>> Again, why does cross-platform code need to have references to platform-specific view/controller types?
There are links between each Cocoa control class and its matching C++ control (which also owns a native MFC control). Also links between the view and our C++ controller, to load window layouts and set up the control links. A couple utility links for showing progress bars, log window, etc. Running a business is complicated: there are about 150 different window layouts in our app. Payroll alone needs 15-- employee hours, tax tables, vacations, holidays, benefits, tax agencies etc etc. Most have some quirks- fields enable/disable or change from % to $, totals update, values get posted elsewhere, etc. Writing generic code to still use our C++ controller classes and window layouts was much easier than building and testing 150 NSViewControllers. It took a month or 2. A full rewrite would have been a year, plus many new bugs, plus two separate code bases to maintain. Casey McDermott www.SmartKnives.com On Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 5:06 PM Jens Alfke <j...@mooseyard.com> wrote: > > > On Aug 26, 2019, at 1:15 PM, Turtle Creek Software <supp...@turtlesoft.com> > wrote: > > Our C++ is cross-platform. More importantly, we have a LOT of accounting > and business logic in C++. > To rewrite and test it would be 5 or 10 programmer-years. > > > I can understand the model and some of the controller logic being > cross-platform, but why do you need the cross-platform code to have > references to Obj-C classes? It's a cleaner separation to have the > GUI-related code be in Mac-specific Obj-C++ classes that can refer directly > to Cocoa. > > We never found any way to have Obj-C members in C++ header files, except > as void *. > > > Again, why does cross-platform code need to have references to > platform-specific view/controller types? > > —Jens > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
