Mac Forum / Programming / Mac Programming / March 2007

I have problem to execute script wih Package maker,
with package maker i created package successfully,but
along with that i want to execute script
i tried following thing

I would like to do some code like edit Apache configuration
that requires uid root. What I can do is just install a setuid
root and just make the changes unannounced. What I would like
to do use some function like this

How to write an action, maybe in automator or Apple Script which can
change desktop picture depends on actual time. Lets assumed that I have
three different picture variants: morning, afternoon and night and I'd
like to set them depends on actual time: morning between 8-18,

I've just spent the last two hours chasing what seems like a phantom -
How to handle an "odoc" event in my application.
I can find about 14 bazillion samples on *.apple.com for how to SEND an
odoc event (I don't want to SEND it, I want to RECEIVE and HANDLE it!),

my code (posted below) was ripped out of my raw data window (that window
acts like a log and scrolls the text as new text comes in) and the raw
data window operates properly.  the problem is i incorporated the
changes to this window in order to allow adding text to scroll up as ...

Looking for memleak finding tool I came across the 'leaks' command-
line tool.
Unfortunetaly this tool needs an already running program to analyse
it.

i'm not a user mac.
I had develop a plug-in for photoshop. I would like this plug-in run in
Windows and in Machintosh Photoshop. The plug-in need a very simple user
interface(a text edit, a button, a radiobox).

Can I use NSString (or any obj-c class) from within a C++ source file?
It's easy to do it the other way around, I know.
My project is Objective-C++, but from one of the C++ classes I want to
write to the log window:

I'm trying to port some code to new Carbon API... And working on
function which can set ReadOnly file attirbute.
In old code I had somesing like this to reset ReadOnly attribute:
    error = HRstFLock(fsSpec.vRefNum, fsSpec.parID,

maybe this isn't the place to ask but i haven't been able to find out
how to do this yet.
if i go to a file say on my desktop at "~/Desktop/file.txt" and
control-click it from the finder, a menu opens and allows me to create a

I'm totally new to mac programming, and I want to do something similar
to what the Grab utility does when it captures a window.  I know the
APIs on windows, but Mac is a whole different story.  I prefer to use
the C apis (carbon) if possible.

Hey everyone,
I'm going through some code samples in the OpenGL Super Bible (The
Black Book).
Specifically I'm in chapter 14.

Is it possible cut,copy & paste without Edit Menu in Application ??
means How cut,copy & paste works without EditMenu ??
p2

How do I extract a DVD to iMovie/Final Cut Pro?
I'm working on a film. I was sent a DVD of footage I need to edit.
(This is a regular DVD that plays on TVs, and NOT a DATA DVD.)
How do I extract a DVD (TS_Video, TS_Audio, etc.) into iMovie or Final

I just tried to compile the Minimung example from the apple developers
page, which is supposed to connect to an attached camera and create a
gworld object...
Compiling runs through smoothly. However, I get a linking error