Re: window does not seem to respond to orderOut:

2009-06-03 Thread Robert Olivier
Never mind ... silly newbie mistake .. didn't have the window outlet set in IB. rjo On Jun 2, 2009, at 8:15 PM, Robert Olivier wrote: I'm implementing a shared inspector and following the guidance at http://borkware.com/rants/inspectors/ I have a method in my NSWindowController subclass:

Re: NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfURL problem

2009-06-03 Thread Michael Vannorsdel
Could be one of many network programs like LittleSnitch or NetBarrier. Could also be he's using a proxy. On Jun 2, 2009, at 9:37 PM, Mr. Gecko wrote: Hello. For some reason, one of my customers is having a problem which I determined to be NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfURL can't

Scheduling an application

2009-06-03 Thread rethish
hi, I want to launch my application using a time based scheduling. I have created a plist by setting the keys: Label, onDemand, ProgramArguments and startCalenderInterval. And I placed the plist in /Library/LaunchDaemons. Then i loaded the plist manually using the terminal. It works fine on the

Change font and text color of label which is a static NSTextField

2009-06-03 Thread Shraddha Karwan
Hi, I want to change the color and font of a label. I used the below method. I get no errors but it is not updating the Label with the required changes, - (NSAttributedString *)setLabelFont:(NSString *)str { NSColor *txtColor = [NSColor redColor]; NSFont *txtFont = [NSFont

Re: Change font and text color of label which is a static NSTextField

2009-06-03 Thread Shraddha Karwan
IBOutlet NSTextField *labelStr; I have linked this labelStr with the Label I created in my Interface Builder. I am able to change its attributes using [labelStr setTextColor:[NSColor redColor]]; [labelStr setFont:[NSFont labelFontOfSize:10]]; But the setAttributedStringValue doesn't seem to

Re: Change font and text color of label which is a static NSTextField

2009-06-03 Thread rajesh
did you try checking the Allows Rich Text field in Interface Builder for labelStr ? On Jun 3, 2009, at 1:13 PM, Shraddha Karwan wrote: IBOutlet NSTextField *labelStr; I have linked this labelStr with the Label I created in my Interface Builder. I am able to change its attributes using

Re: Change font and text color of label which is a static NSTextField

2009-06-03 Thread Shraddha Karwan
Yes, Checking / Unchecking this field doesn't make any change. I can still use the setColor and setFont methods even if the Rich Text field is disabled. On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 5:16 PM, rajesh raj...@vangennep.nl wrote: did you try checking the Allows Rich Text field in Interface Builder for

Re: Change font and text color of label which is a static NSTextField

2009-06-03 Thread Andy Lee
On Jun 3, 2009, at 6:25 AM, Shraddha Karwan wrote: [labelStr setAttributedStringValue:[self setLabelFont:@Checking for updates]]; I suspect labelStr is nil. When are you executing this line? If labelStr is an outlet and you are doing it in an init method, that is too early -- labelStr

Re: Change font and text color of label which is a static NSTextField

2009-06-03 Thread Shraddha Karwan
Thank You Andy. That was the cause. Changed the location of the statement from init to awakeFromnib and its working. On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 6:22 PM, Andy Lee ag...@mac.com wrote: On Jun 3, 2009, at 6:25 AM, Shraddha Karwan wrote: [labelStr setAttributedStringValue:[self

Image (or view ?) not scaling with window

2009-06-03 Thread vinai
Hi Folks, I've run into a case where an image I am creating does not scale with its parent window. Some background - I am trying to create and application to process data stored within a file - much like any image data with a header. However, I am not opening anything with a standard image

Re: Internationalizing Bundle Icon

2009-06-03 Thread Scott Andrew
Its not possible to do.. Its recommended that you don't put text on your application and document icons. Scott On Jun 2, 2009, at 7:27 PM, Richard Holliday wrote: Hi, The new icon icns file for my cocoa application (10.4 +) has text on it which needs to change based on the machine

Re: How determine if file is in Trash, given Path or Alias

2009-06-03 Thread Sean McBride
On 6/2/09 10:17 PM, Michael Ash said: The description of [NSString UTF8String] says that the returned C string is automatically freed just as a returned object would be released, which implies (to me) that the returned pointer is to GC-controlled memory. Then shouldn't its return value be

Re: Help on adding volume control

2009-06-03 Thread I. Savant
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Arnab Ganguly agangul...@gmail.com wrote: I would like to add volume control for my App.In the .nib file how can I add that ?Please help. Please read: http://catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html You have not provided a shred of information necessary to

