Re: Multithreaded file read

2008-07-30 Thread Jens Alfke
On 29 Jul '08, at 11:06 PM, Roger Herikstad wrote: I have a cocoa program that will read these index files and fetch the appropriate data from the big file, plot it and store as an image. I would like to run these print operations in parallel, but I'm concerned that a conflict will arise if two

Re: Making child windows move with their parents

2008-07-30 Thread Jens Alfke
On 30 Jul '08, at 9:51 PM, Sumner Trammell wrote: but it doesn't work. I get *** -[MyDocument window]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x1613ab30 in the run log. aSender is the WebView in the main window. self is the MyDocument object, and it has a window outlet that I can see when I r

Re: Making child windows move with their parents

2008-07-30 Thread Graham Cox
NSDocument doesn't implement -window I think you're getting muddled about what "sender" is and the relationship between the document and other objects. Using addChildWindow: should be OK, once you've sorted this out. hth, Graham On 31 Jul 2008, at 2:51 pm, Sumner Trammell wrote: but it

Re: Checking for hackintosh

2008-07-30 Thread Andrew Merenbach
On Jul 30, 2008, at 8:24 PM, Chris Suter wrote: On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 1:00 PM, Matt Burnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >wrote: Then shouldn't you be able to determine if they are using a hackintosh by the descriptions of support requests they are submitting? Sure, if customers are willing to d

Bindings to simulate spreadsheet functions in NSTableView?

2008-07-30 Thread vince
thanks, I have a tableView with two columns. Column one lists arbitrary input numbers. Column two lists monetary (dollar) vales. I want to display the total running sum of column one in a textField and the dynamic (total) monetary value of column two in a separate textField at the bottom of the app

Making child windows move with their parents

2008-07-30 Thread Sumner Trammell
Hi. In my WebKit-based app, there is an occasional popup window, and I'm trying to make it so that when you move the main window around, the popup moves as well. Here is my typical, vanilla WebView delegate method. In it, new windows are made visible: - (void)webViewShow:(WebView *)aSender {

Re: Dragging a header file to XIB Dock

2008-07-30 Thread Jonathan Hess
Hey Nelson - The only time you should have to drag a header file to IB is if that header is used by your project, doesn't come from the system, and is not in your project either. A header in a second project that your main project depends on would be an example of this. Otherwise, if you'

Re: Document based initial window.

2008-07-30 Thread Bill Bumgarner
On Jul 30, 2008, at 9:22 PM, Chris Idou wrote: In a Cocoa document based application, how do you stop it from initially opening an "empty" document on start up? (I'm using a core data application if it matters). Implement... - (BOOL)applicationShouldOpenUntitledFile:(NSApplication *)sender;

Re: How to get the file path to my application

2008-07-30 Thread Preston Jackson
In general, NSBundle is a good resource for this. Try: NSString* applicationPath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] bundlePath]; This will tell you the path of the application bundle (Fred.app) and then you'll have to step up one element in the applicationPath to get the parent directory. Preston

Re: How to get the file path to my application

2008-07-30 Thread Bill Bumgarner
On Jul 30, 2008, at 9:21 PM, Randy Canegaly wrote: If I have a Cocoa application named Fred, how do programmatically (in Fred's code) get the path to the directory where Fred.app is stored? [[NSBundle mainBundle] bundlePath]; However, if you want to find stuff inside of your application, yo

Re: How to get the file path to my application

2008-07-30 Thread Ken Thomases
On Jul 30, 2008, at 11:21 PM, Randy Canegaly wrote: If I have a Cocoa application named Fred, how do programmatically (in Fred's code) get the path to the directory where Fred.app is stored? [[NSBundle mainBundle] bundlePath] Cheers, Ken ___ Co

Document based initial window.

2008-07-30 Thread Chris Idou
In a Cocoa document based application, how do you stop it from initially opening an "empty" document on start up? (I'm using a core data application if it matters). ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post ad

How to get the file path to my application

2008-07-30 Thread Randy Canegaly
If I have a Cocoa application named Fred, how do programmatically (in Fred's code) get the path to the directory where Fred.app is stored? Thanks ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator

[Moderator] Re: Checking for Hackintosh

2008-07-30 Thread CocoaDev Admins
this type of comment isn't productive or appropriate for the list. scott [moderator] On 30-Jul-08, at 8:06 PM, Matt Burnett wrote: The OP needs to get off his high horse and come to the realization that some people are a bit more clever than him (or Apple). But anyways you guys all forgot

