On 27 May '08, at 9:16 AM, Jeff LaMarche wrote:
Is there any way to make this work with the standard about box, or do
I have to hand-roll one in order to make this work? I'm assuming the
latter, but figured I'd ask just in case; I hate reinventing the
wheel.
I've done this for a client before, __DATE__ and __TIME__ work fine,
just clean and build the project before delivery (which you'd do
anyway) to ensure they're current.
And no need to hand-roll an About box! Just disconnect the About menu
from
-orderFrontStandardAboutPanel and connect it to your own action
method that calls
-orderFrontStandardAboutPanelWithOptions:. That's all the normal
method does, except you'll add some options to override default
display strings; any you ignore take the usual values.
It's not infinitely flexible, but it's easy to customize the basic
panel with only a few lines of code.
- (IBAction)showCustomAboutPanel:(id)sender
{
NSString *compileDate = [NSString stringWithCString:__DATE__
encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];
NSString *compileTime = [NSString stringWithCString:__TIME__
encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];
// would normally run these through a formatter to internationalize
// grab the default value for About Panel's @"Version" key
// from plist. Could be "build nnnn", "0.2a7" etc.
NSString *buildVersion = [[NSBundle mainBundle]
objectForInfoDictionaryKey:@"CFBundleVersion"];
// result is "buildVersion, date, time"
NSString *displayString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@, %@, %@",
buildVersion, compileDate, compileTime];
// override default short version string
NSDictionary *optionsDictionary = [NSDictionary
dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:displayString, @"Version", nil];
// Final appearance depends on value of
// CFBundleShortVersionString in plist,
// and/or key @"ApplicationVersion" in
// options dictionary.
//
// If @"ApplicationVersion" key is added,
// CFBundleShortVersionString is ignored.
// For a key value of "DEMO VERSION",
// About panel will display
// "DEMO VERSION (nnnn, date, time)"
//
// If @"ApplicationVersion" key is not added,
// CFBundleShortVersionString in plist
// will be used, if it exists.
// For a value of "x.x", About will display
// "Version x.x (buildVersion, date, time)"
// For a value of "WhizBang '08", About will
// omit the word "Version" and display
// "WhizBang '08 (buildVersion, date, time)"
//
// If CFBundleShortVersionString does not
// exist, About displays
// "Version (buildVersion, date, time)"
[NSApp orderFrontStandardAboutPanelWithOptions:optionsDictionary];
}
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