Mac Forum / Programming / Mac Programming / October 2004

In a window, I have a disclosure button. When the user clicks on the
disclosure button, I resize the window.
When doing this, even on a dual G5, I have a very noticeable flash on
screen, due to the white background of the window being drawn before my

I want to write an editor for a .bundle package that contains XML
plist files in its resources folder, but I'm not quite sure what the
best way to do this would be.  The reason for this difficulty is that
these XML files follow different formats, and I would like each to be

If I install Mac OS 8.1, how can I hack the OS so that it reports its
version number to applications as 7.5.3?

Is there a way to remove quotation marks (>>>>) from E-mail using Apples Mail
program. I remember
that Microsoft's E-mail program Outlook Express removed quotation marks from
received e-mail by

Saw this question on com.sys.mac.programmer, but can't post there from
Google.  Search Apple for "GetEnetAddrDirect" and you will find sample
code for reading Ethernet hardware address.
Beware, however, that Ethernet "hardware addresses" are not globally

Where is the documentation for PPx?  I've seen the "Release Notes"
documentation, which describes some of the PPx constructs, but not any
"white paper" or conversion documentation. I have CW 9, but I didn't
seem to find it on the CDsŠ

As near as I can tell, during the dragging of a row, the DataBrowser
(List View) creates a default image to drag around based on the
non-editable text columns for that row.
However, in the DataBrowser sample code found at:

this is the worst case of cut-and-paste code re-use i've ever committed,
and i'm wondering if there's a way around it.
i have a class called CPanel, derived from NSPanel, and another class
called CWindow, derived from NSWindow.  except for the fact that they

I'm building a mac/pc hybrid cd on a pc and I seem to be losing my mac
resources when I move the files to my pc to burn.
I understand Apple recommends moving the resource fork into separate
resource files. How the heck do I do this, then transfer the files to

I need to hire a Mac programmer to modify a PPD file for a Hewlett Packard
Color LaserJet 4600DN printer. I'm trying to set the printer so that print
jobs are sent to a paper tray other than Tray 1 when using the "Standard"
preset.

I'm reading through the cocoa tutorial and I am not getting a blue
connection line when i'm control-dragging from the ConverterController
to the textfield. The info box is not popping up. I have added the
outlets, actions and instanstiated the object already. I'm not sure

Xcode 1.5, OS 10.3.5, Cocoa application.
Add DiscRecording.framework to the project but header in the framework
are not recognised. So, add directly the header via "Target
info>Build>Header search path".

Is there an ODBC sdk on macosx? How can i program an odbc driver on
macosx and how can i install it? Any resources are very appreciated.

Am I understanding Macsbug's scope correctly if I say that you can use
it to trace every unaltered execution codes (or opcodes - not too good
for this lingo) of a program from its launch to a point of your
choosing (either programmed in through a user interruption, or

Seems I've got a memory corruption bug, and looking for some tips on
how to track down.  In OS9 days I used to do a lot Macsbug heap
checking.  I figure it's got to be easier now with OSX, but this is
first time I have needed.  Any suggestions?  I'm using CodeWarrior 8.3