Re: Checking for hackintosh

2008-07-30 Thread Dave DeLong
I'd just like to point out that since hackintoshes are not reliable machines, it seems a bit odd to search for a reliable way to identify them. Dave On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 9:24 PM, Chris Suter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was just making the point that it would be useful to be able to detect >

Re: Checking for hackintosh

2008-07-30 Thread Dustin Robert Kick
Why not have the error messages simply be error messages, and leave out the "clever" which I think is always a bad idea, anyway, in almost any domain? Have it report an error that has a number indicating a possible hackintosh, and double check if it is a hackintosh issue, or a bug in your

Re: Checking for hackintosh

2008-07-30 Thread Chris Suter
On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 1:00 PM, Matt Burnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Then shouldn't you be able to determine if they are using a hackintosh by > the descriptions of support requests they are submitting? Sure, if customers are willing to disclose that they're running on a Hackintosh which is

Re: Checking for hackintosh

2008-07-30 Thread Matt Burnett
Then shouldn't you be able to determine if they are using a hackintosh by the descriptions of support requests they are submitting? If not are you sure your code checks return values and is designed to fail gracefully? On Jul 30, 2008, at 9:27 PM, Chris Suter wrote: On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at

Re: Checking for hackintosh

2008-07-30 Thread Chris Suter
On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 12:00 PM, Michael Ash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 10:22 PM, John Joyce > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Does anybody have a means or a tool for checking for hackintoshes? > > I really don't approve of such things and would like to leave clever > > m

Re: Checking for hackintosh

2008-07-30 Thread Michael Ash
On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 10:22 PM, John Joyce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anybody have a means or a tool for checking for hackintoshes? > I really don't approve of such things and would like to leave clever > messages on my own software if it is run on a hackintosh. I really strongly advise a

Re: Triggering a notification?

2008-07-30 Thread Michael Ash
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 6:22 PM, Randall Meadows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jul 30, 2008, at 3:43 PM, Nick Zitzmann wrote: > >> On Jul 30, 2008, at 3:31 PM, Randall Meadows wrote: >> >>> Grrr, seems like I should know this, or at least be able to find out, but >>> so far, no good. >>> >>> What

Re: Modal window won't go away when stopped

2008-07-30 Thread Randall Meadows
Sorry for the noise...a clear indication has been given that I need to stop coding for today: orderOut: is required to actually close the frickin' window... Stick a fork in me... On Jul 30, 2008, at 7:00 PM, Randall Meadows wrote: OK, here's an interesting one... I invoke [NSApp runModalFo

Modal window won't go away when stopped

2008-07-30 Thread Randall Meadows
OK, here's an interesting one... I invoke [NSApp runModalForWindow:confirmDeletionWdw] from an IBAction (call it MethodA) of a popup menu item displayed in a sheet. That modal window has a button, in whose IBAction (call it MethodB) I call [NSApp stopModalWithCode:[sender tag]]. The modal

Binding an NSMenu to an NSArrayController

2008-07-30 Thread Dave DeLong
Hi everyone, I've got an NSArrayController that I'd like to use to populate an NSMenu for use in an NSStatusItem. Is there a way to do this with bindings? Thanks, Dave ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin r

Re: Checking for Hackintosh

2008-07-30 Thread I. Savant
On Jul 30, 2008, at 8:06 PM, Matt Burnett wrote: The OP needs to get off his high horse and come to the realization that some people are a bit more clever than him (or Apple). ... unnecessary and unproductive. -- I.S. ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list

Re: Checking for Hackintosh

2008-07-30 Thread Matt Burnett
The OP needs to get off his high horse and come to the realization that some people are a bit more clever than him (or Apple). But anyways you guys all forgot something big, virtualization. Can't OS X Server 10.5 be (legally) virtualized? Any hardware checks will either break in a virtualiz

Re: NSTextFieldCell - Kidnapped Focus Ring!

2008-07-30 Thread Joel Norvell
Hi Seth, My experience with focus rings has always been with NSView subclasses, not with cells. And my focus rings have always been drawn outside their views, adorning them, as it were. In the past, I have had to invalidate the focus ring's area with setKeyboardFocusRingNeedsDisplayInRect in

Re: Checking for hackintosh

2008-07-30 Thread Kyle Richter
There are also a handful of companies out there that are selling prebuilt generic PCs with Leopard preinstalled onto them (ie Prystar). In terms of fighting it with your software it might be best to let Apple worry about it, but you can most likely pull the system profiler information and c

Re: Triggering a notification?

