Re: What classes have -init?

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 10:00 PM, Graham Cox wrote: > I don't think that's true. Surely by definition "THE designated initializer" > is a single specific method. No. http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/CodingGuidelines/Articles/FrameworkImpl.html --Kyle Slu

Re: What classes have -init?

On 12/02/2010, at 4:52 PM, Quincey Morris wrote: > since classes are allowed to have multiple designated initializers. I don't think that's true. Surely by definition "THE designated initializer" is a single specific method. The docs state: "The designated initializer is the method in each c

Re: What classes have -init?

On Feb 11, 2010, at 21:19, Michael Ash wrote: > You override the one that's documented to be the designated initializer. Or, all of the ones that are documented to be the designated initializers, since classes are allowed to have multiple designated initializers. The point I tried to make earli

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On Feb 11, 2010, at 12:29 AM, Adam Warski wrote: > Hello, > > I've got a NSMenu with NSMenuItem-s and I would like to support drag&drop > from the menu - so that the users are able to drag the menu items out. > However I'm having problems attaching the even listener - can it be done? The > NS

Re: Replacing model objects using an NSArrayController

On Feb 11, 2010, at 20:33, William Peters wrote: > My application contains several records displayed to the user in an > NSTableView bound to an NSArrayController. Because these records are > complicated (containing around thirty fields), I have implemented an Edit > option where the user can s

Re: What classes have -init?

On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 12:07 AM, Charles Srstka wrote: > On Feb 11, 2010, at 10:28 PM, Graham Cox wrote: > >> On 12/02/2010, at 1:43 PM, Gordon Apple wrote: >> >>> My point was that if all Cocoa classes called "init" >>> somewhere in their other initializers (or had a two-step initialization >>>

Re: What classes have -init?

On Feb 11, 2010, at 10:28 PM, Graham Cox wrote: > On 12/02/2010, at 1:43 PM, Gordon Apple wrote: > >> My point was that if all Cocoa classes called "init" >> somewhere in their other initializers (or had a two-step initialization >> similar to what MacApp did), then you could simply override (not

Re: Creating an Application Support folder

On 12/02/2010, at 3:23 PM, Graham Cox wrote: > That folder can be found using NSApplicationSupportDirectory Scratch that - this returns the /Library/Application Support, not ~/Library/Application Support Gideon's right - use NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains() --Graham __

Replacing model objects using an NSArrayController

Hello everyone, I'm a bit of a newbie here, but hopefully this question won't be too annoying. :-) My application contains several records displayed to the user in an NSTableView bound to an NSArrayController. Because these records are complicated (containing around thirty fields), I have impl

Re: Creating an Application Support folder

On 10 Feb 2010, at 9:44 PM, Paul Johnson wrote: > I have a function "- (NSString *)applicationSupportFolder" that > returns the desired folder name, properly localized. I call this > function and then use NSFileManager to check for the existence of the > folder. Because there can be a file (NOT a

Re: What classes have -init?

On 12/02/2010, at 1:43 PM, Gordon Apple wrote: > My point was that if all Cocoa classes called "init" > somewhere in their other initializers (or had a two-step initialization > similar to what MacApp did), then you could simply override (not call) > "init" for simple ivar initialization in a sub

Re: Creating an Application Support folder

On 11/02/2010, at 2:44 PM, Paul Johnson wrote: > I'm trying to find a best way to create the Application Support > folder. I'm rather new at Cocoa so it's taking me a while to do even > this simple thing. I'm also interested in ensuring my application can > be localized easily. > > I have a func

Re: Creating an Application Support folder

Hi Paul Firstly, are you using the NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSApplicationSupportDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES); function to find the application support folder? That would get you the base path, then you can use the stringByAppendingPathComponent: method to add your folder nam

Re: What classes have -init?

> My point was that if all Cocoa classes called "init" > somewhere in their other initializers (or had a two-step initialization > similar to what MacApp did), then you could simply override (not call) > "init" for simple ivar initialization in a subclass, which would in no way > interfere with a d

Re: get the list of controls in a NSView

On 12/02/2010, at 3:12 PM, Jonathan Chacón wrote: > is there any method to get the list of controls (buttons, labels, splitters, > etc) of a NSView? [NSView subViews] --Graham ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not

get the list of controls in a NSView

Hello everybody, is there any method to get the list of controls (buttons, labels, splitters, etc) of a NSView? thanks and regards Jonathan Chacón Follow me in twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jonathanchacon___ Cocoa-dev mailing list

Trying to simulate a NSScrollView within a NSView

Hi, I am trying to emulate a scrolling behavior within a NSView. I am calling scrollRect:by: and as the documentation specifies: -- Discussion This method is useful during scrolling or translation of the coordinate system to efficiently move as much of the receiver’s rendered ima

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Hello, I've got a NSMenu with NSMenuItem-s and I would like to support drag&drop from the menu - so that the users are able to drag the menu items out. However I'm having problems attaching the even listener - can it be done? The NSMenuItem only supports an action: message. -- Adam Warski htt

Best class for pixel-level image processing?

