Oh yeah.  I've actually already done that with some other cocoa calls.  I 
forgot.  I have deploy sdk = 10.4 and base sdk = 10.5 (will change to 10.6). 
Thanks,
Joel


On Feb 23, 2010, at 4:30 PM, Jean-Daniel Dupas wrote:

> You don't have to build a separate version. Just test for method availability 
> at runtime:
> 
> if ([NSEvent respondsToSelector:@selector(pressedMouseButtons)])
>       return [NSEvent pressedMouseButtons];
> else
>       // do it the old way.
> 
> 
> 
> Le 23 févr. 2010 à 23:18, Joel May a écrit :
> 
>> Hey Eric,
>> 
>> This is very helpful.  I'll take a look at [NSEvent pressedMouseButtons].  I 
>> still have to support tiger and leopard, but I'll build a separate snow 
>> leopard version and #ifdef that call in there.
>> 
>> I've had the heebie-jeebies about including the Carbon framework in my 
>> application.  But I'm cool with it now.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Joel
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Feb 23, 2010, at 1:15 AM, Eric Schlegel wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> On Feb 22, 2010, at 11:53 AM, Joel May wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I would like to create a thread (NSThread) with a bumped-up priority and 
>>>> poll the mouse and keyboard the same way I did in the carbon version.  I'd 
>>>> like to use the cocoa equivalents of GetButton() and GetKeys() but I can't 
>>>> find them.  
>>> 
>>> GetButton() [by which I think you actually mean Button()] - the Cocoa 
>>> equivalent is +[NSEvent pressedMouseButtons], available in 10.6 and later
>>> GetKeys() - I don't believe there is currently a Cocoa or CoreGraphics 
>>> equivalent (but could be wrong!). It's perfectly fine to continue using 
>>> GetKeys().
>>> 
>>>> Am I safe using these api's. Are we supposed to not use them?
>>> 
>>> You are safe using these APIs. They are still supported. We recommend that 
>>> you use Cocoa equivalents when available - so you could use +[NSEvent 
>>> pressedMouseButtons] on 10.6 and later, and Button() on 10.5 and earlier.
>>> 
>>>> Will they go away in 10.7?
>>> 
>>> No, because that would break many existing applications, and we place a 
>>> high priority on not breaking existing applications.
>>> 
>>>> Why do I read everywhere that carbon is dead and high level toolkit is 
>>>> dead?  
>>> 
>>> Because many people are misinformed. Apple no longer recommends Carbon for 
>>> new application development - Cocoa is recommended for all new development 
>>> - but Carbon is not being removed from the OS either, because that would 
>>> break existing applications. The High Level Toolbox APIs will continue to 
>>> be supported for 32-bit apps and some parts of HLTB will also still be 
>>> supported for 64-bit in cases where there is no other 64-bit equivalent.
>>> 
>>>> If High Level Toolkit is ok, then why doesn't it appear in the docs.   If 
>>>> I search the Mac OS X Reference Library, it does not get the same 
>>>> treatment that the cocoa api gets.
>>> 
>>> You'd have to ask Apple Developer Relations about that. I'm just a grunt 
>>> engineer. :)
>>> 
>>> -eric
>>> 
>> 
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