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VBL
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
A simple example of how to create an OpenGLView in AppKit.
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Graphics & Imaging |
Sample Code |
2003-07-07
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Maximizing Mac OS X Application Performance
(HTML)
Learn how to achieve better performance on Mac OS X.
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Performance |
Articles |
2003-06-23
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Sproing
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Shows how "springs" work to control view resizing behavior.
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User Experience |
Sample Code |
2003-05-20
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FunkyOverlayWindow
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates several window layering, transparency and widget interaction techniques in Cocoa.
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Events & Other Input, Graphics & Imaging, User Experience |
Sample Code |
2003-05-08
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CubePuzzle
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Models a Rubik's Cube using Cocoa and OpenGL
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Games, Graphics & Imaging |
Sample Code |
2003-04-21
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GLChildWindowDemo
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Shows using Cocoa's child windows and Quartz Extreme to provide 2D/3D overlays above 3D content.
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Graphics & Imaging |
Sample Code |
2003-04-21
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OpenGLCompositorLab
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates using OpenGL to composite multiple sources in hardware. Requires NVIDIA GeForce 4 Ti hardware.
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Graphics & Imaging, QuickTime |
Sample Code |
2003-04-21
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Is ColorSync thread safe?
(HTML)
( )
QA1261: Discusses ColorSync thread-safety issues.
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Graphics & Imaging |
Technical Q&As |
2003-04-17
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PPPoE Server for Testing
(HTML)
()
QA1252: Describes how to configure Mac OS X as a PPPoE server for testing purposes.
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Networking |
Technical Q&As |
2003-04-11
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CarbonInCocoa
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
How to use Carbon GUI code in a Cocoa application.
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Events & Other Input, User Experience |
Sample Code |
2003-03-26
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FSSetCatalogInfo versus UID and GID
(HTML)
()
QA1251: Describes why FSSetCatalogInfo does not set the UID and GID of the file, and provides a work around.
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File Management |
Technical Q&As |
2003-03-26
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Clock Control
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates creating a custom control by creating a clock control, implemented as a subclass of NSControl and NSCell.
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User Experience |
Sample Code |
2003-02-25
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Quartz 2D Thread Safety
(HTML)
()
QA1238: Explains the thread-safety issues for the Quartz 2D API.
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Graphics & Imaging, Performance, Printing |
Technical Q&As |
2003-02-25
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Guide to Creating Kiosks on Mac OS X
(HTML)
()
TN2062: Discusses techniques used in creating applications which require kiosk-like functionality on Mac OS X.
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User Experience |
Technical Notes |
2003-02-24
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Ensuring Backwards Binary Compatibility - Weak Linking and Availability Macros on Mac OS X
(HTML)
()
TN2064: Ensuring that Mach-O applications built using today's Mac OS X runs on previous versions of the OS.
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Design Guidelines, Runtime Architecture |
Technical Notes |
2003-02-18
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Boxes
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to use Cocoa boxes.
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User Experience |
Guides |
2003-02-15
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Converting to Precomposed Unicode
(HTML)
()
QA1235: Describes how to convert a string to precomposed Unicode.
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Internationalization, Text & Fonts |
Technical Q&As |
2003-02-07
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CryptoSample
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Contains sample code showing symmetric encryption and message digest calculation.
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Security |
Sample Code |
2003-02-06
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Drawers
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to use Cocoa drawers.
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User Experience |
Guides |
2003-02-04
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Image Difference
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates a way to use Quartz's compositing capability to find the difference between two images.
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Graphics & Imaging |
Sample Code |
2003-01-30
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PDFView
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Shows how to display or print a multi-page PDF document and scroll an NSscrollview's contents by dragging.
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Graphics & Imaging |
Sample Code |
2003-01-23
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BOM characters in 'utxt' clipboard flavor
(HTML)
()
QA1221: Explains the use of the BOM character in 'utxt' scrap data
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Data Management, Interapplication Communication |
Technical Q&As |
2003-01-20
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AddressBookCocoa
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates some basic manipulations of the Mac OS X 10.2.x (and beyond) Address Book API.
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Interapplication Communication |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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AnimatedSlider
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates the use of an NSTimer to animate a control in Cocoa.
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User Experience |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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CGDrawPicture
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Deprecated - Shows how to use the QDPictDrawToCGContext API.
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Graphics & Imaging |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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Cocoa - SGDataProc
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Uses a Sequence Grabber data function and an NSQuickDrawView to simulate a preview operation for captured video.
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QuickTime |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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CocoaDragAndDrop
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Implement Drag-and-Drop functionality in Cocoa (uses images; can be extended to support other data types).
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Events & Other Input, Interapplication Communication |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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CocoaVideoFrameToGWorld
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates how to draw each frame of a QuickTime movie into a Cocoa NSQuickDrawView.
