Re: Challenge: Block Main Thread while Work is done, with Timeout

2009-07-23 Thread Jerry Krinock
On 2009 Jul 23, at 17:44, Ken Thomases wrote: Do consider NSConditionLock as an alternative, though. It's likely to be much simpler and more straightforward. Indeed Ken is correct. I'll post the code tomorrow. ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-de

Re: NSSliderCell question

2009-07-23 Thread livinginlosangeles
I'll follow up on that tomorrow. Thanks, Patrick Hi, I am using the following two methods for a scrolling number box which is essentially a slider in the form of a NSTextField subclass. I have yet to implement this for my custom sliders but maybe this is a good starting point for you? When I

Re: Screen Saver test button click notification

2009-07-23 Thread Andrew Farmer
On 23 Jul 2009, at 03:57, Santosh Sinha wrote: I have developing a calibration tool , but there is a little issue, When i have done the calibration and go into the system preferences and click screen saver test button , after that calibration is gone, What kind of calibration are you attempti

Re: Model index and Array Controller index

2009-07-23 Thread Ben Lachman
On Jul 23, 2009, at 6:51 PM, I. Savant wrote: On Jul 23, 2009, at 5:05 PM, Ben Lachman wrote: The problem I'm having is that I can't find a decent way of propagating index changes in the array controller back down to the model. Does anyone have a good method of doing this? I usually get

Re: Using the Document Architecture and Reading files one buffer at a time

2009-07-23 Thread Graham Cox
Actually, I think you'll need to cut in before the file wrapper gets made - it looks like it does load the file content into memory. So, instead, override - (BOOL)readFromURL:(NSURL *)absoluteURL ofType: (NSString *)typeName error:(NSError **)outError and then you can get at the original URL

Re: Using the Document Architecture and Reading files one buffer at a time

2009-07-23 Thread Graham Cox
On 24/07/2009, at 5:46 AM, Korei Klein wrote: I'm trying to use the document architecture in an application that will create documents for some very big files. I'd like not to have an entire file in memory at once. To use the document architecture, I'm subclassing NSDocument and overridi

Re: Text is flipped vertically

2009-07-23 Thread Kyle Sluder
On Jul 23, 2009, at 6:03 PM, Agha Khan wrote: I was unable to find where I have flipped the CGContextRef and for some strange reason my text is flipped vertically. Any idea how to reset CGContextRef? Maybe it's a better idea to figure out where you're flipping the context. How are you d

memory allocation different in simulator and on the iPhone

2009-07-23 Thread Dragos Ionel
Hi, I am working on a animal encyclopedia on iPhone. One of the pages displays one photo of an animal. When the user swipes the screen the image is replaced with another one. This works fine and when tested in the simulator with the Instrument for Object Allocation, all looks cool. When I tested

iPhone: getting the pixel data from a PNG file

2009-07-23 Thread John Michael Zorko
Hello, all ... I need to be able to make an iPhone app read a PNG file and retrieve the values of its' pixels. I know that libPNG can do this, but my questions are: 1. does libPNG already exist on the iPhone, or do I need to compile it as a .a and link with it? 2. are there Cocoa Touch

mouse entered/exited in nscollectionviewitem's view

2009-07-23 Thread Benjámin Salánki
Hi there, I hope someone can help me with this. I have an NSCollectionView set up in IB with a connected NSCollectionViewItem and its View prototype. What I want to do is draw a different colored background for a view in the collection when the user mouses over it. I tried to set it up us

Re: iPhone List? - few questions

2009-07-23 Thread Roland King
Well you can't register to listen to SMSes, that hook just doesn't exist. So if you rely on proving who someone is by sending something to a specific phone (ie making use of the telephone companys vast network ability to locate one device with that particular SIM card in it at that point in tim