I am writing an application that wants to perform some basic computer vision computation, and I want a class that offers pixel-level access to an image. What would be the best way to approach this? Alex___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.appl

Creating an Application Support folder

I'm trying to find a best way to create the Application Support folder. I'm rather new at Cocoa so it's taking me a while to do even this simple thing. I'm also interested in ensuring my application can be localized easily. I have a function "- (NSString *)applicationSupportFolder" that returns th

Re: What classes have -init?

I have read it. My point was that if all Cocoa classes called "init" somewhere in their other initializers (or had a two-step initialization similar to what MacApp did), then you could simply override (not call) "init" for simple ivar initialization in a subclass, which would in no way interfere w

Re: [iPhone] CALayer/UIView ordering

On Feb 11, 2010, at 4:54 PM, PCWiz wrote: > The gradient works fine. Now this view has a subview (custom UIView subclass, > added in Interface Builder) that draws a line. The problem is that the > CAGradientLayer goes OVER the subview of the main view. If I comment out the > code that creates t

Re: [iPhone] custom CALayer drawing

Thanks, setting the layer frame to an appropriate size did the trick :) Independent Cocoa Developer, Macatomy Software http://macatomy.com On 2010-02-11, at 5:55 PM, David Duncan wrote: > On Feb 11, 2010, at 4:50 PM, PCWiz wrote: > >> Yep, I just tried that (sent a reply a minute ago) but the

Re: [iPhone] custom CALayer drawing

On Feb 11, 2010, at 4:50 PM, PCWiz wrote: > Yep, I just tried that (sent a reply a minute ago) but the drawInContext: > method still isn't being called. Its because your layer is still sized 0,0. Not much you can draw into a layer that size :). -- David Duncan Apple DTS Animation and Printing

[iPhone] CALayer/UIView ordering

In my UIViewController I create a CAGradientLayer in the viewDidLoad method: CAGradientLayer *gradient = [CAGradientLayer layer]; gradient.frame = CGRectMake(self.view.bounds.origin.x, self.view.bounds.origin.y + 44.0, self.view.bounds.size.width, self.view.bounds.size.height - 44.0);

Re: No Methods being called in my subclassed NSArrayController

The Reload All Class files did it!. Thanks! On Feb 11, 2010, at 4:46 PM, Jerry Krinock wrote: > > On 2010 Feb 11, at 13:25, Tony Romano wrote: > >> Thanks for the reply Fritz. >> >> It shows NSArrayController and it is greyed out. It list two options in the >> drop down, NSArrayController a

Re: [iPhone] custom CALayer drawing

Yep, I just tried that (sent a reply a minute ago) but the drawInContext: method still isn't being called. Independent Cocoa Developer, Macatomy Software http://macatomy.com On 2010-02-11, at 5:47 PM, David Duncan wrote: > On Feb 11, 2010, at 3:44 PM, PCWiz wrote: > >> I'm trying to do some

Re: [iPhone] custom CALayer drawing

Tried it, my code looks like this now: CustomLayer *lines = [CustomLayer layer]; [self.view.layer addSublayer:lines]; [lines setNeedsDisplay]; Still nothing. Am I calling setNeedsDisplay at the wrong place? On 2010-02-11, at 5:39 PM, Bob Barnes wrote: > Have you tried calling setNeedsDisplay

Re: [iPhone] custom CALayer drawing

On Feb 11, 2010, at 3:44 PM, PCWiz wrote: > I'm trying to do some custom drawing in a CALayer subclass by overriding the > drawInContext: method, but it appears that its not being called. In my > subclass I just have this: > > However, the drawInContext method is never called. What am I doing w

Re: No Methods being called in my subclassed NSArrayController

On 2010 Feb 11, at 13:25, Tony Romano wrote: > Thanks for the reply Fritz. > > It shows NSArrayController and it is greyed out. It list two options in the > drop down, NSArrayController and NSDictionaryController. If I try to add my > controller class's name, IB beeps and won't accept the n

