Correct :-) I mean the last one And yes I'd like to change the outcome of the game - as well as send it commands to do different things - but I have a feeling sending commands to the game is easier than reading what is in it's memory :P
Thanks again everyone! > On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Clark Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 10:31 AM, Bill Cheeseman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> wrote: >>> > on 2008-08-12 12:04 PM, Josh at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> > >>> >> I'm trying to get started w/viewing/editing/interacting with the >>> memory of >>> >> another running application but I'm not where to get started. >>> > >>> > It isn't clear to me what you mean. >>> >>> By "game trainer", I assume the Josh means a program that you can run >>> to peek/poke specific locations in the memory space of a videogame to >>> change the outcome of the game (i.e. grant yourself more >>> money/points/life, whatever). >>> >>> > >>> > When some people ask questions like this, what they really mean is that >>> they >>> > want to be able to control the other application's windows, menus, etc. >>> > There are several ways to do that, including the Accessibility API and >>> > Quartz Event Taps. >>> > >>> > Other people really mean that they want to share the data used by the >>> other >>> > application. If you wrote the other program, you can do that in a >>> variety of >>> > ways, including shared preferences and distributed notifications. Even >>> if >>> > you didn't write the other program, you may be able to do something >>> with its >>> > documents or, if it supports AppleScript, with its terminology >>> dictionary. >>> > Even if it doesn't support AppleScript, you can probably control it and >>> thus >>> > get at its data using GUI Scripting. >>> > >>> > Other people mean literally accessing the RAM currently in use by the >>> other >>> > application, and I have no idea how you would go about approaching that >>> > task. >>> >>> That is, this last meaning. >>> >>> -- >>> Clark S. Cox III >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> 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: >>> http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/josh%40geesu.net >>> >>> This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >> >> > _______________________________________________ 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: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
