Mac Forum / Programming / Mac Programming / September 2003

I need to add a couple of round button controls (OS X controls) to a dialog
(assistant window). But since there is no CDEF Id and the only way to create
one is with CreateRoundButtonControl() API I am at a loss as the best way to
implement this. My first thought was to create a new ...

Here's my little problem. I have a floating window that is essentially
modal, when it's showing the Quit menu item isn't available. However if
another document is open without the floater the user is allowed to
quit, as usual. I've overridden AttemptQuitSelf() to stop the user

I am porting an app from Classic to OS X...and the biggest problem I've run
into is how to get live notification of changes to prefs.
The app consists of a "daemon" and a preference-setter.  The daemon is
Mach-O, the preference-setter is written in Carbon.

I've got a window with 3 sub panes.  Usually all of them draw fine.  
However, I've noticed that through one code path, 2 of the 3 panes stop
drawing until I do something like resize the window (as a user).
I've verified that these "empty" pane's draw routines are being called.  

Hi. Anyone use the Safari online book service? Seems like a neat idea
but I'm so used to real books that I dunno if it works. - you can't
curl up with the book. I'd like to cut down on my bookshelf, though.
It's getting oppressive (especially all those expensive books that I

Anyone in the greater Kansas City area who would be interested in
forming a Mac user group concentrating on Cocoa and the UNIX aspects
of OS X please drop me a line. Thanks!

In my class's ClickSelf() routine, I do a
SwitchTarget(this);
but in tracking down a bug, I see that the address that arrives
in LCommander::SwitchTarget() is slightly different from the

I am trying to implement a major vendor's security slution that makes it
possible to confirm the identity of individuals who are visiting and using
a Web portal. It works as expected from a Windows desktop system, but not
from a Macintosh. I am told that the Mac browsers (Netscape, ...

I am a Cocoa Newbie who comes from VB.
In VB, you can choose from properties whether
I have a "TabStop" on a particular command button,
option button, etc. and also the order the TAB

Hi all!!
How can I ping a host from java program on macos older than X?
I know there are some diagnostic utils but is there a simple way to ping
and not opening any windows?

I have a very problem on Macosx: I tried to install a cpan module for perl
and i received an error by c compiler
/Local/Library/Frameworks: Not a directory.
Someone can help me?

Is there a way to do this?????  Mark T.

I have an application instalation file and i need to have a version of
the application on a cd.  is there any way to get the application
installed onto the cd?  some one told me about creating cd images but
I am a complete novice and do not understand.

Help!
I am writing an application that can be lauched from either the Finder
or from the command-line.  I need to know the locations of two
directories:

I'm pretty new to the Mac, having a Windows and to some extent BSD
background. I'm still making my way round the documentation. Apologies if
I'm asking an obvious question, but I can't find the answer.
I need to use change notification functionality, e.g. a mechanism to notify