Re: [iPhone] custom CALayer drawing

Have you tried calling setNeedsDisplay on the view? You need to request that a view redraw when the data or state used for drawing a view changes. Bob On Feb 11, 2010, at 3:44 PM, PCWiz wrote: > I'm trying to do some custom drawing in a CALayer subclass by overriding the > drawInContext: met

Re: Core Data Issue with Binding

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Mike Abdullah wrote: > Fair enough. The main reason why such a thing is legal is that you sometimes > need a method like -URL or -HTMLString, so the system supports this. Makes perfect sense. Filed doc bug rdar://problem/7640544. --Kyle Sluder __

Re: Core Data Issue with Binding

On 11 Feb 2010, at 21:50, Kyle Sluder wrote: > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Mike Abdullah > wrote: >> Not true, they are KVC-compliant. However, they *are* unwise and you should >> follow Kyle's advice. > > I can't find anywhere that specifically addresses the capitalization > issue. The o

[iPhone] custom CALayer drawing

I'm trying to do some custom drawing in a CALayer subclass by overriding the drawInContext: method, but it appears that its not being called. In my subclass I just have this: - (void)drawInContext:(CGContextRef)theContext { NSLog(@"drawInContext called"); } Then in the viewDidLoad method of

Re: Core Data: Insert, Fetch, Re-Fetch. Same Object?

On Feb 10, 2010, at 7:07 pm, Jerry Krinock wrote: >> Yes, basically. There is only going to be one in-memory object at a time >> that represents the same managed object. > > It certainly seems to be sensible, but I just wish someone could find such > documentation. I can't. > Uniquing:

Re: Core Data: Insert, Fetch, Re-Fetch. Same Object?

Thanks for your input, atze. I believe you. But to confirm it, we need the documentation. On 2010 Feb 11, at 00:19, Alexander Spohr wrote: > Every NSManagedObjectContext holds its own but unique copy of your object. I understand that each managed object context makes separate copies, but I w

Re: Core Data Issue with Binding

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Mike Abdullah wrote: > Not true, they are KVC-compliant. However, they *are* unwise and you should > follow Kyle's advice. I can't find anywhere that specifically addresses the capitalization issue. The only thing I've found that comes close is the note on typogr

Re: iPhone: UIWebView not displaying until scrolled?

I fixed it - the problem lies when the UIWebView is loaded, but it's not on screen - it's center is off screen. When I animate it into view on the Touch, it's blank until I scroll it a little. Now, before I call my animation, I have the webView reload, then its' animated into view and it works. Er

Re: No Methods being called in my subclassed NSArrayController

Thanks for the reply Fritz. It shows NSArrayController and it is greyed out. It list two options in the drop down, NSArrayController and NSDictionaryController. If I try to add my controller class's name, IB beeps and won't accept the name. (I forgot to mention in my original post that the

Re: iPhone: UIWebView not displaying until scrolled?

Hi Eric, can you post how your web view is animated? If I setup quick test case: @implementation WebViewController @synthesize webView; - (void)viewDidLoad { [super viewDidLoad]; self.webView.delegate = self; NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"index" ofType:@"

Re: What classes have -init?

On Feb 11, 2010, at 12:08 pm, Gordon Apple wrote: > My point was that if you could count on "init" being called internally and > all you needed was to initialize some ivars, you could override "init" and > not have to override the (sometimes more involved) designated initializer > and possibly ot

Re: What classes have -init?

My point was that if you could count on "init" being called internally and all you needed was to initialize some ivars, you could override "init" and not have to override the (sometimes more involved) designated initializer and possibly other initializers. You could still use the (superclass) desi

Re: What classes have -init?

On Feb 11, 2010, at 9:03 AM, Gordon Apple wrote: > It's unfortunate that all initializers don't at least call "init" > internally. That would make subclassing easier if all one needs is to set a > few ivars. In the earlier days of MacApp (Pascal and first C++ versions) > there was a basic initial

iPhone: UIWebView not displaying until scrolled?

I am animating a UIWebView after it's loaded - but it doesn't display anything unless I scroll it a little bit. If I call [webView reload]; my webViewDidFinishLoad gets called - and that is where I put my [webView reload] call to fix the display. What is the workaround aside from placing the UIWebV

Re: No Methods being called in my subclassed NSArrayController

On 11 Feb 2010, at 1:20 PM, Tony Romano wrote: > Environment: > > 1. Core Data, Document based app. > 2. UI contains a NSTableView, Add, Remove, ... > 3. NSArrayController. > > The App works fine, I can Add/Remove objects, Save/Load Works, Undo Works. > > Problem: > > I am trying to overrid

No Methods being called in my subclassed NSArrayController

Environment: 1. Core Data, Document based app. 2. UI contains a NSTableView, Add, Remove, ... 3. NSArrayController. The App works fine, I can Add/Remove objects, Save/Load Works, Undo Works. Problem: I am trying to override the -(id)newObject method to change one of the UI elements in the

Re: What classes have -init?

