At 4:05 PM + 2/6/09, Frank Peelo apparently wrote:
>Ken G. Brown wrote:
>>Basically from point of sale system running on Macintosh, I needed
>>to pick up a file with a known name located in the same folder as
>>the application bundle, and process it for printing in a custom
>>format. This way i
On 06 Feb 2009, at 17:05, Frank Peelo wrote:
Ken G. Brown wrote:
Basically from point of sale system running on Macintosh, I needed
to pick up a file with a known name located in the same folder as
the application bundle, and process it for printing in a custom
format. This way it does not nee
Ken G. Brown wrote:
Basically from point of sale system running on Macintosh, I needed
to pick up a file with a known name located in the same folder as
the application bundle, and process it for printing in a custom
format. This way it does not need the file path hard coded in case
it is differe
Basically from point of sale system running on Macintosh, I needed to pick up a
file with a known name located in the same folder as the application bundle,
and process it for printing in a custom format. This way it does not need the
file path hard coded in case it is different on the different
So, as someone who only uses terminal apps written in fpc ( since
ibuilder isn't really that usable and writing interface generating
code is still beyond me despit trying for 4 years) Could you please
post a copy of a code segment that shows how you performed this little
marvel of finding f
Thanks a bunch for all the help!
My legacy OS 9 app is now upgraded to OS X and working!
It put up a hell of a fight but with all your help, the obstacles have been
overcome.
Awesome!
Ken G. Brown
At 9:51 PM +0100 2/5/09, Jonas Maebe apparently wrote:
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>You have to allocate memory for it. Som
At 9:51 PM +0100 2/5/09, Jonas Maebe apparently wrote:
>On 05 Feb 2009, at 21:29, Ken G. Brown wrote:
>
>>So far I have the following external definitions:
>
>All external definitions you need are already in the MacOSAll unit shipped
>with FPC.
>
>>Function CFStringGetFileSystemRepresentation(myPa
On 05 Feb 2009, at 21:29, Ken G. Brown wrote:
So far I have the following external definitions:
All external definitions you need are already in the MacOSAll unit
shipped with FPC.
Function CFStringGetFileSystemRepresentation(myPathString :
CFStringRef; buffer : ppchar; maxBufLen : CFIn
So far I have the following external definitions:
Function CFStringGetFileSystemRepresentation(myPathString : CFStringRef; buffer
: ppchar; maxBufLen : CFIndex) : Boolean; cdecl; External;
Function _CFStringGetFileSystemRepresentation(myPathString : CFStringRef;
buffer : ppchar; maxBufLen : CFIn
Whew! Thx!
I was part way through all that but wasn't sure what I could pass to reset();
Digging through it now. I haven't dealt with this stuff before.
Ken
At 6:24 PM +0100 2/5/09, Jonas Maebe apparently wrote:
>On 05 Feb 2009, at 17:03, Ken G. Brown wrote:
>
>>Thx for the quick response!
>>I th
On 05 Feb 2009, at 17:03, Ken G. Brown wrote:
Thx for the quick response!
I think I'm almost there. I seem to have a bundlePath : CFURLRef;
but I don't quite know what to do with it. How do I convert it to
something I can use in a Reset() to open a file?
If you enter CFURLRef in the searc
Thx for the quick response!
I think I'm almost there. I seem to have a bundlePath : CFURLRef; but I don't
quite know what to do with it. How do I convert it to something I can use in a
Reset() to open a file?
Thx,
Ken G. Brown
At 10:29 AM +0100 2/5/09, Jonas Maebe apparently wrote:
>On 05 Feb 2
On 05 Feb 2009, at 08:54, Ken G. Brown wrote:
How can I find the directory path to the executable of the currently
executing program from within the program?
Or alternately, how can I specify the relative path to a file that
is located in the same folder as the application bundle for my
MacOS X, 10.5.6, fpc 2.2.2
How can I find the directory path to the executable of the currently executing
program from within the program?
Or alternately, how can I specify the relative path to a file that is located
in the same folder as the application bundle for my currently executing progra
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