On 19/06/2009, at 6:14 PM, Chunk 1978 wrote:

i have this image ("image.png") that i would like to tile throughout
the view...

i've read the Quartz 2D programming guide... ok, ok, i breezed thru
it, i admit... but i couldn't seem to find an easy way of repeating an
image through out a view without actually drawing the image
programatically...


It's actually a little complicated, you need to create an NSColor instance using a pattern image and then when you draw it you need to set the patternPhase of the current NSGraphicsContext so that your image is drawn in the correct place.

Have a look at Dave Batton's excellent DBBackgroundView:

http://www.mere-mortal-software.com/blog/details.php?d=2007-01-16&c=show

--
Rob Keniger



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