Re: How to manage (My)SQL data in Cocoa

2008-11-10 Thread dreamcat7
Hi, Sorry maybe i should have clarified that but i believed that Quincey had already explained about the datasource methods. You *must* (if you dont want to end up in a heap of self-inflicted mess) represent your data in those way - WHEN you intend to link to an NSTableView using bindings.

Re: How to manage (My)SQL data in Cocoa

2008-11-10 Thread dreamcat7
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Re: Saving window to a PDF File

2008-11-01 Thread dreamcat7
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Re: Can we ask iPhone questions yet? - YES

2008-10-28 Thread dreamcat7
Hello! I posted a number questions to this discussion list. They were all questions about programming in the Cocoa environment. Sometimes my questions have been ignored / not replied to, however this is mostly because of my own poor writing skills rather than anything most siniister. Ther

Re: When does Cocoa fall apart? (Run loops)

2008-10-22 Thread dreamcat7
On 22 Oct 2008, at 14:56, Chris Idou wrote: Nope, just one thread. I'm finding KVO and bindings to be extremely flakey. Maybe I'm pushing them harder than other folks, I don't know, because I'm starting to use them all over the place. I'll try the finishInit mentioned by dreamcat, and s

Re: When does Cocoa fall apart? (Run loops)

2008-10-22 Thread dreamcat7
2 methods to try when a programmatic binding isnt working. [self performSelector:@selector(finishInit:) withObject:self afterDelay:0.0]; [[NSRunLoop currentRunLoop] performSelector:@selector(finishAfterLooping:) target:self argument:(id)nil order:0 modes:[NSArray arrayWithObject:[NSRunLoo

Re: [Moderator] Please hold off on iPhone SDK discussions until the rules are clarified later today

2008-10-01 Thread dreamcat7
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Re: Core Data in a framework ?

2008-09-18 Thread dreamcat7
PM, dreamcat7 wrote: If use Core Data, then can my class be part of a framework ? Yes. You can use Core Data in pretty much any situation where you would use Foundation. Core Data is not restricted to applications that the user interacts with. For one example, if you have a Core Data

Re: Binding to an NSArrayController however binding is 1-way only.

2008-09-18 Thread dreamcat7
On 18 Sep 2008, at 11:44, Ken Thomases wrote: 1) If you for some reason find that using bindings with NSTableView is too restrictive, you might want to think about falling back to the pre-bindings way of populating a table view: the data source. Yes, noted. 2)... If you implement the to-m

Re: Core Data in a framework ?

2008-09-17 Thread dreamcat7
stand i might use an entity relationship in core data to acheive a similar result. If use Core Data, then can my class be part of a framework ? From: dreamcat7 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 17 September 2008 16:25:56 BST To: "Cocoa-Dev (Apple)" Subject: Binding to an NSArrayCon

Re: Multi DB Library

2008-09-17 Thread dreamcat7
On 17 Sep 2008, at 20:48, Ted Thibodeau Jr. wrote: I understood the local cache to be a learning and/or small version of what would then be done with a remote engine, which would not be SQLite. Yes, that is correct. Some of the database transaction will need to be on the client side. It won

Re: Multi DB Library

2008-09-17 Thread dreamcat7
Precisely my point: how do you go about evaluating which of these is the better option ? I hoped i was clear enough in my previous mail. On 17 Sep 2008, at 20:06, Ted Thibodeau Jr. wrote: Devon wrote: OS X has libsqlite3 built in. You just have to include the header file and link to the li

Re: Multi DB Library

2008-09-17 Thread dreamcat7
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Binding to an NSArrayController however binding is 1-way only.

2008-09-17 Thread dreamcat7
Hello, I am stuck finding a solution for my array of arrays problem. - A problem with a twist ! For the data must be displayed in an NSTableView and therefore it must be structured in a particular way. Mutable array of [items] with keypaths in each item making up the columns of each row

Re: Strange property behavior

2008-09-15 Thread dreamcat7
hen -someMethod has side effects :). Did you step through it in gdb to see what was going on? --Kyle Sluder ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the mode

