It's legal to pass nil for the left and right caps if you don't have any,
which apparently you do not.
-Ken
On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 10:09 AM, Daniel Lopes <danielvlo...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Perfect, I did this:
>
> - (void)drawRect:(NSRect)dirtyRect {
>
> NSImage *pattern = [NSImage imageNamed:@"TitlePattern.png"];
>
> NSDrawThreePartImage([self bounds], pattern, pattern, pattern, NO,
> NSCompositeSourceOver, 1, NO);
>
> }
>
> Thanks again.
> Daniel Lopes
>
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 10:04 PM, Daniel Lopes <danielvlo...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Thanks everybody. I'm without my mac now, so I will try all the
>> recomendations tomorrow, anyway... big thanks for all help (until now I
>> didnt found a good a place where I can have help to learn Cocoa for Mac, and
>> not iPhone).
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On 05/09/2010, at 19:42, Ken Ferry <kenfe...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 3:41 PM, Ken Ferry < <kenfe...@gmail.com>
>> kenfe...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Daniel Lopes < <danielvlo...@gmail.com>
>>> 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).
>>>
>>
>> Oh, you probably want to go left to right, not top to bottom.
>>
>> Nevertheless, it's one function call.
>>
>> -Ken
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> -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>
>>>> quinceymor...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > On Sep 4, 2010, at 10:13, Daniel - Area wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >> My code is basically this:
>>>> >> <http://pastie.org/1138167>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>
>>>> 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.
>>>> >
>>>> >
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