Hi Bill, Thanks for the postmortem. Would you mind filing bugs for the items you think are too difficult?
On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 12:43 PM, Bill Appleton < billapple...@dreamfactory.com> wrote: > hi all, > > > I just ported a huge code base to Cocoa, Core Graphics, Core Audio, and > QuickTime. Basically I had a good experience, but there were some things i > noticed that i couldn't do easily in Cocoa or any other 64 bit OSX API. > > So just in case anyone knows a way to do the things listed below please let > me know: > > > *1) I can't hide a file, or test if a file is hidden* > > I had to resort to FSGetCatalogInfo -- there is no way to do it through > NSFileManager, etc. Right? > These two are pretty easy in 10.6. -[NSURL getResourceValue:forKey:error:] / -[NSURL setResourceValue:forKey:error:] with NSURLIsHiddenKey. Cocoa is trying to standardize on URLs rather than paths. > *2)** **I **can't **get the current caret blink rate in milliseconds* > > I used to call GetCaretTime, but now I just use 500 milliseconds. Eeek! > Where is the current blink rate? Please don't tell me I don't need it, we > implement our own scripting engine, etc. > The actual default rate is once per 0.56 seconds. *3)** **I **can't get t**he right dimensions for a QuickTime movie or poster > * > > I used to call GetMovieBox, so I tried using [QTMovie posterImage] but the > NSImage reported a width and height of 100, and then my movie poster was > really pixelated. How do I get a decent looking movie poster? How do I get > the original dimensions for movie playback? > Perhaps QTMovieNaturalSizeAttribute ? I'm not familiar with this API, but there are a few size-related attributes. > *4)** **I **can't call the printing code* > > I know, the printing code calls me. But other platforms don't work like > this. I eventually used Core Printing and the Cocoa dialogs by sub-classing > and faking out NSPrintPanel. Is there a better way? > I don't understand this one. < http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/cocoa/conceptual/Printing/Tasks/CreatingPrintJob.html >. *5)** **I **can't create a simple list* > > I did it the only way I could -- with a table that has one column, etc. Man > that was painful for a simple list. Is there a better way? > I'm not sure how much of NSTableView's behavior you want, but it's possible you'd find NSCollectionView to be simpler. > *6)** **I **can't get the height of some wrapped text* > > I had to use the layout manager and some major rocket science to get this > to > work right. I'm not saying Text Edit was great, but at least it knows how > tall the text field is. > NSLayoutManager might be appropriate, but there's also -[NSString boundingRectWithSize:options:attributes:]. You might find < http://lists.apple.com/archives/Cocoa-dev/2008/Jan/msg00814.html> helpful. -Ken > > > > Thanks! > > > Bill Appleton > _______________________________________________ > > 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/kenferry%40gmail.com > > This email sent to kenfe...@gmail.com > _______________________________________________ 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 arch...@mail-archive.com