Text is flipped vertically

2009-07-23 Thread Agha Khan
Hi: I am rotating the text but sometime I would like to reset CGContextRef? I was unable to find where I have flipped the CGContextRef and for some strange reason my text is flipped vertically. Any idea how to reset CGContextRef? Agha ___ Cocoa-dev

Re: Framework Image Error

2009-07-23 Thread Jerry Krinock
On 2009 Jul 22, at 10:49, Stephen Smith wrote: The frameworks used in the program are all within a build phase titled Link Binary With Libraries and are also within a Frameworks folder as a part of the project. But does it get built into the product? Right-click the product in Finder, s

Re: Challenge: Block Main Thread while Work is done, with Timeout

2009-07-23 Thread Ken Thomases
On Jul 23, 2009, at 6:44 PM, Jerry Krinock wrote: I'd often like to block the main thread First question is: why? Blocking the main thread is usually bad and to be avoided. What are you actually trying to achieve? Can you give an example of when that would be desirable? while another

Re: [iPhone] Zero opacity causes UIView to go numb

2009-07-23 Thread Hank Heijink (Mailinglists)
Completely transparent views (opacity 0.0) don't receive touch events - you're not missing anything there. As you have found, a little opacity is enough to catch them again. Depending on what's in your view, you might be able to set the background color to [UIColor clearColor] to get the sa

[solved] Outline view bound to an NSTreeController's content shows all children at the top level

2009-07-23 Thread Daniel DeCovnick
FTA: Adding parent == nil to the fetch predicate in IB solves this problem. Replace parent with your relationship name. -Daniel On Jul 23, 2009, at 3:32 AM, Daniel DeCovnick wrote: Hi all, Subject is pretty self-explanatory. The problem: I don't want that behavior. A little longer ex

Re: Recording phone calls

2009-07-23 Thread Conrad Taylor
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Scott Ribe wrote: > > ...most states require the consent of both > > parties for one party to record the conversation. > > Actually, most states require the consent of only a single party. A handful > of states (~10?) require consent of all parties. The point of co

Challenge: Block Main Thread while Work is done, with Timeout

2009-07-23 Thread Jerry Krinock
I'd often like to block the main thread while another thread or process performs a little task, but subject to a short timeout. A few weeks ago, I was able to achieve this by "running" the main thread's run loop while an NSTask completed. But I did this after hours of experimenting and st

Re: Recording phone calls

2009-07-23 Thread I. Savant
I think we can safely summarize in two points: 1 - It's a matter of opinion in some areas, a matter of law in others. 2 - This discussion has veered *way* off-topic for cocoa-dev. -- I.S. On Jul 23, 2009, at 7:29 PM, Rick Langschultz wrote: It's also a gross violation of customer security

Re: Recording phone calls

2009-07-23 Thread Rick Langschultz
It's also a gross violation of customer security. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 22, 2009, at 8:55 PM, Chunk 1978 wrote: iPhone apps are sandboxed, and are not able to run while a call comes in. On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Alfonso Urdaneta wrote: Mahaboob wrote: If I developed this a

Re: Confusion about Lablel Font Size: 13 or 10 ?

2009-07-23 Thread I. Savant
On Jul 22, 2009, at 12:46 PM, Thomas Wetmore wrote: For the layout manager I must calculate the lengths of all the labels to be used on a given form so I can lay them all out together using Apple UI guidelines. To find the sizes of the label text I create an NSAttributedString for each one

Re: SpeechSynthesis

2009-07-23 Thread Conrad Taylor
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Brian Heibert wrote: > How can I get my program to speak something > like a string of text? > > I am writing this program in a BASIC language why is it relevant here > because I am using _PASSTHROUGH code that > is Objective C > > I can handle putting the code in

SpeechSynthesis

2009-07-23 Thread Brian Heibert
How can I get my program to speak something like a string of text? I am writing this program in a BASIC language why is it relevant here because I am using _PASSTHROUGH code that is Objective C I can handle putting the code in the passthrough but what I don't know is the Objective C code for spe