2008-07-30 Thread Randall Meadows
On Jul 30, 2008, at 3:43 PM, Nick Zitzmann wrote: On Jul 30, 2008, at 3:31 PM, Randall Meadows wrote: Grrr, seems like I should know this, or at least be able to find out, but so far, no good. What is the trick to triggering the controlTextDidChange: delegate method/notification when you

Re: Triggering a notification?

2008-07-30 Thread Nick Zitzmann
On Jul 30, 2008, at 3:31 PM, Randall Meadows wrote: Grrr, seems like I should know this, or at least be able to find out, but so far, no good. What is the trick to triggering the controlTextDidChange: delegate method/notification when you set the text of a NSTextField (for instance) *pro

Triggering a notification?

2008-07-30 Thread Randall Meadows
Grrr, seems like I should know this, or at least be able to find out, but so far, no good. What is the trick to triggering the controlTextDidChange: delegate method/notification when you set the text of a NSTextField (for instance) *programmatically*? Thanks! randy __

Re: How would you tell WebKit to keep all JavaScript popup windows on top/in front?

2008-07-30 Thread Sumner Trammell
Thanks Rob. -s On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 3:35 PM, Rob Napier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are likely several ways, but one way is to raise the window's level. > When you create the window, use [window setLevel:NSFloatingWindowLevel] for > those windows you want to float. > > -Rob > > -- > Ro

Problem binding NSTextView's attributedString

2008-07-30 Thread Pete Callaway
Hi, This is probably a simple question, but I'm having a spot of bother with a bound NSTextView. In IB I've set the text view's attributedString to be bound to the file's owner with a model key path of "document.selectedPage.stringContent". This is fine but when my document's selectedPage propert

Re: outlineView:dataCellForTableColumn:item: and bindings don't mix? Editing doesn't stick.

2008-07-30 Thread Corbin Dunn
I'm trying to use it exactly as used in the DragNDropOutlineView example: to use a cell that will be used for the entire row (ie a full width cell). It works in the test app (which doesn't use bindings), but doesn't work in my app that uses bindings. I'm able to get the full width cell look,

Re: outlineView:dataCellForTableColumn:item: and bindings don't mix? Editing doesn't stick.

2008-07-30 Thread Sean McBride
On 7/30/08 12:52 PM, Corbin Dunn said: >> Anyone using NSOutlineView's outlineView:dataCellForTableColumn:item: >> delegate message? > >Yes -- I have used it in a few places. No doubt. :) >> I'm trying to use it exactly as used in the >> DragNDropOutlineView example: to use a cell that will be u

Re: outlineView:dataCellForTableColumn:item: and bindings don't mix? Editing doesn't stick.

2008-07-30 Thread Corbin Dunn
Anyone using NSOutlineView's outlineView:dataCellForTableColumn:item: delegate message? Yes -- I have used it in a few places. I'm trying to use it exactly as used in the DragNDropOutlineView example: to use a cell that will be used for the entire row (ie a full width cell). It works in the

Re: Checking for hackintosh

2008-07-30 Thread Rob Napier
On Jul 30, 2008, at 2:54 PM, Sean McBride wrote: On 7/30/08 2:06 PM, Abernathy, Joshua said: Seeing as how the OS itself thinks it's running on Apple hardware, I have no idea how you, running on the OS, would detect otherwise. And any solution one comes up with is likely to be fragile and

Re: How would you tell WebKit to keep all JavaScript popup windows on top/in front?

2008-07-30 Thread Rob Napier
There are likely several ways, but one way is to raise the window's level. When you create the window, use [window setLevel:NSFloatingWindowLevel] for those windows you want to float. -Rob -- Rob Napier -- Software and Security Consulting -- http://robnapier.net On Jul 28, 2008, at 1:58 P

Re: Checking for hackintosh

2008-07-30 Thread I. Savant
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 3:09 PM, Charles Steinman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I really don't think that's a good idea. Hackintosh builders will just hack > around it if they care, and you're just asking for the test to get tripped up > and start accusing legitimate Mac users. Agreed. A compa

Re: registration code issues

2008-07-30 Thread Gregory Weston
David Harper wrote: My Cocoa Application is currently in beta, and there is a single beta tester who insists his registration code is not working. I've extensively looked into the issue and it seems that the code works correctly up to the if statement which simply says: if ([validCode is

