Mac Forum / Programming / CodeWarrior / March 2005

Can anyone tell me what the current directory (as returned by getcwd) is set
to when a user double clicks on an cocoa application bundle in OS X?
The obvious answer would be that it is set to the directory containing the
bundle, but in my testing I have found that the current ...

Metrowerks 9.x has a problem with using files names with the p (option
p, or PI character).
To see the problem  create a project with the name 'testp',
name is 'test' with the PI character at the end).

I'm working on a plugin, and I'm having trouble with resizing its
window.  I have followed the plugin API, and called the host's resize
window function.  As well, I have resized the window (which ought to be
ok, by the API) using a call to SizeWindow.  The problem is, when my

How can I debug a dylib (built using gnumake) along with my code
warrior application?
[OSX 10.3.7, MachO, CW8.3, - using 10.2.8 SDK]
-harry

Title says it all.
I have a PPx/PPxAux app which used to be PowerPlant and, in the latter,
I made a bitmap PICT resource (#256) for an EPS file using CopyBits() so
that the EPS had a preview in MSWord, etc.

I'm looking of robust and easy to use software for bug tracking. It
needs to have a Mac client or a web browser client. Ideal would be
integrated with version control. We use CW and Voodoo.
-Danny Swarzman

I have a simple text box that I am using for numeric input.
Per suggestions found elsewhere, I have implemented procs using
NewControlKeyFilterUPP() and NewControlEditTextValidationUPP(), and
they work just fine.

Hi. I would like to know how I could possibly display HTML files using
PowerPlant. I was able to get the sample application "HTMLSample" and
"HTMLUserPane" but both of these files make use of .rsrc and .r files, not
ppob files.

Is it possible to force CW to use Unix line endings when it exports a
project to xml?
My CVS doens't like Mac line endings :-(

With multiple threads, each with an LEndPoint receiving data,
LReentrantMemoryPool is having problems. Here in LReentrantMemoryPool's
NewPtr function:
NewPtr:AllocFrom:MakeFreeBlock:mFreeBlocks.Append

I have a dynamic library project that has a .exp file to control the
exporting of functions.
The file appears to be used during linking (if I put garbage in it, the
link breaks)

Can 2 different users on the same OSX 10.3 system have *different*
settings in the "General/Source Trees" panel?
( I use the source tree 'macro' to remap some support code. I would
like to log in as a different user, then remap this one 'macro' in the

I'm moving to a new machine (hooray!) but after reinstalling my copy of
CW it won't accept my license code as it says it is already in use,
which is technically true but not much help. I've emailed MW but have
received no reply so far - has anyone else hit this problem and, if so ...

I know that Metrowerks has opened up their API to allow for other
compiler plug-ins to be used with the CodeWarrior IDE, but I was
curious if there are any available?  I thought I understood that there
was one for Perl, but I am not sure if I heard that right or who made

When trying to link my mach-o lib, I now get the error "Error:  Invalid
Object Code. MSL_Runtime_Mach-O.lib".
I have completely rebuilt the standard libraries.
Suggestions?