Greetings, Mike,I'm not sure when I have told anyone that they were outright wrong -- heaven knows, I've been wrong enough about various things myself. I don't recall saying at any point that you were "wrong," and in fact (as you may clearly note) I said that you must have a good reason for doing what you were doing, and that I would *not * claim that you were wrong. I can see that my "right-off-the-bat" qualifier was ill- chosen, and that my attempt at diplomacy failed -- miserably.
Before you accuse me of polluting the list further, I shall (attempt to) save this message from that verdict with a couple of suggestions:
1. Try not to get defensive on the list -- the person whom you lambaste might one day turn out to be someone who could have helped you in another situation, but won't. I might or might not be capable of being that person, but others may be.
2. Do take heed of Steve Christenson's message:
The great majority of Mac applications do not run in kiosk mode so for most cases preventing window movement *is* wrong because you take control away from the user. Had you first mentioned that you were building a kiosk app - a vital piece of info - you might've received what you considered to be useful replies right off the bat. Or to quote the Xcode list's monthly reminder, "For a great introduction to asking technical questions on a mailing list, see “How To Ask Questions The Smart Way” by Eric Steven Raymond at http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html ."
I wish you the best in your programming endeavors!
Regards,
Andrew
P.S.: I know of -- even if I have never used -- SetSystemUIMode(), if
that's what you're referring to, although you're right about my not
knowing anything about Core Graphics and shielding windows.
On Aug 21, 2008, at 7:43 PM, Mike wrote:
What I am doing is definitely not "wrong".My application is a kiosk application, I put up shielding windows on allattached monitors, and I enter kiosk mode. I then have a totally black display with a single window - mine - which is the size of the main display but which I want to be immovable. I suggest you familiarize yourself with OS X's kiosk mode and CoreGraphics' shielding windows before you go telling people they are "wrong".What I am doing is no more "wrong" than a game developer taking over thedisplay.In fact, you're a time-waster because instead of helping people, all you can do is tell them "you're wrong" without providing any kind of solution (and without even knowing what you are talking about).If you don't have the ability to help people, then please refrain from polluting the mailing lists with time-wasting nonsense.Mike Andrew Merenbach wrote:Hi, Mike,Unfortunately, I'm not sure as to the exact answer to your question. Do bear in mind, however, that -- even if there is a way -- you'll have to take into account that the user might very well switch Spaces, rendering your window no longer visible. While I won't tell you right-off-the-bat that what you're doing is wrong, as you probably have a good reason for doing what you ask, may I enquire: what exactly are you attempting to do? Helping everyone to understand your situation might help everyone in helping you. :)Best, Andrew On Aug 21, 2008, at 6:10 PM, Mike wrote:Is there any way to prevent a Cocoa window from being dragged while it is onscreen?Thanks, Mike _______________________________________________ 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/andrew.merenbach%40ucla.edu 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/andrew.merenbach%40ucla.edu This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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