Mac Forum / Programming / Mac Programming / October 2005

I am developing an application on a 10.3 computer to run on 10.2+.  Is
there a way to make a single executable that would run on 10.2, 10.3
and 10.4?  (I necessary, I can use a 10.4 computer.)  Do I need to do
runtime checking?  SDKs require you to compile individual applications

I am looking for a serial port sniffing application.
Something like portMon under windows, so that I can debug my Keyspan
usa19-based application.
I googled without success on this...

I am working on a cross platform project.  The project builds a
series of applications and supporting libraries.  These executable
files also rely on several other file (mainly XML) that define
configuration information.  To interact with the configuration file,

Does anyone know of a good tutorial on reading a video stream from an
isight? My goal is to create a simple tracking system for use in some
interactive artwork. I have six years experience in c++, but don't
really know cocoa or quicktime. If that's the best way though, which

Firstly I wanted to say thank you to all the contributors who have
provided good advice for myself and others to use, while some people
might not be thankful, I assure you that there are many of us out there
who really do appreciate the help given.

Despite how big of a fool I'll feel like, I really hope there's a
simple explanation for this: When I go up to the "Help" menu and select
either "Xcode Help" or "Documentation", the same window pops up, and no
matter what I do...

Does anybody know if there is a tool similar to javadoc that comes with
XCode ? Or is there a third party (open source) tool to install (like
doxygen) ?
Thanks for your help

As a good boy, I've tried to run unit tests on my code.
So I created an Objective-C test case class.
Then I created a Cocoa unit test bundle target, I added the test case
source files to the compile source build phase of the new target, added

I am a Windows C/C++ and DirectX programmer who has migrated to Mac OS
completely to do video game programming. I am running Mac OS 10.4.2. As
I am new to Mac programming I would appreciate some direction.
On Windows I code using the Win32 API and DirectX with a programmer's

I am using XCode 2.2.
I have a base class that is derived from CThread (call it class X).  There
are several virtual functions that contain default implementations.
   protected:

I've been looking at plib - a portable games library. I got it built and
installed OK but have come across a strange compile error. I have
distilled it down to this:
---start---

Ugh, sorry for this stupid newbie question, but I just can't seem to
get this to work the way I want. I would like to be able to initially
set the font of a new text view, and also to be able to
programmatically change the leading. I do not particularly need or want

Ok here is a weird one.
I have a FCP plugin that works perfectly fine before I build it into a
PackageMaker installer.
After I build the installer and install the same files, the plugin will

I've been sifting through the docs for hours now searching for a way to
gain access to pixel data from a CGContextRef. The CGContextRef comes
from an NSView, and I can draw into it and do all the normal stuff.
However, I have some custom drawing algorithms that need access to the

I'am more a Java guy than a C/C++ or Objective-C but I'm giving a try
at the latter...
I was wondering if there were a class like NSMath or an objective-C
equivalent to the