Mac Forum / Programming / CodeWarrior / November 2004

How good is Codewarrior for writing java code? I have been using
JBuilder 9 and X for my programming classes and I think it is a horrible
program. Windows and message panes move or disappear and I can't get
them back and the debugger is terrible.

I am using CodeWarrior for a java project that incorporates 2 jar
files.  When I'm writing code the IDE recognises the existance of the
jars' classes and presents me with the appropriate auto-completion
options.  The project then compiles without any errors.

I'm trying to convert an 8.3 project to 9.3.  I'm running 10.3.6,
using the 10.2.7 SDK (as my OS X Volume in the Source Tree Panel).
The project built (and ran) under 8.3.  I've opened the project with
9.3, and now I have the following Link Errors:

I've suddenly started to get warnings while compiling a Mac
application.
Warning : PPC Optimizer computes it would need more than 158M of
memory to compute memory def-use chains.  Some optimizations disabled

I've got a strange problem with the project I'm working on. I have a
base class with one subclass. When loading data from a file there's a
reading routine that gets the object type (from a label in the file),
creates the appropriate object and then returns a pointer to the base

Is there some way to tell from a source file while being compiled what kind
of project type you're being compiled within? Or at least whether you're
being compiled into a bundle folder or not? The context here is code files
meant to be compiled directly into other people's projects, ...

Okay, assuming that Metrowerks is still serious about keeping
CodeWarrior up to date on Mac OS X...
My number #1 wish is to be able to compile 64-bit apps as XCode 2.0
does on Tiger (those who have missed this year's WWDC can check out

In CW9,  I'm trying to catch Objective-C exceptions. I have the following
code:
- (void) myMethod {
   @try {

I make heavy use of option double-click (to jump to a definition of a
symbol).  But it drives me crazy, because sometimes it shows me the
definition in a separate window (which is what I want), but sometimes it
scrolls to the definition.

How does one mix pascal-style callback functions within a C++ class (or
is it even possible)?
Let's say I've created a base class for an application object (this is
all from scratch, this isn't using PowerPlant or any other framework).

Is it possible to get the rects for the individual tabs in a LTabsControl?
Thanks
John

I would like to insert icons in a LPopupButton in the resources (ppob
file).
When I check "uses small ICON" or "uses SICN" I can see a gap between
the check mark and the label of the item in the menu but no icon at

is there a rule of thumb when it is better to use the BSD Libraries or
the MW Libraries?
I have not found any resources explaining the differences between those
two libraries.

Sorry to ask a Windows question here, but codewarrior.windows seems kind of
like a ghost town.
I am primarily a Mac developer, but I use CW for Windows (also) for my
Windows version (love the ability to use the same IDE on both platforms...)

I generated a Weighted Arrange file but when I try to link the application,
IDE crashes.  What's wrong?
Blair M. Burtan
Northern Lights Productions