Blessed helper (SMJobBless) Process Name?

2012-03-26 Thread Prime Coderama
I created a blessed helper and when I view it in Activity Monitor, it does not contain a "Process Name". Can somebody please refer me to the appropriate documentation as I can not find it. Thanks, Coderama ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.

syslog with strings?

2012-03-23 Thread Prime Coderama
Trying to write out syslog entries containing strings but they don't register. E.g. // where person.name is an NSSTring syslog(LOG_NOTICE, "Some string %@", person.name); ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin

NSFileOwnerAccountName will not assign to root

2012-03-20 Thread Prime Coderama
Does anyone know why the assignment of NSFileOwnerAccountName and NSFileGroupOwnerAccountName does not work? The directory created defaults to my account and the staff group. NSFileManager *fileManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager]; NSMutableDictionary *attr = [NSMutableDictionary dic

Re: How to become root

2012-03-16 Thread Prime Coderama
Shouldn't the the SMJobBless example be used? Although I am still struggling to get this to work - even have an open Apple support issue. On 16/03/2012, at 11:45 PM, Jean-Daniel Dupas wrote: > > Le 16 mars 2012 à 13:27, Gerriet M. Denkmann a écrit : > >> >> On 16 Mar 2012, at 19:17, Jean-Dani

String Constants the solution

2012-03-08 Thread Prime Coderama
I have references to 'ground' and 'air' in multiple files. It is usually used in this context, but not always. > if ([transport.type isEqualToString:@"ground"]) { > // do something for automobiles > } > else if ([transport.type isEqualToString:@"air"]) { > // do something else for pl

Re: Dynamic NSMenuItems with default param

2012-03-08 Thread Prime Coderama
Figured it out: > NSMenuItem *menuItem; > menuItem = [subMenu addItemWithTitle:@"Open folder" > action:@selector(openDirectory:person.directory) keyEquivalent:@""]; > [menuItem setRepresentedObject:person]; On 08/03/2012, at 6:56 PM, Prime Coderama wrote: &g

Dynamic NSMenuItems with default param

2012-03-08 Thread Prime Coderama
I am dynamically building menu's based on an array and there is a sub-menu is linked to an IBAction which opens a folder in Finder. The folder it opens is based on a property of the object in my initial array. Is there a way of linked the NSMenuItem action to the IBAction and passing in this di

Why are 2 Terminal windows opening with NSAppleScript?

2012-03-08 Thread Prime Coderama
If no Terminal app is open, the following code opens TWO Terminal windows. Why is it doing this? I only want one window to open. If only one Terminal window is open, then the following code opens only ONE additional window. NSAppleScript* terminal = [[NSAppleScript alloc] initWithSource:

Problem with refreshing NSMenuItems

2012-03-08 Thread Prime Coderama
I have an NSMenu with the following static NSMenuItems 1. NSMenuItem "Count of people" (hidden) 2. NSMenuItem (hidden) 3. NSMenuItem 4. NSMenuItem "Refresh List" 5. NSMenuItem 6. NSMenuItem "Quit" I then dynamically add n-amount of NSMenuItems between (2) and (3). This works great. The probl

Re: No indentation when displaying an icon in an NSMenuItem

2012-03-08 Thread Prime Coderama
I should have been more specific with what I wanted. The icon was in fact a tickbox, and the solution was to use NSMenuItem's setSate with a value of NSOnState On 07/03/2012, at 12:21 PM, Prime Coderama wrote: > I am trying to add an icon to only one NSMenuItem item but it is indentin

No indentation when displaying an icon in an NSMenuItem

2012-03-07 Thread Prime Coderama
I am trying to add an icon to only one NSMenuItem item but it is indenting the icon and text by 1 level. I tried to set the setIndentationLevel to "0" but that doesn't work. An example of what I am trying to achieve can be seen in the Wireless status bar menu where the tickbox is displayed agai

Finding object array index when iterating through array

2012-03-06 Thread Prime Coderama
I have an array and I am iterating through it using this technique: > for (id object in array) { > // do something with object > } Is there way to obtain the object's current array index position or do I have to add a counter? Thanks in advance.

SMJobBless error: kSMErrorDomainFramework error 5 - The tool at the specified path is not valid

2012-03-03 Thread Prime Coderama
I writing a PreferencePane project and created a helper tool to perform actions that required an elevated privilege. When I run my Preference Pane, I am getting this error: > System Preferences[22312:903] Bless Error: Error > Domain=kSMErrorDomainFramework Code=5 UserInfo=0x2005790e0 "The operat

SMJobBless Copy Files subpath for PrefPane projects?

2012-03-03 Thread Prime Coderama
Does anyone know the correct Subpath to use for the Build Phases of the Target application of a PrefPane project? e.g. in an Applications project, the subpath is "Contents/Library/LaunchServices" ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com)

Running SMJobBless causes kSMErrorDomainFramework error

2012-03-03 Thread Prime Coderama
I am trying to install a helper tool via SMJobBless and it is returning this error: System Preferences[22312:903] Bless Error: Error Domain=kSMErrorDomainFramework Code=5 UserInfo=0x2005790e0 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (kSMErrorDomainFramework error 5 - The tool at the specified path