Using the Document Architecture and Reading files one buffer at a time

2009-07-23 Thread Korei Klein
I'm trying to use the document architecture in an application that will create documents for some very big files. I'd like not to have an entire file in memory at once. To use the document architecture, I'm subclassing NSDocument and overriding the readFromFileWrapper method. As far as I can

Using the Document Architecture and Reading files one buffer at a time

2009-07-23 Thread Korei Klein
I'm trying to use the document architecture in an application that will create documents for some very big files. I'd like not to have an entire file in memory at once. To use the document architecture, I'm subclassing NSDocument and overriding the readFromFileWrapper method. As far as I can

Obj-C and MySQL bindings

2009-07-23 Thread Marcus Grenängen
Hello. I'm looking for some people to work with on a Open Source MySQL connector for Obj-C since the one I found doesn't seem to be "work in progress" anymore and is missing a lot of features introduced in Obj-C 2.0 like garbage collection and fast enumeration. (http://code.google.com/p/mys

Re: Screen Saver test button click notification

2009-07-23 Thread Mohsan Khan
I think because its not actually the "ScreenSaverEngine" that runs, because its the ScreenSaverEngine app that sends these notifications. So instead of hitting the test button try setting a hot corner and use that... /MK On 2009-07-23, at 12:57, Santosh Sinha wrote: Hello List, I have

Re: Recording phone calls

2009-07-23 Thread Chunk 1978
iPhone apps are sandboxed, and are not able to run while a call comes in. On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Alfonso Urdaneta wrote: > Mahaboob wrote: >> >> If I developed this application, will apple store approve this? > > Given the laws governing the recording of telephone conversations, probably

Framework Image Error

2009-07-23 Thread Stephen Smith
Hello, I was attempting to compile some code when I got the following error: [Session started at 2009-07-22 10:29:18 -0400.] *dyld: Library not loaded: @executable_path/../Frameworks/AVCVideoServices.framework/Versions/A/AVCVideoServices * * Referenced from: /Users/steven/Desktop/Roboplasm/buil

Confusion about Lablel Font Size: 13 or 10 ?

2009-07-23 Thread Thomas Wetmore
I am writing a genealogy program that provides a variety of forms for entering data from many sources, eg, censuses, marriage registers. Instead of custom designing user input panels for each type of record, I am using a specification file that describes the fields and tool tips needed for

Re: Model index and Array Controller index

2009-07-23 Thread I. Savant
On Jul 23, 2009, at 5:05 PM, Ben Lachman wrote: The problem I'm having is that I can't find a decent way of propagating index changes in the array controller back down to the model. Does anyone have a good method of doing this? I usually get the array controller's -arrangedObjects as a m

Re: Comparing NSImages

2009-07-23 Thread Greg Guerin
Benjamin Rister wrote: Question 2: Assuming TIFFRepresentation isn't unique, what's the best practice to verify programmatically, say in a unit test, that the output matches an expected output? Subtract the test's output image from the reference image, pixel by pixel, and look for any non

Re: NSSliderCell question

2009-07-23 Thread Patrick Cusack
Thanks for your ideas Here is what I did: Here is what I did. I set up KVO for the variable that I attached to my NSSliderCell. When I made any changes to the underlying variable, the obersever method would trigger. When you add an observer you can retrieve the old and new values from t

Re: iPhone List? - few questions

2009-07-23 Thread Ben Lachman
You should look into the push notification API, it ends up being very similar to SMS (e.g. small payloads) and is directly developer accessible. ->Ben -- Ben Lachman Acacia Tree Software http://acaciatreesoftware.com email: blach...@mac.com twitter: @benlachman mobile: 740.590.0009 On Ju

Re: Comparing NSImages

2009-07-23 Thread Nick Zitzmann
On Jul 23, 2009, at 3:00 PM, Benjamin Rister wrote: Question 1: Is it normal for [NSImage TIFFRepresentation] to differ from release to release on identical images? Considering that there are several different variations on the TIFF file format (e.g. big-endian vs. little-endian, 0 is blac