Re: CALayer and CGContexts

2008-07-30 Thread David Duncan
On Jul 30, 2008, at 9:50 AM, John Clayton wrote: I'm wanting to create a CGImageRef from a quartz based CGContextRef, so that I can feed a CALayer with it. Is there a preferred way of doing this? I did think of creating a CGLayer, drawing into it's context, and then creating a CGImageRef

Re: registration code issues

2008-07-30 Thread Kyle Sluder
Have you actually determined that -isEqualToString: is returning NO, or are you concluding that to be the result? Can you send him a special version that simply has NSLog(@"%@ == [EMAIL PROTECTED] %d", validCode, enteredCode, [validCode isEqualToString:enteredCode]) and get a Console log back? --

Re: Checking for hackintosh

2008-07-30 Thread Kyle Sluder
On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 10:22 PM, John Joyce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I really don't approve of such things and would like to leave clever > messages on my own software if it is run on a hackintosh. So what if you "don't care for such things." You are setting yourself up for a major liability

Advice on printing multiple images

2008-07-30 Thread Eric Long
Hi, I'm not new to Cocoa, but I haven't had to do much with printing until now. I'm looking for advice about printing multiple images in varying formats. I have an app that lets the user reference multiple image files in a list. I want to allow the user to select however many files from the list

Re: Dragging a header file to XIB Dock

2008-07-30 Thread Alex Heinz
More specifically, create a new object of whatever class your class is a subclass of (which, in most cases, is NSObject.) Alex On Jul 30, 2008, at 1:51 AM, Matthew Schinckel wrote: Create a new NSObject, and in the Inspector change it to the class that your header file defines. On 30/07/2

Re: Checking for hackintosh

2008-07-30 Thread Charles Steinman
--- On Tue, 7/29/08, John Joyce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anybody have a means or a tool for checking for > hackintoshes? > I really don't approve of such things and would like to > leave clever > messages on my own software if it is run on a hackintosh. I really don't think that's a go

Re: Checking for hackintosh

2008-07-30 Thread Sean McBride
On 7/30/08 2:06 PM, Abernathy, Joshua said: >Seeing as how the OS itself thinks it's running on Apple hardware, I >have no idea how you, running on the OS, would detect otherwise. And any solution one comes up with is likely to be fragile and possibly fail with new genuine hardware. IMNSHO, you

registration code issues

2008-07-30 Thread David Harper
Hello, My Cocoa Application is currently in beta, and there is a single beta tester who insists his registration code is not working. I've extensively looked into the issue and it seems that the code works correctly up to the if statement which simply says: if ([validCode isEqualToString:ente

outlineView:dataCellForTableColumn:item: and bindings don't mix? Editing doesn't stick.

2008-07-30 Thread Sean McBride
Hi all, Anyone using NSOutlineView's outlineView:dataCellForTableColumn:item: delegate message? I'm trying to use it exactly as used in the DragNDropOutlineView example: to use a cell that will be used for the entire row (ie a full width cell). It works in the test app (which doesn't use binding

readFromURL for the current document window, versus a new document window

2008-07-30 Thread John Love
The challenge is what to override in MyDocument such that when I select "Open..." I can load a file into the currently active window *if* there is an active window; *and* if no active document window, then do the standard Cocoa stuff, that is, [super readFromURL ...] and load the file into the newl

Re: Checking for Hackintosh

2008-07-30 Thread Scott Lahteine
Hi, There are a couple of ways to definitively test for a hackintosh. You could look at the IO Registry for unusual hardware configurations. But as it happens, the latest Hackintosh kernels all use custom Machine Type strings. So you can test to see if it's one of the known Mac models, an

Re: private methods and variables

2008-07-30 Thread Bill Bumgarner
On Jul 30, 2008, at 2:26 AM, Torsten Curdt wrote: For Cocoa, functionality that is supported is made available through public headers. Functionality that is internal to Cocoa is encapsulated in private headers that declare said private interfaces through a combination of categories, class e

RE: Checking for hackintosh

2008-07-30 Thread Abernathy, Joshua
Seeing as how the OS itself thinks it's running on Apple hardware, I have no idea how you, running on the OS, would detect otherwise. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] On Behalf Of Devon Ferns Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:42 PM To: Tim McGaughy Cc:

CALayer and CGContexts

2008-07-30 Thread John Clayton
Hi I'm wanting to create a CGImageRef from a quartz based CGContextRef, so that I can feed a CALayer with it. Is there a preferred way of doing this? I did think of creating a CGLayer, drawing into it's context, and then creating a CGImageRef via a CIContext createCGImage:inRect: call

