On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Daniel Lopes <danielvlo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Quincey, > > Thanks, I thought that a simple thing like that could be done easier. My > background is from web dev (specially Ruby). > NSDrawThreePartImage looks like it should be very easy in this case. In fact, it looks like you do have a separate top image (though you could pass nil if you didn't). -Ken > > That app is just a simple pet project and for that I will use a simple > gradient instead of the image. I tried the image because I want a small > noise instead of a plain gradient. > > But really thanks for all the help, I will study the link that you sent and > also study Coregraphics. > > Sent from my iPad > > On 04/09/2010, at 14:52, Quincey Morris <quinceymor...@earthlink.net> > wrote: > > > On Sep 4, 2010, at 10:13, Daniel - Area wrote: > > > >> My code is basically this: > >> http://pastie.org/1138167 > >> > >> a) Looking my code I think the issue is exactly what you said. But > >> what is the right object and properties to access the full size of the > >> view? > > > > No, what I said is not the problem. You're not using the 'rect' parameter > at all. > > > > Consulting the 'colorWithPatternImage:' documentation: > > > >> Parameters > >> image > >> The image to use as the pattern for the color object. The image is tiled > starting at the bottom of the window. The image is not scaled. > > > > The pattern is tiled relative to the window, not to the view. So, the > 'colorWithPatternImage:' isn't a viable approach in this case. > > > > You're going to have to browse the documentation to find a different > approach (or search for sample code you can adapt). One possibility might be > NSGradient, another might be NSDrawThreePartImage. These are both discussed > here: > > > > > http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/CocoaDrawingGuide/Introduction/Introduction.html > > > > Or, you might be able to drop down to core graphics, and use something > like CGContextDrawTiledImage. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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/danielvlopes%40gmail.com > > > > This email sent to danielvlo...@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/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