Re: Comparing NSImages

2009-07-23 Thread Sandy McGuffog
Well, before you worry about release differences, you should probably worry about the "NSDeviceRGBColorSpace" - if you want consistency between different platforms, I'd think you should be using sRGB, Adobe RGB or similar. Sandy On Jul 23, 2009, at 11:00 PM, Benjamin Rister wrote: We're h

Model index and Array Controller index

2009-07-23 Thread Ben Lachman
I have a simple situation that I can't decide on a good solution to. I have a model object that has an index property. These objects are displayed in a simple table view which should be ordered by index. This is easily done by adding a sort descriptor to the array controller that feeds t

Re: NSSliderCell question

2009-07-23 Thread Stephen Blinkhorn
Oh, where: range = max_slider_value - min_slider_value; fineGrain = 0.125; Stephen On 23 Jul 2009, at 14:55, Stephen Blinkhorn wrote: Hi, I am using the following two methods for a scrolling number box which is essentially a slider in the form of a NSTextField subclass. I have yet to i

Comparing NSImages

2009-07-23 Thread Benjamin Rister
We're having problems where the same code is producing corrupt output on certain OS versions but not others. We're trying to track this down, but are running into issues trying to verify intermediate results in the process, in particular NSImage data. Question 1: Is it normal for [NSImage

Re: NSSliderCell question

2009-07-23 Thread Stephen Blinkhorn
Hi, I am using the following two methods for a scrolling number box which is essentially a slider in the form of a NSTextField subclass. I have yet to implement this for my custom sliders but maybe this is a good starting point for you? When I first dabbled with custom sliders all I did

Re: iPhone List? - few questions

2009-07-23 Thread Jesse Armand
I have been there before, for a mobile banking project, and they don't want to accept my suggestion to process all of the sms processing (incoming / outgoing) on the server, in order for the iPhone app to communicate with server only. That would provide better user experience, because there's no n

Re: NSSliderCell question

2009-07-23 Thread Jean-Daniel Dupas
Le 23 juil. 09 à 21:09, livinginlosange...@mac.com a écrit : I am employing an NSSliderCell in my table view, and I want to slow down the rate of change or increase the resolution of change using a modifier key like commands as I drag. This is employed in a few audio programs to assist a mi

NSSliderCell question

2009-07-23 Thread livinginlosangeles
I am employing an NSSliderCell in my table view, and I want to slow down the rate of change or increase the resolution of change using a modifier key like commands as I drag. This is employed in a few audio programs to assist a mixer in fine tuning either volume or pan when mixing. Where do

Re: List classes in Bundle?

2009-07-23 Thread Robert Mullen
This is the method that works well for me. There is a bit of overhead since you are looking at all classes but it still seems to be pretty quick. Here is the quick and dirty routine as it works for me with bits cabbaged from different sources. This IS NOT meant to be a demonstration of prod

Re: Core Animation rendering problem

2009-07-23 Thread Randall Meadows
On Jul 23, 2009, at 1:15 AM, David Duncan wrote: On Jul 22, 2009, at 10:05 PM, Randall Meadows wrote: Any idea why the drawing is screwing up for the 2nd animation? Are the 2 different methods of animating messing up each other somehow (even though I've removed the 1st animation)? This i

Re: iPhone List? - few questions

2009-07-23 Thread Gustavo Pizano
@ Jesse: Yes the idea is to distribute the App through the AppStore, so I guess I can't go any deeper. The idea is that in the server there is gonna be a sms application that will send the Authorization code to the registered iPhone that is asking for it, then My app should take that acce

Re: closed - NSTableView is not updated on [reloadData]