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QuickTime |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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CocoaVideoFrameToNSImage
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates how to create an NSImage for each frame of a QuickTime movie.
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QuickTime |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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Color Sampler
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates one way to sample the color at a given point in an NSView.
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Events & Other Input, Graphics & Imaging, User Experience |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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ColorBars
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Shows how to enumerate, select, capture, manipulate, draw to, and release displays using the CGDirectDisplay API.
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Graphics & Imaging |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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ColorSyncDevices-Cocoa
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use the new ColorSync Device Manager routines in the Cocoa environment.
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Events & Other Input, Graphics & Imaging |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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Cropped Image
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates how to extract a sub-image from another image, and some ways of indicating a selection.
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Graphics & Imaging, User Experience |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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CTMClip
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Deprecated - Shows how to manipulate the Quartz 2D Current Transform Matrix (CTM) for image drawing with clipping.
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Graphics & Imaging |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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CTMDemo
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Deprecated - Shows how to manipulate the Quartz 2D Current Transform Matrix (CTM) for image drawing without clipping.
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Graphics & Imaging |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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DeskPictAppDockMenu
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
How to add a dynamic Dock menu to your Cocoa application
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File Management, User Experience |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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EnhancedDataBurn
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Objective-C sample which shows how to burn a data disc containing a complete virtual filesystem.
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File Management |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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Eraser
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Uses the DiscRecordingUI framework to present the standard erase, selection and progress dialogs.
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File Management |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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GetMACAddressSample
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates how to retrieve the MAC address for each Ethernet interface from the Mac OS X I/O Registry.
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Networking, Security |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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ImagesToQTMovie
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Creates a QuickTime movie from the images of any connected camera.
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QuickTime |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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JDragNDrop
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Deprecated - Demonstrates building a simple view to implement Drag-and-Drop functionality in Cocoa-Java.
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Data Management, Events & Other Input, File Management, Java, Resource Management, Tools |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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LayoutManagerDemo
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates the layout manager using rollovers with different colors for lines, words and characters under the mouse.
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Text & Fonts |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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MoreFiles
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Shows various File Manager operations (file copy, etc.) through a collection of high-level routines.
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File Management |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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Moriarity
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Implementing a Cocoa GUI that wraps command-line functionality, calling a UNIX task and presenting the results in a GUI.
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Interapplication Communication, Porting |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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MP3 Player
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
How to wrap a command-line UNIX/Linux application in a Cocoa GUI, calling a the command-line app through NSTask.
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Audio, Interapplication Communication, User Experience |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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NameAndAddress
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
A single window utility that gets a host name from an IP address or an IP address from a hostname.
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Apple Applications, Networking |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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NamingTableAccess
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Digs out the contents of the NamingTable in a TrueType 'sfnt'.
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Text & Fonts |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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Polygons
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates the NSBezierPath class, as well as the manipulation of NSView's coordinate space for convenience.
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Graphics & Imaging |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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QTGraphicsImport
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use the QuickTime Graphics Importer to draw an image into a NSWindow using a NSQuickDrawView.
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QuickTime |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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QTtoCG
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Shows how to create a CGImageRef with the proper ColorSync profile from a QuickTime image on disk.
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Graphics & Imaging, QuickTime |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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Quartz EB
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
WWDC 2001 Early Bird Quartz 2D tutorial of vector drawing and PDF import/export.
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Graphics & Imaging |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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RGB Image
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates compositing to separate an NSimage into its RGB components, and how to recombine those components.
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Events & Other Input, Graphics & Imaging, User Experience |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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RoundTransparentWindow
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Creating (in Cocoa) custom-shaped windows and transparent window content; plus changing the shape of windows dynamically.
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Graphics & Imaging, User Experience |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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SharedMemory
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Shows how multiple applications can access the same memory using the Unix shmget system call.
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Performance, Process Management |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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Simon
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
A simple game demonstrating Cocoa development in Project Builder.
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Tools |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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SimpleCocoaJavaMovie
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Deprecated - A simple movie player showing how to use the NSMovieView and NSMovie Cocoa Java classes.
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Java, QuickTime |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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SimpleCocoaJavaMovieCocoa
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Deprecated - Shows how to use the NSMovieView and NSMovie Cocoa Java AppKit classes.
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Graphics & Imaging |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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SimpleCocoaMovie
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Shows how to use the NSMovieView and NSMovie Cocoa AppKit classes.
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QuickTime |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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SimpleCocoaMovieQT
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
A simple movie player showing how to use the NSMovieView and NSMovie Cocoa Objective-C classes.
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QuickTime |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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SimpleThreads
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Uses the Cocoa threading APIs to coordinate multiple preemptively scheduled secondary threads with the non-reentrant Cocoa framework.
