Re: NSView setAlphaValue question (Update still not working)

2010-12-17 Thread Rick C.
Thank you both for the replies. Ok so what I needed to do (in this case) was use NSViewAnimation and that was my mistake. I appreciate very much the assistance and helping me learn something new! :-) rc On Dec 18, 2010, at 4:25 AM, Seth Willits wrote: > On Dec 17, 2010, at 3:19 AM, Rick C.

Re: NSView setAlphaValue question (Update still not working)

2010-12-17 Thread Seth Willits
On Dec 17, 2010, at 3:19 AM, Rick C. wrote: > I appreciate the help Seth. I'm sure there must be something I'm doing > wrong. Here is a sample project that shows what I'm talking about. The fade > buttons in the project work as expected in Snow but in Leopard no fade > effect. Ok thanks aga

Re: NSView setAlphaValue question (Update still not working)

2010-12-17 Thread Kevin Perry
The reason why this isn't working in Leopard is simple: -setAlphaValue: for non-layer-backed views was not implemented until Snow Leopard. The documentation for -setAlphaValue: states: > Sending this message to a view that is not managing a Core Animation layer > causes an exception. I don't

Re: NSView setAlphaValue question (Update still not working)

2010-12-17 Thread Rick C.
I appreciate the help Seth. I'm sure there must be something I'm doing wrong. Here is a sample project that shows what I'm talking about. The fade buttons in the project work as expected in Snow but in Leopard no fade effect. Ok thanks again! http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11903800/TestFadeApp.zip

Re: NSView setAlphaValue question (Update still not working)

2010-12-16 Thread Seth Willits
On Dec 16, 2010, at 8:45 PM, Rick C. wrote: > Ok I thought that was easy enough but something is still not right. When I > code my view to be redrawn at varying alpha and then have my controller send > the message when it's time to be redrawn it does not work in Leopard (Snow > Leopard again n

Re: NSView setAlphaValue question (Update still not working)

2010-12-16 Thread Rick C.
Hi again Seth, Ok I thought that was easy enough but something is still not right. When I code my view to be redrawn at varying alpha and then have my controller send the message when it's time to be redrawn it does not work in Leopard (Snow Leopard again no problem). Now the view is reportin