Re: Image (or view ?) not scaling with window

2009-06-03 Thread Keary Suska
On Jun 3, 2009, at 7:45 AM, vinai wrote: I've run into a case where an image I am creating does not scale with its parent window. Some background - I am trying to create and application to process data stored within a file - much like any image data with a header. However, I am not

Re: How determine if file is in Trash, given Path or Alias

2009-06-03 Thread Michael Ash
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 12:41 AM, Ken Thomases k...@codeweavers.com wrote: On Jun 2, 2009, at 9:21 PM, Michael Ash wrote: The NSString methods are unlikely to be problematic here. NSData is troublesome because it's returning an internal pointer. In other words, it's a pointer to some memory

Re: Help on adding volume control

2009-06-03 Thread Arnab Ganguly
Oh I am really sorry about that.I have a player application.Created the Nib file.I have the stop and start button and it is working correctly.Would like to add a volume control mechanism for my player.So can you help me on this?What would be the NSButton type should be taken from the IB to meet

Re: Help on adding volume control

2009-06-03 Thread I. Savant
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Arnab Ganguly agangul...@gmail.com wrote: Oh I am really sorry about that.I have a player application.Created the Nib file.I have the stop and start button and it is working correctly.Would like to add a volume control mechanism for my player.So can you help me

Re: Help on adding volume control

2009-06-03 Thread Arnab Ganguly
Thanks for the update.I am a newbie so queries are very basic. How do I bring the mic photo.Is it going to be a seperate image.Do we have anything similar in the IB. -Arnab On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 8:38 PM, I. Savant idiotsavant2...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Arnab Ganguly

Re: Cocoa-dev Digest, Vol 6, Issue 825

2009-06-03 Thread Mr. Gecko
I'll be sure to look at that when I get on his system to debug. On Jun 3, 2009, at 2:54:38 AM, Michael Vannorsdel wrote: Could be one of many network programs like LittleSnitch or NetBarrier. Could also be he's using a proxy. ___ Cocoa-dev mailing

Re: Help on adding volume control

2009-06-03 Thread I. Savant
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Arnab Ganguly agangul...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for the update.I am a newbie so queries are very basic. How do I bring the mic photo.Is it going to be a seperate image.Do we have anything similar in the IB. This list isn't the hand-holding type. You're

Re: Help on adding volume control

2009-06-03 Thread I. Savant
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Arnab Ganguly agangul...@gmail.com wrote: Is it going to be a seperate image.Do we have anything similar in the IB. ... and yes, if you want to display icons / images, you'll use an image view. The slider control does not provide for images to either side.

Re: Image (or view ?) not scaling with window

2009-06-03 Thread vinai
--- On Wed, 6/3/09, Keary Suska cocoa-...@esoteritech.com wrote: From: Keary Suska cocoa-...@esoteritech.com Subject: Re: Image (or view ?) not scaling with window To: Cocoa-Dev (Apple) Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com Date: Wednesday, June 3, 2009, 9:50 AM On Jun 3, 2009, at 7:45 AM, vinai

Re: Help on adding volume control

2009-06-03 Thread Arnab Ganguly
Thanks again for all help and your time. Regards Arnab On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 8:55 PM, I. Savant idiotsavant2...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Arnab Ganguly agangul...@gmail.com wrote: Is it going to be a seperate image.Do we have anything similar in the IB. ...

Re: Help on adding volume control

2009-06-03 Thread Dave DeLong
Brandon's BWToolkit has a textured slider that has the speaker images incorporated in it. Be aware, though, that it's the sort of control that looks best on a textured/metal background: http://brandonwalkin.com/bwtoolkit/ HTH, Dave On Jun 3, 2009, at 9:25 AM, I. Savant wrote: On Wed,

Re: Help on adding volume control

2009-06-03 Thread I. Savant
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Dave DeLong davedel...@me.com wrote: Brandon's BWToolkit has a textured slider that has the speaker images incorporated in it.  Be aware, though, that it's the sort of control that looks best on a textured/metal background:  http://brandonwalkin.com/bwtoolkit/

Re: How heavy is NSLayoutManager?

