Mac Forum / Programming / Mac Programming / April 2007

I'm trying to adapt Apple's sample code for this to validate a zip code.
The service I'm using is located here:
http://www.webservicemart.com/uszip.asmx?op=ValidateZip
I modified the sample client code from the project and tried to validate

is there any way to override default screensaver behavior inherited
from the ScreenSaver framework? In particular, is it possible to
implement functionality that would NOT disable the screensaver when a
key is pressed or mouse has been moved but, instead, it would call a

If I have an instance of NSPanel (controlled through an object) and I want to
programmatically achieve the same effect as the user clicking the red Close
widget, do I simply call [self dealloc] ?
Sorry, probably a silly question.

When I try to run a python or ruby program from an editor (textmate),
I get an error (this was from a python program):
/bin/bash: line 2: Mon Apr 23 09:19:34 CDT 2007 /usr/local/bin/ruby:
No such file or directory

(sorry for the barage of daft questions)
I have a matrix containing two buttons. Although I can tell which one was
pressed using:
id theCell = [sender selectedCell];

I'm getting a "not declared" error for SndStartFilePlay (guess it
isn't in Carbon.h), so I'm trying to include Sound.h (assuming that is
even the correct file, I'm not sure).  I know the file exists.  When I
add the CarbonSound Framework to my project, it includes a headers

I'm having multiple-definition problems with this header file:  (As
part of an Obj-C++ project)
//====================================================
#pragma once

Hello, I hope I'm writing to the right group...
I'm developing a plugin that is a shared library in C++. It has to
refer to
some external resources in the same folder of the binary/bundle.

Bonjour !
After installing Perl 5.8.8 in /usr/local from source, I still get /
usr/bin/Perl as % which Perl command.
How to change this to the right  /usr/local/bin/Perl?

Ok, not all but I've got myself in a bit of a bind (and I'm not even doing any
Binding - ha!).
I'm trying to get a handle on one object calling another in order to open
another window. To that effect I've created one class and given its window a

let's say I want the bound CoreData entity to receive an attrbute's
value of "B" whenever user enters "A" in the bound textfield. When I
override textDidEndEditing for the textfield to substitute "B" for every
"A", I get it in the textfield but the entity still receives "A".

i have a routine that's called Echotext and all it does is one line
(below) and it's called from other threads.
i would like to call the same routine within another routine but that
routine can be used in the main thread or used in the other thread

I'm stumped -
Mac OS X 10.3.9, coding to Carbon, using the newest XCode (1.5) that
will run under 10.3.9.
I drop one or more files on my app. Or double-click it/them to get them

Starting to mess with nib files for the first time since moving from
CodeWarrior on 9.x to XCode on X, and I'm rather stuck.
I've figured out how to use Interface Builder to create Nib with a
fairly simple status-display window with some controls in it - 3 static

I have a Carbon application that was built with Xcode 2.4.1.  If I rename
the Application bundle or duplicate it, it will not launch.  The message is
"You cannot open the application "X" because it may be damaged or
incomplete".  Is there a way of renaming such an application ...