brad Gibbs
On Sep 18, 2008, at 3:18 PM, Matt Long wrote: You've got some fundamental issues here. That doesn't surprise me... This call in particular: imageLayer drawLayer:imageLayer inContext:ctx]; It doesn't make sense. -drawLayer:inContext is a delegate method. You are overriding drawing

Re: Differences between -isEqual: and -isEqualTo:?

2008-09-18 Thread Jim Correia
On Sep 18, 2008, at 6:23 PM, Rick Mann wrote: I thought isEqualTo was a method on NSObject, but I realize now it's part of the NSComparisonMethods Protocol. The whole thing strikes me as a bit messy. Also note which header that category lives in - NSScriptWhoseTests.h. That provides

Re: Differences between -isEqual: and -isEqualTo:?

2008-09-18 Thread Keith Duncan
if two objects compare equal, then they must have the same hash [...] [you] have to implement a corresponding -hash that maintains this invariant rule. Is there an example somewhere of what one should do to implement -hash to reflect -isEqual:, I haven't done so in one of my classes and it

Re: alloc]init] VS new]

2008-09-18 Thread Sandro Noel
Woua cool ... Thank you Nick! my assumption was incorrect. Sandro On 18-Sep-08, at 5:04 PM, Nick Zitzmann wrote: On Sep 18, 2008, at 2:50 PM, Sandro Noel wrote: couls someone point me to the doc ?

Re: Drawing an NSImage in a CALayer

2008-09-18 Thread David Duncan
On Sep 18, 2008, at 3:33 PM, Brad Gibbs wrote: The PNG is in the main bundle -- in my Resources folder. You can do this to get a CGImageRef directly. (written in Mail, no error checking). CFURLRef imageURL = CFBundleCopyResourceURL(CFBundleGetMainBundle(), (CFStringRef)@myImage.png,

Re: Differences between -isEqual: and -isEqualTo:?

2008-09-18 Thread Shawn Erickson
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 4:19 PM, Keith Duncan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: if two objects compare equal, then they must have the same hash [...] [you] have to implement a corresponding -hash that maintains this invariant rule. Is there an example somewhere of what one should do to implement -hash

Re: Differences between -isEqual: and -isEqualTo:?

2008-09-18 Thread Jim Correia
On Sep 18, 2008, at 7:32 PM, Shawn Erickson wrote: On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 4:19 PM, Keith Duncan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: if two objects compare equal, then they must have the same hash [...] [you] have to implement a corresponding -hash that maintains this invariant rule. Is there an

Re: Utility/Floating window with titlebar on left side

2008-09-18 Thread Nick Beadman
Kyle, Thanks for the reply. On Sep 18, 2008, at 12:08 am, Kyle Sluder wrote: On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Nick Beadman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The issue I am having is that I want my NSPanel to have the title bar on the (left) side. In Carbon there is an WindowAttribute

Re: Differences between -isEqual: and -isEqualTo:?

2008-09-18 Thread Shawn Erickson
On Sep 18, 2008, at 4:39 PM, Jim Correia wrote: On Sep 18, 2008, at 7:32 PM, Shawn Erickson wrote: On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 4:19 PM, Keith Duncan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: if two objects compare equal, then they must have the same hash [...] [you] have to implement a corresponding -hash

Re: Differences between -isEqual: and -isEqualTo:?

2008-09-18 Thread Shawn Erickson
On Sep 18, 2008, at 5:33 PM, Ken Thomases wrote: Another counterexample is an object which doesn't provide value semantics. That is, its -isEqual: only tests identify (pointer comparison) and whose hash is purely based on the object pointer. ..or say a person object which is considered

Re: Differences between -isEqual: and -isEqualTo:?

2008-09-18 Thread Jim Correia
On Sep 18, 2008, at 8:36 PM, Shawn Erickson wrote: On Sep 18, 2008, at 4:39 PM, Jim Correia wrote: Additional care must be taken if you are implementing a mutable object and intend to store it in a collection: the object's -hash cannot change while it is in the collection (so effectively,

Re: Listening for changes in a table

2008-09-18 Thread Ken Thomases
On Sep 18, 2008, at 7:43 PM, Chris Idou wrote: Well I do have the checkbox bound to the controller. It is bound to one of the attributes in the array of mutable dictionaries contained within my NSArrayController. But I don't see how this lets me get control to do something when someone

Re: Listening for changes in a table

2008-09-18 Thread I. Savant
Yes I can put an action on the ButtonCell, but this doesn't tell me which record in the array the clicked cell relates to. Why does everybody forget about / ignore NSTableDataSource?

Re: Differences between -isEqual: and -isEqualTo:?

2008-09-18 Thread Jim Correia
On Sep 18, 2008, at 8:54 PM, Jim Correia wrote: Since mutable framework provided objects can (and do) change hash values as they are mutated, I agree with your tenuous classification of the situation. In the general case, storing mutable objects in hash-table like collections outside of a

Re: Listening for changes in a table

2008-09-18 Thread Chris Idou
--- On Thu, 9/18/08, Ken Thomases [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Two possibilities: * If you used a custom class rather than a dictionary, then there would be a setter of your own design called when the property is set due to a change in the checkbox. Yes I could do that, but given that

Core data in private framework.

2008-09-18 Thread Scott Andrew
I have a question. We are designing a private frame work to wrap our data handling. The framework is using Core Data with an SQL back end. However we get errors when loading data if the model file is not included in the application and is just in the framework. I looked through the docs

Re: fullscreen quicktime across multiple monitors

2008-09-18 Thread John C. Randolph
On Sep 17, 2008, at 12:03 PM, Memo Akten wrote: Hi All, I'd like to create a little app the runs a quicktime movie (prores) fullscreen across multiple monitors. I think I can figure out the QTKit stuff, but couldn't find upto date documentation on going fullscreen. I've found some code

Re: fullscreen quicktime across multiple monitors

2008-09-18 Thread Michael Ash
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 3:03 PM, Memo Akten [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I'd like to create a little app the runs a quicktime movie (prores) fullscreen across multiple monitors. I think I can figure out the QTKit stuff, but couldn't find upto date documentation on going fullscreen. I've

How make a cocoa lib wich create a window ?

2008-09-18 Thread rouanet brice
Hi, I work on a projetc where the executable haven't GUI but I can launch somme gui window with plugins. test - no gui application -plugin -triangle - this plugin display a triangle in a cocoa window -rectangle - this plugin display a rectangle in a cocoa window All plugins works in

NsPredicateEditor

2008-09-18 Thread Sandro Noel
Greetings. I would like to use NSPredicateEditor to build a filtering string to filter out items from an array. but i cant seem to find a tutorial on the matter, and the cocoa documentation gets me lost, there is not enough information in there for me to really grasp what i should do to make