Mac Forum / Programming / Mac Programming / April 2006

I'm porting a linux app into XCode and I've got all the source
building, but I just can't get the app to link and create an
executable.  The original gcc command is:
  gcc -g -o qm list_of_object_files -lm -ldl

I'm attempting to follow the instructions in Apple's Carbon Porting Guide,
to port an OS9 PowerPlant app to OSX (using PP 2.2.2). I'm at the first
stage, where you try to carbonize the code, while linking to your normal
libraries, plus CarbonAccessors.o.

I have a True Type font which I want to use in a Cocoa application I am
developing, but which the users are not likely to ever want to use in
other apps (nor to appear in the font menu).  I would therefore prefer
to be able to include the .ttf in the application bundle instead of

How can I save a file so that it will open as a pdf in Preview, etc.
(actually, what I care about is pdftex), but that also embeds my own
document data, so I can load it back into my app?
I've tried using the PDFKit that's new in 10.4. The only apparent way

Hello NG
on my cocoa project on Xcode 2.1 (Tiger) i try to compile the program
for panther. When I set the target to 10.3.9 sdk I get the following
error:

Hi. I want to port an application written in Borland C++Builder6 to Mac
OS X and it is urgent. Is there a compiler which could compile the
application for OS X, or compile the code with minimal modification?
The code is about 500 lines.

I'm just looking for general principles to guide me in this.
I want to use a (compact) mac classic (system 7.1) to send a signal
through either of the possible cables that connect to it. It could be
appletalk, a serial cable, printer port, etc. Which should I use to

Using a PC I can "select all" while visiting a website and detect
hidden text.  This does not work with my mac.  Does anyone know how
I can detect hidden text on my mac?
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I ussually build database applications on Windows based system. A friend
with a macintosch ask me to build something. Sounds like fun, but it's all
new. It will be a simple application. No large ammounts of data have to be
handled, and no multiple users accessing the database ...

How do I get into properties on my mac without the ability to right
click on my mouse as is done on a PC.
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My school uses Macs. They run Mac OS X Server. At each computer in the
computer lab, each student is able to logon using their username and
password to their "own desktop" because each computer is authenticated
remotely and their home folder is a remote mount. All programs run

I just bought a Macbook Pro, and I'm interested in getting into Java
development on the platform.  I installed the Netbeans 5.0 IDE, and the
only JDK it can find is 1.4.2.  I'm told that the 5.0 libraries are on
disk somewhere, but I haven't found them.  I also tried downloading the

I'm using NSSavePanel to get the output filename and path etc. But When
I try to open the file for writing it returns nil.
NSFileHandle *outfile = nil;
outfile = [NSFileHandle fileHandleForWritingAtPath: [savePanel

How to resize terminal window by a script bash (10.4.5)
resize -s doesn't work
thank
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Hello NG,
in my code I use NSFileManager +defaultManager to access the
filesystem. If I use the FileManager from main thread everything works
fine. If I use the same code from a (sub) thread nothing happens.