2009-07-23 Thread Greg Guerin
Alexander Bokovikov wrote: Also I was sure that BAD_ACCESS exception should occur if not initialized outlet is used to send a message to. An uninitialized outlet is always nil. It is always legal to send messages to nil, although some returned values may be undefined. Re- read the basic

Re: NSTableView: Out-Of-Bounds Array Error on reloadData

2009-07-23 Thread syntonica
Hi Graham-- Thanks for the reply. Sorry about the thumbnail code. I was just trying to get all of my other crap out of the way. The problem is, the reloadData statement is throwing the error and -(id)tableView:(NSTableView *)tableView objectValueForTableColumn:(NSTableColumn *)tableColumn

Re: closed - NSTableView is not updated on [reloadData]

2009-07-23 Thread Graham Cox
On 24/07/2009, at 1:52 AM, Alexander Bokovikov wrote: Also I was sure that BAD_ACCESS exception should occur if not initialized outlet is used to send a message to. Definitely not. Uninitialized outlets are set to nil, and messages to nil are legal - they simply swallow the messages. On

Re: Recording phone calls

2009-07-23 Thread Scott Ribe
> ...most states require the consent of both > parties for one party to record the conversation. Actually, most states require the consent of only a single party. A handful of states (~10?) require consent of all parties. The point of course remains, that there are some legal restrictions. -- Sc

Re: closed - NSTableView is not updated on [reloadData]

2009-07-23 Thread Alexander Bokovikov
On 23.07.2009, at 21:25, I. Savant wrote: Is your "myTable" outlet connected to the table view? I'm fool... :( sorry... I was pretty sure it is, but really it isn't. Also I was sure that BAD_ACCESS exception should occur if not initialized outlet is used to send a message to. Fixed it

Re: NSTableView is not updated on [reloadData]

2009-07-23 Thread David Blanton
Are you sure [myTable reloadData]; is being executed? reloadData will cause numberOfRowsInTableView to be called. On Jul 23, 2009, at 9:21 AM, Alexander Bokovikov wrote: Hi, All, So, I'm continuing :) I've connected my NSTableView with AppController (in IB) setting AppController, as

Re: NSTableView is not updated on [reloadData]

2009-07-23 Thread I. Savant
On Jul 23, 2009, at 11:21 AM, Alexander Bokovikov wrote: [myTable reloadData]; ... Nothing happens when [myTable reloadData] is called within onTimer: Is your "myTable" outlet connected to the table view? -- I.S. ___ Cocoa-dev maili

NSTableView is not updated on [reloadData]

2009-07-23 Thread Alexander Bokovikov
Hi, All, So, I'm continuing :) I've connected my NSTableView with AppController (in IB) setting AppController, as NSTableView's datasource. Then I've added a couple of methods to the AppController to implement NSTableDataSource protocol: - (int)numberOfRowsInTableView:(NSTableView *)tableVi

[iPhone] Zero opacity causes UIView to go numb

2009-07-23 Thread Sebastian Morsch
Hi, I *KNOW* this must be something absolutely stupid I'm missing, but I'm stuck with this: I have an UIView that's supposed to display an explanatory overlay image whenever it's touched. When the user lifts the finger, the overlay should fade away. To accomplish this I do the following I

Re: iPhone List? - few questions

2009-07-23 Thread Roland King
Right, but you can register your own url schemes which will launch your app and let it handle the data. I've assumed that the SMS displaying framework will parse out such URLs, realize they are registered and put the correct hotlink into the message to launch your app. On Jul 23, 2009, a

Re: iPhone List? - few questions

2009-07-23 Thread Jesse Armand
The sms: URL on the iPhone only supports phone number, unless if you're willing to go deep into the private API, but you couldn't distribute your app into the App Store. My advice is, better to install some kind of sms application or gateway on your server, so your iPhone app could send the text i

Re: NSTableView: Out-Of-Bounds Array Error on reloadData

2009-07-23 Thread Graham Cox
On 23/07/2009, at 4:53 PM, syntonica wrote: The entryArray is, of course, the dataSource for the tableView. No it's not, if is an NSArray or related. NSArray does not implement NSTableDataSource. Your (controller) code must implement that, maybe by using or referencing an array. If is

