There are several ways to accomplish this. (I'll note that you can get the size of an attributed string using its -size method.)
Option 1: Create an NSImage with the size returned from the attributed string. Draw the attributed string into the image. Create an NSColor pattern from the image, using colorWithPatternImage:. Fill the rect using [color set] and NSRectFill()/NSRectFillUsingOperation(). Option 2: you could alternatively go the slightly lower-level Core Graphics route, and use CGContextDrawTiledImage(), which will draw a tiled CGImage. I'm using this method in my personal code. I can't remember why at the moment, but I may have run into limitations with option 1. (Of course, I'd definitely try option 1 first as it'll be easier.) David _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