> ...but it still would have been useful, sometimes > eliminating the need to override multiple initializers. Are you missing the point of the designated initializer? Or have you dealt with classes that did not have one, or did not use it properly? -- Scott Ribe scott_r...@killerbytes.com http:/

setWidth pop-up list of NSComboBox

How to change the width of the pop-up list in NSComboBox? When a long string is added to the NSComboBox, it can't displayed completely. how to extend the width of the pop-up list? -John___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do n

Re: What classes have -init?

On 2/10/2010 8:38 PM, Quincey Morris wrote: On Feb 10, 2010, at 12:23 PM, James Walker wrote: I think at times I've written things like [[NSMutableArray alloc] init] with no apparent ill effects, but now I notice that the docs for NSMutableArray and NSArray don't say that there is an init metho

Re: Core Data Issue with Binding

On 10 Feb 2010, at 20:03, Kyle Sluder wrote: > On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 9:26 AM, Matthew Miller wrote: >> @property (nonatomic, retain) NSDate *DateOfBirth; >> @property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *FirstName; >> @property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *LastName; >> @property (nonatomic, retain)

Re: Find in a WebKit view?

WebDocumentSearching is your man. On 11 Feb 2010, at 04:12, Peter N Lewis wrote: > Is there any way to add support for the normal Cocoa Find functionality in a > WebKit view? > > Failing that, is there any other way to get search functionality in a WebKit > view? I want to do some in-app docu

Re: iPhone and OS X apps question

On Feb 11, 2010, at 8:47 AM, Ricky Sharp wrote: > Basically Bonjour is used to have the server (Mac app) and client (iPhone) > discover each other. Then use whatever networking protocol you want to send > data. I wrote an open-source Mac/iPhone networking framework that makes this job easier

Re: iPhone and OS X apps question

To clarify what I'm looking to do... I have a wifi router attached to the back of my Mac. My Touch connects to that router. I'd like to run an app on the Touch and an app on the Mac. I'd like to be able to send a simple string from either app to the other and acknowledge receipt of that. Swipe o

Re: What classes have -init?

It's unfortunate that all initializers don't at least call "init" internally. That would make subclassing easier if all one needs is to set a few ivars. In the earlier days of MacApp (Pascal and first C++ versions) there was a basic initializer, similar to "init", called by all classes, just for

Re: Copying CLHeading objects does not appear to work . . .

It the copy failing because these are read-only properties? -Michael On Feb 11, 2010, at 11:29 AM, Michael A. Crawford wrote: > Here is the code (pertinent snippets) > > @interface BlueSLRGPS () > @property (copy) CLHeading* currentHeading; > @property (copy) CLLocation* currentLocation; > @pro

Re: iPhone and OS X apps question

I would begin with Apple's picture-sharing sample code. I think that sample has two parts - server and client. Ther is also an iPhone sample dealing with locating Bonjour services. Basically Bonjour is used to have the server (Mac app) and client (iPhone) discover each other. Then use whate

Re: iPhone and OS X apps question

Hey Eric! Over what timeframe did you want the iPhone app and the desktop app to be in sync? Immediately? ASAP? When iPhone is tether sync'd? Something else? Is this one iPhone app to one desktop, all with the same user? Or is this many to many with many users? Something inbetween? What b

iPhone and OS X apps question

I am looking at prototyping something and would like an iPhone app to be able to talk with a desktop OS X app. Do something on the iPhone app, it's reflected in the OS X application. And vice-versa. Where might I start for a project like this? Eric ___

Copying CLHeading objects does not appear to work . . .