How to include reusable headers in Frameworks

2008-07-30 Thread Martin Häcker
Hi there, I've come across a somewhat unique problem with writing frameworks, that I seem unable to find good information about with google. :/ Maybe one of you cocoa luminaries can shed some light on this. My problem is this: I have a framework which defines some objects. However I also bui

Re: "get" prefixes in Cocoa

2008-07-30 Thread Ken Thomases
On Jul 30, 2008, at 3:11 AM, Sumner Trammell wrote: Hi. Cocoa idioms dictate setFoo: and foo: for setters and getters. Occasionally, the prefix "get" appears in a Cocoa method, like this one: - (void)getObjects:(id *)objects andKeys:(id *)keys When a method is prefixed with get in Cocoa, wha

Re: Checking for hackintosh

2008-07-30 Thread Devon Ferns
Someone hacks the OS X kernel to bypass Apple's checks for a legitimate Macintosh and usually posts it to some p2p site where people steal(copyright infringe) it and run it on their home build PCs. Devon Tim McGaughy wrote: On Jul 29, 2008, at 9:22 PM, John Joyce wrote: Does anybody have a

Re: Checking for hackintosh

2008-07-30 Thread Steve Christensen
On Jul 30, 2008, at 8:55 AM, Tim McGaughy wrote: On Jul 29, 2008, at 9:22 PM, John Joyce wrote: Does anybody have a means or a tool for checking for hackintoshes? I really don't approve of such things and would like to leave clever messages on my own software if it is run on a hackintosh.

Re: Checking for hackintosh

2008-07-30 Thread Tim McGaughy
On Jul 29, 2008, at 9:22 PM, John Joyce wrote: Does anybody have a means or a tool for checking for hackintoshes? I really don't approve of such things and would like to leave clever messages on my own software if it is run on a hackintosh. What's a hackintosh? _

[meeting] CocoaHeads Swindon, Monday August 4th

2008-07-30 Thread graham . lee
Hi all, the next meeting of CocoaHeads Swindon will take place on Monday, 4th August. In a grotesque example of self-promotion, I will be leading a discussion on "Designing a secure Cocoa application". Details regarding the time and location can be found on the CH website: http://cocoaheads.o

Re: CSV parsing (large files)

2008-07-30 Thread Stephen Hoffman
From: Jacob Bandes-Storch I've got several large-size CSV files (a total of about 1.25 million lines, and an average of maybe 10 or so columns) that I want to parse into a 2D array. I found some parsing code that uses NSScanner, and it works fine with small files, but it's very resource-in

Re: Two different actions depending on the event when clicking a NSStatusItem?

2008-07-30 Thread Ron Fleckner
On 30/07/2008, at 10:08 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there. My application uses a NSStatusItem. When somebody left-clicks on it I want a method to be called (Which I've managed to fix) and then when somebody right-clicks on it I want a menu to be shown. I can't seem to get that to wo

AuthorizationExecuteWithPrivileges flag error

2008-07-30 Thread sheen mac
Hi All, In my project , I added an executable and created AuthorizationRef successfully.The AuthorizationCopyRights also worked without error.But when AuthorizationExecuteWithPrivileges , it shows the invalid flags error. Kindly help me. Thanks In Advance, Sheen OSStatus status;AuthorizationR

Two different actions depending on the event when clicking a NSStatusItem?

2008-07-30 Thread tim_ph
Hi there. My application uses a NSStatusItem. When somebody left-clicks on it I want a method to be called (Which I've managed to fix) and then when somebody right-clicks on it I want a menu to be shown. I can't seem to get that to work. If I set a menu for the status item it shows up when somebod

Re: private methods and variables

2008-07-30 Thread Michael Ash
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 6:26 AM, Torsten Curdt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Any pointers on how this is done? >> >> The true question is why you need this ? >> I don't see any valid reason to require this kind of constraint. > > Well, those ivars while private still expose internal classes to the

Re: Multithreaded file read

2008-07-30 Thread Michael Ash
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 2:06 AM, Roger Herikstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I was wondering if anyone on the list has a solution for my problem. > I'm keeping a number of files containing indices into a big (>2GB) > data file. I have a cocoa program that will read these index files and > f