2009-06-03 Thread Douglas Davidson
On Jun 2, 2009, at 6:17 PM, Graham Cox wrote: You don't say what you think might be a problem - speed, memory use? I find that speed for my purposes is entirely adequate - I can interactively adjust objects that cause text re-layout and it keeps up with that no problem, even when the text

Re: Scheduling an application

2009-06-03 Thread Nick Zitzmann
On Jun 3, 2009, at 3:52 AM, rethish wrote: I want the plist to be loaded automatically on the specified time and launch my application. How can be it done? Automatic plist loading only happens on reboot (if it's in the system library) or login (if it's in the user's library). You'll

Re: Help on adding volume control

2009-06-03 Thread Sean McBride
On 6/3/09 11:38 AM, I. Savant said: Good catch. I took a look at it when it was released and it's great, but I quickly ran into some UI bugs using the controls in Interface Builder that made me give up on it. I keep checking for updates but have seen no activity these last few months since

Re: Help on adding volume control

2009-06-03 Thread I. Savant
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 11:53 AM, Sean McBride s...@rogue-research.com wrote: The newest version is clearly 1.1: Bah, you're right. I was going on memory and got it wrong. :-) Still, that was released in February. -- I.S. ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list

Re: Help on adding volume control

2009-06-03 Thread Benjamin Dobson
On 3 Jun 2009, at 16:23:20, I. Savant wrote: As for the overall approach, I don't know of a mic photo, but in the Mac OS, icons to either side of a slider are usually a small speaker with no sound waves to the left and one with several (I think usually three or so) sound waves to the right.

Re: Help on adding volume control

2009-06-03 Thread I. Savant
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Benjamin Dobson importedfromsp...@googlemail.com wrote: It may be worth noting that these do exist in the Apple Symbols font, although relying on that could be very shaky ground. Hmm ... I can't seem to find the speaker symbols anywhere in that font, nor in the

Disc recording framework estimatedLength

2009-06-03 Thread David Melgar
Where can I ask a question about the Disc Recording Framework? In particular, how can I figure out how much will fit onto a data disc as I populate a track? I've tried to guess how much space it will consume based on the size of files, but the actual amount reported by [Track

Re: Help on adding volume control

2009-06-03 Thread Benjamin Dobson
On 3 Jun 2009, at 19:57:53, I. Savant wrote: On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Benjamin Dobson importedfromsp...@googlemail.com wrote: It may be worth noting that these do exist in the Apple Symbols font, although relying on that could be very shaky ground. Hmm ... I can't seem to find the

NSBrowser Core Data?

2009-06-03 Thread KK
Hello, I am writing a program that needs to load hierarchical data from an XML document (that I have loaded into a NSXMLDocument), into a NSBrowser... I tried modifying the SimpleBrowser? example code to suit my needs, but then I started wondering if Core Data would be able to do it... I looked

launchd detecting when an application is running

2009-06-03 Thread Tom Hohensee
How do I configure a launchd .plist file to detect when an application running. Thanks Tom ___ 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

Re: launchd detecting when an application is running

2009-06-03 Thread Dave Keck
Your question is unclear and doesn't make much sense. Please give lots of clarification, and consider posting your question on a list where it's more on-topic, such as darwin-dev or launchd-dev (over at macosforge). David ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list

Re: Help on adding volume control

2009-06-03 Thread I. Savant
On Jun 3, 2009, at 4:55 PM, Benjamin Dobson wrote: Switch the view to Glyph. Set the font to Apple Symbols. Look under 4909-4911. http://www.quicksnapper.com/sabrelight/image/apple-symbols Awesome. Thanks for the tip. -- I.S. ___

Detecting when fetch: finishes

2009-06-03 Thread Ulai Beekam
I have an NSArrayController that, at the request of the user, can be given a new fetch predicate. To do that I use the setFetchPredicate: method. How can I detect when this predicate has been applied and the appropriate fetching is done? I have not come across any delegate method for it. I

Re: Detecting when fetch: finishes

2009-06-03 Thread Keary Suska
On Jun 3, 2009, at 5:12 PM, Ulai Beekam wrote: I have an NSArrayController that, at the request of the user, can be given a new fetch predicate. To do that I use the setFetchPredicate: method. How can I detect when this predicate has been applied and the appropriate fetching is done? I

RE: Detecting when fetch: finishes

2009-06-03 Thread Ulai Beekam
What do you mean do the fetch myself? Do you mean I should not use an NSArrayController? That would sound overkill as NSArrayController plus its fetch predicate gives me a lot of functionality for free, e.g. updating dynamically when underlying objects are added/removed. Can you elaborate?