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Interapplication Communication, Performance, Process Management, Runtime Architecture |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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SonOfSillyBalls
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Draws a bunch of randomly colored, randomly placed, silly balls in a window on the screen.
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Events & Other Input, Graphics & Imaging, Runtime Architecture, User Experience |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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SpellingChecker-CarbonCocoa
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Implements procedural C wrapper around the Cocoa NSSpellChecker, exports it as a Mach-O bundle called "SpellCheck.bundle"
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Runtime Architecture |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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SSLSample
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Contains examples showing how to use SecureTransport.
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Security |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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TextViewConfig
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Configuration of multiple layout managers and multiple text container/text view pairs on a single text storage.
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Text & Fonts |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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TextViewDelegate
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates using a text view's delegate to control selection and user input.
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Text & Fonts |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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Tinted Image
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates the use of an NSImage as an off-screen drawing destination.
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Graphics & Imaging, User Experience |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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ToolbarSample
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates using the Cocoa NSToolbar/NSToolbarItem API to add customizable toolbars to windows. Includes advanced custom views.
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Events & Other Input, User Experience |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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Transformed Image
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Shows the effects of a rendering an NSImage in a transformed coordinate space.
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Graphics & Imaging |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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TrivialThreads
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Uses the Cocoa threading APIs to coordinate a preemptively scheduled secondary thread with the non-reentrant Cocoa framework.
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Interapplication Communication, Performance, Process Management, Runtime Architecture |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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How do I tell if a particular display is being hardware accelerated by Quartz Extreme?
(HTML)
()
QA1218: Describes how to use CGDisplayUsesOpenGLAcceleration to see if a display is accelerated or not.
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Games, Graphics & Imaging, Performance |
Technical Q&As |
2002-12-04
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How can I programmatically determine the DPI of the current video mode?
(HTML)
()
QA1217: Describes how to compute the DPI for a given display in a given mode using Core Graphics.
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Games, Graphics & Imaging |
Technical Q&As |
2002-12-02
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Action Messages
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how Cocoa controls respond to user actions and enable users to communicate to an application.
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Events & Other Input |
Guides |
2002-11-12
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Combo Box Programming Topics
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to use Cocoa combo boxes.
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User Experience |
Guides |
2002-11-12
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Debugging Cocoa Applications
(HTML)
(PDF)
Tips and techniques for debugging Cocoa applications.
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Performance |
Guides |
2002-11-12
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Forms
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to use Cocoa forms.
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User Experience |
Guides |
2002-11-12
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Image Views
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to use Cocoa image views.
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Graphics & Imaging, User Experience |
Guides |
2002-11-12
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Progress Indicators
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to use Cocoa progress indicators.
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User Experience |
Guides |
2002-11-12
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Status Bars
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to use Cocoa status bars.
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User Experience |
Guides |
2002-11-12
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Steppers
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to use Cocoa steppers.
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User Experience |
Guides |
2002-11-12
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System Services
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how Cocoa applications can extend their capabilities seamlessly to other applications.
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Interapplication Communication, User Experience |
Guides |
2002-11-12
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Undo Architecture
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to record information in Cocoa so a user can reverse an operation's effect.
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Data Management, Design Guidelines, User Experience |
Guides |
2002-11-12
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Video
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to use QuickTime movies in Cocoa.
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QuickTime |
Guides |
2002-11-12
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Quartz 2D Interpolation
(HTML)
()
QA1186: Explains how to control Quartz 2D's image interpolation.
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Graphics & Imaging, Printing |
Technical Q&As |
2002-10-29
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Why does -stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet: give me an empty string result when it shouldn't?
(HTML)
()
QA1202: Why -stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet: sometimes returns an empty string result in Mac OS X 10.2.x when it shouldn't.
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Data Management |
Technical Q&As |
2002-10-15
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Using collection classes safely with multithreaded applications
(HTML)
()
TN2059: Describes some problems with and workarounds for using mutable collection classes in multithreaded applications.
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Process Management |
Technical Notes |
2002-09-10
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Mac OS X 10.2
(HTML)
TN2053: Describes software development-related changes provided in system software update Mac OS X 10.2.
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Tools |
Technical Notes |
2002-09-04
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Preventing crashes when using multiple disabled but editable NSComboBoxes
(HTML)
()
QA1142: How to prevent a crash when using multiple disabled -- but editable --NSComboBoxes in a view.
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User Experience |
Technical Q&As |
2002-06-03
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Exclusive File Access in Mac OS X
(HTML)
()
TN2037: Covers exclusive file access In Mac OS X
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File Management |
Technical Notes |
2002-05-01
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Mac OS X: v10.1.1 - v10.1.3
(HTML)
TN2043: Describes changes provided by system software updates 10.1.1 through 10.1.3.