Screen Saver test button click notification

2009-07-23 Thread Santosh Sinha
Hello List, I have developing a calibration tool , but there is a little issue, When i have done the calibration and go into the system preferences and click screen saver test button , after that calibration is gone, i have try these screen saver notification , "com.apple.screensaver.didstar

Outline view bound to an NSTreeController's content shows all children at the top level

2009-07-23 Thread Daniel DeCovnick
Hi all, Subject is pretty self-explanatory. The problem: I don't want that behavior. A little longer explanation: The data is a CoreData entity with a self- referencing children-parent many-to-one relationship, which can go arbitrarily deep. The problem is, when call addChild: or insertChi

Re: NSTableView: Out-Of-Bounds Array Error on reloadData

2009-07-23 Thread Laurent Cerveau
You should check at the effect of reloadData to all your datasource methods (numberOfRowsInTableView and so on) laurent On Jul 23, 2009, at 8:53 AM, syntonica wrote: Hello Panel-- Ok, this is really annoying me. My app works fabulously on 10.4, but on 10.5, gives an out-of-bounds array

Re: Core Animation rendering problem

2009-07-23 Thread John C. Randolph
On Jul 22, 2009, at 10:05 PM, Randall Meadows wrote: newBounds.origin.x -= delta/2.0; newBounds.size.width += delta; newBounds.origin.y -= delta/2.0; newBounds.size.height += delta; BTW, you might want to look up the NSInsetRect() function. -jcr ___

Re: iPhone List? - few questions

2009-07-23 Thread Gustavo Pizano
Nop you didn\'t miss understood the question, I will have a look at the docs, because the idea is that once Im in my app, put the first credentials, then the server will send me an authorizaiton code, and the idea is to don't leave my app to get the data from the sms, but the app fetch the

Re: iPhone List? - few questions

2009-07-23 Thread Roland King
If you're trying to use data which has been sms'ed to your user, which is something I've thought about doing before, the only way which I thought it could be done is to register your own url for the application and then have the sms you send include the data in a URL format, eg if your app regi

Re: iPhone List? - few questions

2009-07-23 Thread Gustavo Pizano
Aha ok.. thanks. I need to develop an iPhone app that fetches sms data form the sender, the data are access keys, so I was wondering if tis possible to do such an application. I was reading the iPhone App programing Guide, and there is something interesting, I can register my app with so

Re: Core Animation rendering problem

2009-07-23 Thread David Duncan
On Jul 22, 2009, at 10:05 PM, Randall Meadows wrote: Any idea why the drawing is screwing up for the 2nd animation? Are the 2 different methods of animating messing up each other somehow (even though I've removed the 1st animation)? This is working as expected (for the default case at lea

Re: NSTableView - populating from C procedure

2009-07-23 Thread Alexander Bokovikov
On 23.07.2009, at 12:55, Marco S Hyman wrote: On Jul 22, 2009, at 11:38 PM, Graham Cox wrote: My warning was of a very general nature, and may not apply to your app. But every time you declare buffer space as a stack array, you should mentally consider whether a buffer exploit might be pos

Re: iPhone List?

2009-07-23 Thread Roland King
if your questions are Cocoa, Core Foundation etc related and about released software (ie not iPhone OS 3.1), ask away. you can try the apple iphone dev forums too if you like (but I dont find them anywhere as nearly useful as this list) Gustavo Pizano wrote: Hello, I wish to know if this list

iPhone List?

2009-07-23 Thread Gustavo Pizano
Hello, I wish to know if this list works also for iPhone developer, I hadn't found one related to iPhone except the govIphone, that its for goverment iPhone apps... so.. :S. If this is the correct list to write then please let me know so I can ask few questions related.. Im a mac developer