Re: BOOL array

2008-09-11 Thread dreamcat7
On 11 Sep 2008, at 13:08, Jean-Daniel Dupas wrote: That's fine if you love to reinvent the wheel, but that exactly the interface provided by CFMutableBitVector. CFBitVectorCreateMutable() CFBitVectorSetBitAtIndex() CFBitVectorGetBitAtIndex() And it probably does it better as it will not w

Re: BOOL array

2008-09-11 Thread dreamcat7
Yes the NSMutableData needs this category method then it work. @interface NSMutableData (charArray) - (char*)char; @end @implementation NSMutableData (charArray) - (char*)char { char * foo = self.mutableBytes; return foo; } @end + (NSMutableData*)defaultOptions { NSMu

Re: BOOL array

2008-09-11 Thread dreamcat7
" use NSMutableData objects with 1 byte for each 0 or 1 value. You can then get the BOOL values as 'data.bytes [index]', set them with 'data.mutableBytes [index] = someBool' and resize the array with 'data.length = someLength'. In terms of source code, that's about as minimalistic as it gets

Re: What is a Delegate?

2008-09-08 Thread dreamcat7
Hi Often people see "delegate method" in the Cocoa documentation and believe they cant use those ones because it requires a special object that they dont have. However delegation is a very useful programming method. Usually another developer writes a library class that requires a delegate

SOLVED: Using NSArrayController programmatically in library class

2008-09-06 Thread dreamcat7
Hi, I have now solved my problem by writing a sample project. Here is the solution: // // MyDocument.h // Arrays // // Created by id on 06/09/2008. // Copyright dreamcat7 2008 . All rights reserved. // #import @interface MyDocument : NSDocument { NSMutableArray* items

Re: Using NSArrayController programmatically in library class

2008-09-06 Thread dreamcat7
Can i bind arrayController.contentArray to employees.name ? or bind arrayController.contentArray to employees and then bind an NSMutableArray to arrayController.arrangedObjects.name ? On 6 Sep 2008, at 14:03, dreamcat7 wrote: Hi I am extending a library class which is also one of my

Using NSArrayController programmatically in library class

2008-09-06 Thread dreamcat7
Hi I am extending a library class which is also one of my application's model objects. The Library class contains an NSMutableArray of NSData which it absolutely needs to perform its tasks. To extend the class i must now also hold metadata about each NSData object in the array (i.e. the e

Re: Bindings - registering change notification for multiple keys

2008-07-02 Thread dreamcat7
On 2 Jul 2008, at 12:14, Ken Thomases wrote: See my other message. Turns out I was wrong about NSMutableDictionary and KVO. :( Yes, but your main point which was not to expose it - still true. If you really need for there to be a dynamic set of properties, you can accomplish that using

Re: Bindings - registering change notification for multiple keys

2008-07-02 Thread dreamcat7
Hi, Thank you for all of your comments Ken, very helpful. On 2 Jul 2008, at 09:16, Ken Thomases wrote: custom class (say, "Preferences") -- again, making the dictionary an implementation detail -- and making the keys into properties of the Preferences class. In either case, there should be n

Bindings - registering change notification for multiple keys

2008-07-01 Thread dreamcat7
Hi, I have my application's data and settings stored in 2 plist file, each containing several/many keys.* I would like to to save the changed items permanently in my data store after the user interacts with the ui. Control elements are bound to a settings NSDictionary in my data model.

Re: Process app.

2008-07-01 Thread dreamcat7
g is slightly different then you will see it here. On 1 Jul 2008, at 09:28, Толя Макаров wrote: dreamcat7 The process loginwindow is not shown In the list that is given by the function sysctl. May be this process has another name. Do you know anything about it? Mak

Printing thearguments of obj-c function in DTrace/Instruments (was NSNotifications & background apps?)

2008-06-16 Thread dreamcat7
gging NSNotifications. On 15 Jun 2008, at 11:18, dreamcat7 wrote: So if you put name = nil as the notification name you are registering for then it will catch *all* notification from the notification centre. Each notification can then be appended to an NSArray by the notificationHo

Re: NSNotifications & background apps?

2008-06-15 Thread dreamcat7
On 14 Jun 2008, at 22:27, Nathan Kinsinger wrote: I haven't seen "Meow" but there is a Notification Watcher project (with source) at: http://www.tildesoft.com/Programs.html It may do what you need, or you could extend it to do so. --Nathan - yes, thank you i have had a look. Its copyrig