Here is the code (pertinent snippets) @interface BlueSLRGPS () @property (copy) CLHeading* currentHeading; @property (copy) CLLocation* currentLocation; @property (retain) CLLocation* previousLocation; - (NSString*)compassPointForHeading:(double)heading; - (void)locationManager:(CLLocationManage

Re: NSAttributtedString initWithHTML skip styles

On Feb 11, 2010, at 2:45 AM, Gustavo Pizano wrote: > [(XWSDefaultComponentView *)[component view] setString:[valueString string]]; The -setString: method takes a plain NSString. So you stripped out your formatting when calling it. To put an NSAttributedString into an NSTextView, you replace the

Re: iPhone: badge icon for a button in toolbar

It's objectAtIndex not objectForIndex ;) Sorry - it's working now. On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Eric E. Dolecki wrote: > Ok - I hooked it up to the appdelegate... from another class I am doing > this (which bombs): > > MyAppDelegate *ad = (MyAppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] >

Re: iPhone: badge icon for a button in toolbar

Ok - I hooked it up to the appdelegate... from another class I am doing this (which bombs): MyAppDelegate *ad = (MyAppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate]; UITabBar *tb = ad.tabBar;//works fine UITabBarItem *tbi = [tb.items objectForIndex:1];*//bombs...* So still trying to ac

Re: iPhone: badge icon for a button in toolbar

The class is UIApplication in IB. So it seems I can't do that? On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 9:01 AM, Roland King wrote: > add UIBarButtonItem outlets to whatever class Files Owner is > > eg > >@property( readwrite, retain ) IBOutlet UIBarButtonItem > *item1; > > then you will be able to hook

Re: iPhone: badge icon for a button in toolbar

add UIBarButtonItem outlets to whatever class Files Owner is eg @property( readwrite, retain ) IBOutlet UIBarButtonItem *item1; then you will be able to hook them up in IB. On 11-Feb-2010, at 9:57 PM, Eric E. Dolecki wrote: > Awesome - thank you! > > Now I am looking at how

Re: iPhone: badge icon for a button in toolbar

Awesome - thank you! Now I am looking at how to access a certain UIBarButtonItem so I can set it's badge. In my app delegate I have a UITabBarController. In IB I can't seem to create an IBOutlet and wire the button I want up so I can set it's badge string. When I attempt to wire it up from File'

Re: iPhone: badge icon for a button in toolbar

See UITabBarItem's badgeValue property. Regards Mark On 11 Feb 2010, at 13:40, Eric E. Dolecki wrote: > I know about placing a badge on the homescreen application icon, but is > there a way to set this up for a button in a toolbar... or do I just use my > own UIView to do the same thing and floa

iPhone: badge icon for a button in toolbar

I know about placing a badge on the homescreen application icon, but is there a way to set this up for a button in a toolbar... or do I just use my own UIView to do the same thing and float it over the toolbar? Eric ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev

Re: NSAttributtedString initWithHTML skip styles

On 11/02/2010, at 9:45 PM, Gustavo Pizano wrote: > [(XWSDefaultComponentView *)[component view] setString:[valueString string]]; > > > But when I display the NSTextViuew all the string its without any style, no > bold, no colors no nothing.. > > Any ideas what might I being doing wrong? Sur

NSAttributtedString initWithHTML skip styles

Hello, Im creating an HTMLString form a NSTextView like this: NSArray * exclude = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"doctype", @"html", @"head", @"body",@"xml",nil]; NSDictionary * htmlAtt = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:NSHTMLTextDocumentType,NSDocumentTypeDocumentAttribute,excl

Re: -[NSBundle preferredLocalizations]

Done: rdar://7637393 Kai > > On Feb 10, 2010, at 5:52 AM, Kai Brüning wrote: > >> Could somebody with insight confirm whether this is a documentation bug? > > This is indeed an error in the documentation. Please file a bug against the > documentation with the information you have provided. >

Re: [ANN] CocoaHeads Paris group meeting

On 4 févr. 2010, at 10:50, Guillaume Cerquant wrote: > Hi, > > This message is about the CocoaHeads Paris group: > Our 10th meeting is planned for next week: thursday, 11th of february 2010. > > Session starts at 7pm inside the school IESA: 5, rue Saint-Augustin - 75002 > Paris - France. > The

Re: [iPhone 3.1] NSInvocation on main thread?

Hi John, NSInvocation can be invoked on main thread as any NSObject subclass simply by performing selector on itself on main thread, However I think you're looking for custom additions similar to that one blogged here (Dave Dribin's blog): http://www.dribin.org/dave/blog/archives/2008/05/22/invoke_

Re: Core Data: Insert, Fetch, Re-Fetch. Same Object?

Am 11.02.2010 um 04:07 schrieb Jerry Krinock: > > On 2010 Feb 10, at 18:05, Jens Alfke wrote: > >>> I've always wondered if I insert a managed object, then later fetch it >>> repeatedly from the same managed object context, do I get the same object >>> every time? >> >> Yes, basically. There