I'll just copy the code here for you:

  NSRect visibleRect = [_oldContentView visibleRect];
    NSBitmapImageRep *imageRep = [_oldContentView 
bitmapImageRepForCachingDisplayInRect:visibleRect];
    [_oldContentView cacheDisplayInRect:visibleRect toBitmapImageRep:imageRep];



http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#samplecode/AnimatedTableView/Listings/ATPopupWindow_m.html


corbin


On Dec 21, 2010, at 1:08 PM, Corbin Dunn wrote:

> Hi Stephen,
> This was done in the AnimatedTableView demo app available on the dev site. 
> Check it out and let me know if you need pointing to the particular part of 
> code that does it.
> 
> corbin
> 
> On Dec 21, 2010, at 12:11 PM, Stephen Blinkhorn wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I'm trying to capture a view and its contents as an NSImage which I can 
>> subsequently draw in the view.  The idea is that I'm trying to 'freeze' the 
>> view's content (custom sliders, buttons, menus etc) and present this image 
>> in the view.
>> 
>> I'm getting mixed results when attempting to render to a CFLayerRef e.g.:
>> 
>> NSRect viewRect = [self bounds];
>> 
>> [self lockFocus];
>> NSBitmapImageRep* rep = [[NSBitmapImageRep alloc] 
>> initWithFocusedViewRect:viewRect];
>> [self unlockFocus];
>>                      
>> NSImage* image = [[NSImage alloc] initWithSize:viewRect.size];
>> [image addRepresentation:rep];
>> [image drawAtPoint:NSZeroPoint fromRect:viewRect 
>> operation:NSCompositeSourceOver fraction:1.0];
>>                      
>> [image release];
>> [rep release];
>> 
>> 
>> Nothing appears to be drawn in the layer.  Is there a better approach that 
>> I'm missing?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Stephen
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