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Tools |
Technical Notes |
2002-03-06
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Solving NSTabView drawing problems in Mac OS X 10.1.x
(HTML)
()
QA1117: Explains how to work around NSTabView draw problems in Mac OS X 10.1.x
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User Experience |
Technical Q&As |
2002-02-14
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Power Management; Policy Maker vs. Power Controller
(HTML)
()
QA1121: Describes the differences between a Power Management Policy Maker and a Power Management Power Controller.
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Events & Other Input |
Technical Q&As |
2002-02-13
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Static linking of user binaries on Mac OS X
(HTML)
()
QA1118: Explains why static linking of user binaries is not supported on Mac OS X, and possible workarounds.
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Runtime Architecture |
Technical Q&As |
2002-02-07
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Background-only apps with NSStatusItems become active in 10.1 on NSStatusItem clicks
(HTML)
QA1081: Preventing background-only apps from activating when their NSStatusItem(s) are clicked in Mac OS X 10.1.
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Events & Other Input, User Experience |
Technical Q&As |
2001-10-30
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Setting environment variables for user processes
(HTML)
QA1067: Tells how to set environment variables for user processes.
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Data Management, Games, Porting, Runtime Architecture, Tools |
Technical Q&As |
2001-10-25
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CGContextClosePath
(HTML)
QA1046: Explains when you should call CGContextClosePath.
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Graphics & Imaging, Printing |
Technical Q&As |
2001-10-02
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Saving the current Core Graphics Path
(HTML)
QA1056: Explains that the Core Graphics save and restore GState APIs do not affect the path.
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Graphics & Imaging, Printing |
Technical Q&As |
2001-10-02
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Comparing selectors in Cocoa-Java code
(HTML)
Deprecated - QA1069: Explains why Objective-C and Java selectors appear to be the same name but equality tests fail.
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Java |
Technical Q&As |
2001-08-31
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CGContext Bounds
(HTML)
QA1048: Explains how to determine the bounds of a CGContext.
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Graphics & Imaging, Printing |
Technical Q&As |
2001-07-02
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CGContextAddLineToPoint, CGContextAddCurveToPoint, et. al.
(HTML)
QA1049: Explains why the CGContextAddXYZ APIs don't draw anything immediately.
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Graphics & Imaging, Printing |
Technical Q&As |
2001-07-02
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Drawing a Path Multiple Times
(HTML)
QA1047: Explains that path drawing operations consume the path.
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Graphics & Imaging, Printing |
Technical Q&As |
2001-07-02
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Turning Off Core Graphics Clipping
(HTML)
QA1050: Explains how to clear the clipping path for a CGContext.
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Graphics & Imaging, Printing |
Technical Q&As |
2001-07-02
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Unexpected CG state changes
(HTML)
QA1045: Explains why the Core Graphics drawing state sometimes changes for no apparent reason.
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Graphics & Imaging, Printing |
Technical Q&As |
2001-07-02
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Getting NSWindow's toolbar actions to show up in Interface Builder
(HTML)
QA1030: How to add the missing -toggleToolbarShown: and -runToolbarCustomizationPalette actions to Interface Builder.
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Tools, User Experience |
Technical Q&As |
2001-05-03
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How to get custom views to show up in NSToolbarItems
(HTML)
QA1029: Why custom views may not show up in an NSToolBarItem and how to make it visible.
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User Experience |
Technical Q&As |
2001-05-03
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File Manager Performance and Caching
(HTML)
FL16: Discusses traditional Mac OS file system input/output performance issues and the File Manager's volume cache.
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File Management |
Technical Notes |
2000-09-01
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Resolving Alias Files Quietly
(HTML)
FL30: Describes how to resolve alias files on remote volumes without user interaction.
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File Management |
Technical Notes |
1999-11-01
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Detecting specific ROM-in-RAM Mac
(HTML)
()
Deprecated - HW49: Identifying a Mac by name ("iMac"), and better alternatives for determining specific features ("has Firewire").
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Design Guidelines, Runtime Architecture |
Technical Q&As |
1999-10-05
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Allocate and Disk Full Error
(HTML)
()
FL12: Discusses a problem with AFP volumes displaying incorrect free space, and returning disk full errors.
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Networking |
Technical Q&As |
1999-07-21
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Changing the TCP Window Size
(HTML)
NW47: Describes how to change the TCP window size in Open Transport.
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Networking |
Technical Q&As |
1997-03-14
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T_DATA_REQ vs M_DATA TPI Message Blocks
(HTML)
()
NW42: Explains why OT passes data to a TPI module using M_DATA message blocks instead of M_PROTO+T_DATA_REQ.
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Networking |
Technical Q&As |
1996-10-25
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NSTableView Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes a view that displays and manages tabular data.
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User Experience |
Reference |
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