Re: Detecting when fetch: finishes

2009-06-03 Thread Keary Suska
On Jun 3, 2009, at 6:19 PM, Ulai Beekam wrote: What do you mean do the fetch myself? Do you mean I should not use an NSArrayController? That would sound overkill as NSArrayController plus its fetch predicate gives me a lot of functionality for free, e.g. updating dynamically when

Re: Scheduling an application

2009-06-03 Thread Jerry Krinock
On 2009 Jun 03, at 08:48, Nick Zitzmann wrote: On Jun 3, 2009, at 3:52 AM, rethish wrote: I want the plist to be loaded automatically on the specified time and launch my application. Automatic plist loading only happens on reboot (if it's in the system library) or login (if it's in the

Re: Referring to file by Alias ^or^ path

2009-06-03 Thread Jerry Krinock
On 2009 Jun 03, at 17:26, Bill Monk wrote: Given that your category depends on FSNewAliasFromPath, which is 10.5-only, both blocks of #if MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED = MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_4 can be dispensed with. Hehe. Well, like I said, my code had been cobbled together over

QTCaptureSession class reference

2009-06-03 Thread Cain John
I cannot find this documentation. Searching the Mac Dev Center gives over 60 references to the class but no documentation of it's properties and methods. Hope that this is an appropriate list for this question. There doesn't seem to be an Apple sponsored QT list. John kergunyah...@gmail.com

NSAppleScript's compileAndReturnError always succeeds

2009-06-03 Thread Paul J. Lucas
Given that NSAppleScript objects are always supposed to run on the main thread, I created a small proxy object to use: @interface AppleScriptProxy : NSObject { NSAppleScript *m_script; NSDictionary *m_errorDict; } - (id) init; - (void) compileScript:

Re: QTCaptureSession class reference

2009-06-03 Thread M Pulis
Check out http://developer.apple.com/documentation/QuickTime/Conceptual/ QTKitCaptureProgrammingGuide/Introduction/Introduction.html On Jun 3, 2009, at 5:56 PM, Cain John wrote: I cannot find this documentation. Searching the Mac Dev Center gives over 60 references to the class but no

Re: Detecting when fetch: finishes

2009-06-03 Thread Kyle Sluder
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 6:21 PM, Keary Suska cocoa-...@esoteritech.com wrote: I wonder if you can make an NSArrayController subclass, override -fetchWithRequest:merge:error: to just call super, and after the call (which should be synchronous), call your special post-processing method. Just a

Re: QTCaptureSession class reference

2009-06-03 Thread Fritz Anderson
On 3 Jun 2009, at 7:56 PM, Cain John wrote: I cannot find this documentation. Searching the Mac Dev Center gives over 60 references to the class but no documentation of it's properties and methods. Hope that this is an appropriate list for this question. There doesn't seem to be an Apple

Re: launchd detecting when an application is running

2009-06-03 Thread Tom Hohensee
On Jun 3, 2009, at 5:23 PM, Dave Keck wrote: Sorry, that question really was bad. I have written an application that I would like to launch whenever a certain app is launched. I have used LaunchAgents in the past to detect events such as USB insertion and volume mounting to perform

Re: QTCaptureSession class reference

2009-06-03 Thread John Cain
Thanks - I had already seen that and it only mentions 3 methods startRunning addInput addOutput Is that it? no stopRunning or removeInput/Output or anything else. Perhaps thats why there is nothing more specific elsewhere ie there *IS *nothing more. 2009/6/4 M Pulis tooth...@fastq.com Check

Re: QTCaptureSession class reference

2009-06-03 Thread Andy Lee
On Jun 3, 2009, at 11:41 PM, Fritz Anderson wrote: On 3 Jun 2009, at 7:56 PM, Cain John wrote: I cannot find this documentation. Searching the Mac Dev Center gives over 60 references to the class but no documentation of it's properties and methods. Hope that this is an appropriate list for

Re: launchd detecting when an application is running

2009-06-03 Thread Kyle Sluder
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 8:44 PM, Tom Hohensee tom...@mac.com wrote:  I was wondering if there was a launchd.plist key that allowed for launchd to detect an application startup. launchd is explicitly designed not to have this functionality. All inter-application dependencies must be carried out

Re: Detecting when fetch: finishes

2009-06-03 Thread mmalc Crawford
On Jun 3, 2009, at 4:12 PM, Ulai Beekam wrote: I have an NSArrayController that, at the request of the user, can be given a new fetch predicate. To do that I use the setFetchPredicate: method. How can I detect when this predicate has been applied and the appropriate fetching is done? I