Mac Forum / Programming / Mac Programming / May 2005

i ve created a QT-based dialog for MAC X. When
a particular option is chosen by user, the dialog must launch
an external exacutable (via execv) with root privileges.
Now, if i am logged with an administrator account, i solve

Hello, all.
Will pthread_cancel() conform to the POSIX threads standard in Tiger?
Will there be an update to Panther that includes a conforming
pthread_cancel()?

Is there some logical equivalent to rdtsc from x86-land (preferably
sync'd across multiple CPUs) for the PPC G5 (and/or earlier)?
I'm looking to do performance measurement as accurately as possible.

How do you record sound in Cocoa?
Thanks,
Paul

Mac OS 10.3.9 does come with a font able to display the Unicode Math
Alphanumeric Symbols. Where can I get such a font. Or how do I make such a
font?

While compiling the powerplant application using code warrior I am getting
following three errors.
1) Could not find or load Carbonlib
2) Could not find or load  CarbonHeaders.h

I updated to java 1.5 and changed the default setting to 1.5 in the
java preferences as instructed in the istallation instructions. However
the terminal still shows and uses 1.4 as the default. Can somone tell
me how to change to 1.5 from the command line. Thanks in advance.

In article <230320051813162187%anony-mouse@hole.in.the.wall.com>,
Anony-mouse <anony-mouse@hole.in.the.wall.com> wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying to (re)write a custom "alarm clock" application for Mac OS

Prior to February I was using Codewarrior 8 (I bought 9 but continued
using 8) to develop under OS9 targeting both PPC and Carbon apps.
I only used OS X for app testing because I did not (and still do not) like
its total gluttony for RAM and disk space, the lack of any way to make

I just noticed that some of my app's windows cause a spike in CPU usage as
shown in the Activity Monitor % CPU indicator. How would I track down what's
causing this? Or what are the common causes for this since there's nothing
particulary interesting going on in the window besides ...

  I have one query.  How do i start a timer on click of some checkbox
using powerplant framework. I have to start a timer as soon as user
click on checkbox and say after 1 min or 2 min interval, i want to save
log file automatically or say display a standard message. How do i do

         My Project is Mac OS X powerplant stationery under Mac OS
Carbon Bunder :Appearance type.
         In one of the function i am using 'itoa' function, but while
linking its giving error,

I am new to Carbon programming and was wondering how to read in user
input from a textfield control and display it as a static text control.
Thanks
Mike

What is the best framework to learn?  Do you prefer Cocoa, Carbon, or
PowerPlant?  Or, does it depend on the type of program you are
developing?
Thanks,

Hello NG,
is there a simple way to make a aqua-button glowing/pulsing ?
Thank you for your time and help.
Florian