Mac Forum / Programming / Mac Programming / June 2007

If I use a function call that returns an integer value as the endpoint
of a for loop, is the function evaluated each time through the loop, or
does the compiler optimize this for me? For example
for(i; i < strlen(str); i++)

I have an outlet in controllerA and I've added the outlet through the
NIB window also to controllerA. I then made a connection from
controllerA to controllerB. In the class inspector of this controller
I changed the type for the outlet to the name of the target controller

Could anyone provide me with some insight into how virtual desktop
programs such as Desktop Manager and Leopard's Spaces are implemented?
I fear that they do it by transitioning from one screen to another and
telling selected applications to Hide/Unhide themselves as appropriate

i know this isn't the proper place to ask this but i'm going to ask
anyway.
this latest server (10.4.10) update brought it back into focus so i
thought i may as well ask.  i'll give my system specs and test results

I'm fairly new to OS X and the mac platform in general. I just got all
my Perl scripts working (that were previous geared towards windows
platform), but I was only able to launch from the command line... I
didn't like this.

Did they use XCode, Objective-C, Cocoa? Or GCC + GUI libs? or Visual
Studio?
Anyone know? I want to do the same.

According to the introduction paragraph in Image Compression Manager
Reference, the ICM is suppose to be able compress/decompress sound,
but the ICM's API seems to be geared to handle images exclusively.
Does anyone know how to make ICM handle sound?

I am learning cocoa slowly and right now I am trying to learn about
building custom interfaces. One thing I cannot seem to find any
information about is if its possible to lead a part of one nib into a
seperate nib.

Hello, all!
Is GMP included with the Developer Tools on Tiger?
I have an iBook 900 MHz G3 running Mac Os 10.4.9 with the latest version
of the Developer Tools installed from developer.apple.com (hadn't

Mojopac's a great piece of software that helps me go mobile with my
applications and files without having to lug around my heavy laptop.
It fits my whole PC in my pocket, complete with even my user settings
and environment preferences. All I need is my iPod or USB device to

Hi :)
I have a little problem here and just have to ask if anyone can help me
with this problem.
I have made an application in cocoa and added the following to it's

Does anyone know the precise meaning of 'Handle dataRef' and 'OSType
dataRefType' parameters of QuickTime SDK's SetMediaDataRef and
AddMediaDataRef. Apple's QT framework reference mentions that the type
of information stored in the handle depends on the value in

I have a path to the .pac file received using SystemConfiguration
Framework API. This .pac file allows selecting the appropriate proxy
server for a given URL.
The question is: is it any C/C++ API to extract proxy from this .pac

Does anyone know of a way to do this? I am trying to pull information
about the CPU, Memory and Disk.  I have the CPU and memory down, but I
can't find info anywhere on how to pull this short of writing a script
for df, which I don't want to do.

I have an NSStatusItem and I would like for its prefs window (NSWindow
not an NSPanel) to appear above all others when shown. Instead, it will
appear behind whatever window is currently the key window. How do I make
mine appear above all?