Mac Forum / Programming / Mac Programming / September 2004

(newby to Mac here)
i wanna share common mem between proggys;
i think the answer is
-maybe a file that is not on disk, but in mem

I am interested in learning to write applications for Mac OS X,
so I can port a VMS program.
Is it possible to write GUI programs using just C instead of objective-c.
How do I do this in Xcode.  I know I can develop command line

Discuss.
Simon.

(Well, if this list can handle "Good Programming Editor", I guess it might
be able to have a crack at this question!)
I've not needed to program in C/C++ for several years now (our work
generally has shifted - plus, love that MetaCard/Revolution); but I've got a

regarding the docu about property lists it is possible to store NSString
... directly. Now I like to store a user defined class which only
contains NSString and NSNumber members. Is it also possible to store
this class using property lists? Is it necessary to implement a special

I need to allocate more than 2 Go of memory in a C++ program with no
user interface (no Carbon or Cocoa).
When I try to cross the 2 Go barrier, I get the following messages:
*** malloc: vm_allocate(size=1069056) failed (error code=3)

Merlijn is a softwaredeveloper for administrative software for the
Macintosh. From the beginning we have relied on CodeWarrior and have
over the years developed a very large codebase and several elaborate
projects.

Does anyone know of a way to locate the OS X Applications folder.
I am running a classic app and calling FindFolder using the
kApplicationsFolderType constant.
This returns the "Applications (Mac OS 9)" whether the app is running under

Does anyone know of a way to programatically determine if an app is running
under Classic or under straight System 9.?
Thanks
Dennis

In Apple's docs, it says if you want to use an NSSegmentedControl, you first
have to import the header for it into IB, since it does not yet include the
definition for it. Fine, but the problem is, I can't find that header file
anywhere on any of my disks (I have the latest ...

In poking around existing Cocoa apps, I always find tiff images used
for buttons and interface stuff. I can understand that the current icon
format didn't exist way back in the OpenStep days, but how did tiff
become the preferred format? It seems weird.

I'm a a UNIX programmer and a task of mine
is to write an UNIX app in C++ using a notebook.
So I'm considering getting an Apple iBook
primarily because FreeBSD is under the hood of Mac OS X.

Can somebody tell me how can i do this ?
I want to create a rendezvous service
visible only locally (on the computer it was
created at). Somebody suggested to use

I developed a simple application which has a menue and a preference
window which is opened on request. If that window is closed I like to
perform some actions. The application has a window controller, a
document and a class handling the menue.

Constructor is horribly unstable on OS X.3. I just moved up to CW 9,
hoping the problem would be fixed, but it isn't.
I can usually make one or two minor changes at most before it crashes.
I just had 5 crashes adding a single button to a layout. Closing the