Re: global NSMutableDictionary

2008-07-30 Thread Michael Ash
On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 10:07 PM, Greg Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Ash wrote: >> >> On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 2:04 PM, Bill Bumgarner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> Or you could annotate a function as a constructor. It will run before >>> main(). >>> static void __InitializeGloba

Re: private methods and variables

2008-07-30 Thread Torsten Curdt
Any pointers on how this is done? The true question is why you need this ? I don't see any valid reason to require this kind of constraint. Well, those ivars while private still expose internal classes to the interface. I would like to avoid that for encapsulation purposes. Does that make

Re: private methods and variables

2008-07-30 Thread Jean-Daniel Dupas
Le 30 juil. 08 à 11:26, Torsten Curdt a écrit : Where does it say that protocols can't include class methods? If there is documentation indicating as much then there is a bug somewhere and I'd like to know about it. The following works as expected -- the compiler complains mightily abou

Re: CSV parsing (large files)

2008-07-30 Thread Andreas Monitzer
On Jul 30, 2008, at 08:14, Simone Tellini wrote: Keep a prepared SQLite insert statement and reuse it for all the lines, binding the parameters for each line. Don't load the whole file in memory: it's just a waste of memory and time to allocate it. Instead parse a line at a time. mmap() m

Re: private methods and variables

2008-07-30 Thread Torsten Curdt
Where does it say that protocols can't include class methods? If there is documentation indicating as much then there is a bug somewhere and I'd like to know about it. The following works as expected -- the compiler complains mightily about the lack of conformance to protocol Bob in class

Re: Dragging a header file to XIB Dock

2008-07-30 Thread Matthew Schinckel
Create a new NSObject, and in the Inspector change it to the class that your header file defines. On 30/07/2008, at 12:09 PM, Nelson Hazeltine wrote: I am new to IB and Cocoa. When I drag and drop a header file containing interface information to the XIB dock, it doesn't work, i.e., nothi

Multithreaded file read

2008-07-30 Thread Roger Herikstad
Hi, I was wondering if anyone on the list has a solution for my problem. I'm keeping a number of files containing indices into a big (>2GB) data file. I have a cocoa program that will read these index files and fetch the appropriate data from the big file, plot it and store as an image. I would li

Dragging a header file to XIB Dock

2008-07-30 Thread Nelson Hazeltine
I am new to IB and Cocoa. When I drag and drop a header file containing interface information to the XIB dock, it doesn't work, i.e., nothing happens. As near as I can tell, the header file is okay. I am wanting to get the the object browser. Any suggestions? __

Re: private methods and variables

2008-07-30 Thread Peter N Lewis
At 11:02 PM +0200 29/7/08, Torsten Curdt wrote: Especially for a framework I don't want to expose implementation details to the interface. Others have pointed out that you cannot add ivars in the implementation. However, if you can control the creation of your objects via a factory function o

Re: "get" prefixes in Cocoa

2008-07-30 Thread Rob Ross
the "get" idiom means that you are passing in pointer arguments to the method, and the method will mutate(modify) the pointed-to objects. It's an alternate way of retrieving data from a method call as opposed to the usual function return value. Rob Ross, Lead Software Engineer E! Networks

Is the WebView inspector buggy in Interface Builder 3.0?

2008-07-30 Thread Sumner Trammell
Hi, is anyone else having problems with the WebView inspector in Interface Builder 3.0? I have a window with a WebView on it in MyDocument.nib. When I open MyDocument.nib, the WebView attributes inspector shows font sizes of 12 and 12 for default and fixed fonts. It also shows Java enabled. I

"get" prefixes in Cocoa

2008-07-30 Thread Sumner Trammell
Hi. Cocoa idioms dictate setFoo: and foo: for setters and getters. Occasionally, the prefix "get" appears in a Cocoa method, like this one: - (void)getObjects:(id *)objects andKeys:(id *)keys When a method is prefixed with get in Cocoa, what is being expressed? Thanks, -s

Re: private methods and variables

2008-07-30 Thread Bill Bumgarner
On Jul 30, 2008, at 12:36 AM, Torsten Curdt wrote: Even more interesting :) Thanks for sharing that Bill. I've had another idea: Using a protocol would also be a way of shielding the framework from the implementation details. The only problem is that class methods are not allowed in a protoc

Re: private methods and variables

2008-07-30 Thread Torsten Curdt
Even more interesting :) Thanks for sharing that Bill. I've had another idea: Using a protocol would also be a way of shielding the framework from the implementation details. The only problem is that class methods are not allowed in a protocol. And the framework's main entry class currently u