Mac Forum / Programming / Mac Programming / January 2006

The Application no. 1 does not use any document window
but need to "export" a document readable by Application no. 2
This document must be open (by Application no. 2) with a double click as usual.
How can I build such document from Application no. 1 ?

I'm porting some code over from Codewarrior and have run into a problem
with method templates. I have a class with a template method, which
passes the typename to another template method of another class object.
So in the code below, the mBuffer object has a template method Create

Just starting OS X development for the first time.  I wrote Mac code in
the 90's, but never had a chance for a OS X project till now (been on
the Dark Side with VC++ the past few years)
I was handed a project started by another programmer that had to bail,

I have updated my fink installation and after this my code was no more
linkable.
My console applications are linkable, but my GUI appliactions aren't.
They are

Is Terminal.app installed on all OS X systems or is it optional?
I'm thinking about compatibility if I create a terminal application.
I use the latest OS X version. Someone on 10.2.8 couldn't start a
terminal application because the OS reported that it didn't know

Huston, we have a problem.
Our app is built in C++ with Codewarrior/PowerPlant. It has a
slave/helper which is a java built JAR file. They communicate via
sockets. Up until now, we have used hard-coded port assignments (I

Anybody else suffering Xcode 2?
The debugger doesn't stop on a breakpoint (seems to stop after), can't step
into a function. (among many other annoying infuriating sh*t)
1) CMyObject *myObject;

how would I specify 16 or 32-bit integers, if I compile my program as a
64-bit executable? For example, short's should be 16-bit right? But
since int's are 64-bits, how would I create 32-bit int's?

what's the right way to tell if your universal binary is running on a ppc or
intel mac?  my guess is to call Gestalt() with gestaltSysArchitecture, and
expect to get back gestalt68k, gestaltPowerPC, or gestaltIntel.  but i don't
have an intel mac i can test this with.  will this ...

I am creating a Finder-style dialog which should list the default user
folders (Documents, Pictures, Movies, etc..)
Is there any C API that enumerates these folders? The alternative would
be to construct paths using getenv("HOME") + "/Documents", etc, however

Be kind, Im new to Obj-c and Mac programming.
Ive just spent an hour or two writing a filebrowser, writing a delegate
to interpret the file manager.
Did I need to re-invent the wheel, or did I miss some alreayd written

I'm writing a plugin (Cocoa bundle) for a Cocoa application in Xcode.
The plugin is given two arrays of doubles, and computes out[i]=sin(in[i]);
I graph this data in the main application, and verify that the actual
data handoff works just fine.  For example, if I code "out[i]=in[i]"

I have finally succeeded in finishing my program (thanks to a couple of
people helping in these groups, too). It is packaged into a DMG all
right but I still have two questions.
First, I'd like to have a background image when the user opens the

What is the standard (best?) way to exchange data between kext and application ?
Is Apple SimpleDataQueue up to date ? Is it the easy way ?

I'm trying to port some software from normal os x (ppc 32 bit) to intel mac
and ppc64.
Intel mac porting worked just great but I have some problems with ppc64.
I think the market for ppc64 binaries is quite small but since it's not much