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Do I have to call CreateRootControl after creating my window?
(HTML)
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QA1215: Explains when and when not to call CreateRootControl after creating a window.
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
2002-11-12
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Forms
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to use Cocoa forms.
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Cocoa, User Experience |
Guides |
2002-11-12
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HIObjectRegisterSubclass returns paramErr
(HTML)
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QA1213: Explains in which case HIObjectRegisterSubclass would return paramErr and gives a work around.
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
2002-11-12
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Image Views
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to use Cocoa image views.
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Cocoa, 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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Cocoa, 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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Cocoa, User Experience |
Guides |
2002-11-12
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Steppers
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to use Cocoa steppers.
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Cocoa, 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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Cocoa, 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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Cocoa, 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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Cocoa, QuickTime |
Guides |
2002-11-12
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What is the minimal set of Carbon Events I need to override in order to implement a simple custom push button?
(HTML)
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QA1210: Details the minimal set of Carbon Events needed to implement a simple custom push button HIView.
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
2002-11-12
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QDSwapPort
(HTML)
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QA1128: Explains when to use QDSwapPort.
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Carbon, Graphics & Imaging, Porting |
Technical Q&As |
2002-11-06
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Using cmPathBased profile locations on Mac OS X
(HTML)
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QA1203: Shows how to correctly specify cmPath-based profile locations on Mac OS X
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Carbon, Graphics & Imaging |
Technical Q&As |
2002-11-06
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Why does logging keep my Printer Module from working?
(HTML)
()
Deprecated - QA1182: Describes some problems with standard printf logging in a Printer Module on Jaguar.
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Graphics & Imaging, Hardware & Drivers, Printing |
Technical Q&As |
2002-11-06
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Quartz 2D Interpolation
(HTML)
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QA1186: Explains how to control Quartz 2D's image interpolation.
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Carbon, Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging, Printing |
Technical Q&As |
2002-10-29
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QuickDraw Text Anti-Aliasing using Quartz 2D
(HTML)
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QA1193: Describes APIs added to Mac OS X to allow applications to draw QD text using CG anti-aliasing.
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Carbon, Graphics & Imaging, Porting |
Technical Q&As |
2002-10-29
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Video Output Components - Implementing QTVideoOutputGetIndSoundOutput on Mac OS X
(HTML)
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QA1206: Describes how to support the QTVideoOutputGetIndSoundOutput function in Mac OS X.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2002-10-29
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Documentation updater for Project Builder shipping with Mac OS X 10.2
(HTML)
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QA1207: Updating Project Builder to find new symbols, including the Bluetooth framework under Mac OS X.
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Tools |
Technical Q&As |
2002-10-25
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Getting the name of a profile
(HTML)
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QA1205: Shows how to programmatically get the name of a ColorSync profile.
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Graphics & Imaging |
Technical Q&As |
2002-10-25
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Setting Sequence Grabber Sound Input Device Driver Parameters
(HTML)
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QA1204: Setting sound input device driver parameters for QuickTime sequence grabber audio channels.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2002-10-25
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Ticket Services Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the C API used by printer modules and PDEs to communicate printing information to the system.
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Carbon, Graphics & Imaging, Printing |
Reference |
2002-10-23
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Why don't all of my PDE localizations show up in all applications?
(HTML)
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QA1185: Explains why some PDE localizations might not appear in all applications.
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Graphics & Imaging, Hardware & Drivers, Printing |
Technical Q&As |
2002-10-16
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Why does -stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet: give me an empty string result when it shouldn't?
(HTML)
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QA1202: Why -stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet: sometimes returns an empty string result in Mac OS X 10.2.x when it shouldn't.
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Cocoa |
Technical Q&As |
2002-10-15
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FontSync Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the C API for content-based font identification and comparison.
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Carbon, Graphics & Imaging, Text & Fonts |
Reference |
2002-10-01
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Interactive Movies
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to construct interactive movies using QuickTime wired sprites and sprite animation.
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Internet & Web, QuickTime |
Guides |
2002-10-01
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Installable Keyboard Layouts
(HTML)
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TN2056: Explains how to define a Unicode keyboard via an XML text file.
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Internationalization, User Experience |
Technical Notes |
2002-09-27
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URL Access and the Missing Progress Dialog
(HTML)
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Deprecated - QA1140: Explains a known bug in URL Access related to progress dialogs.
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Carbon, Networking |
Technical Q&As |
2002-09-23
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Be careful when using AuthorizationCreate
(HTML)
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QA1172: Explains why you should avoid determining allowable rights when creating an AuthorizationRef.
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Security |
Technical Q&As |
2002-09-20
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Stay away from custom Authorization dialogs
(HTML)
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QA1199: Explains why you shouldn't create a custom authorization dialog.
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Security |
Technical Q&As |
2002-09-20
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MIDI File Format
(HTML)
Describes the QuickTime implementation of the MIDI file standard.
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Audio, Carbon, QuickTime |
Reference |
2002-09-17
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QuickTime Audio
(HTML)
Explains how to enable recording and playback of various audio media.
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Audio, Carbon, QuickTime |
Guides |
2002-09-17
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Slope/Intercept Audio
(HTML)
Explains how to store floating point audio data in QuickTime files.
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Audio, QuickTime |
Guides |
2002-09-17
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Standard Sound Dialog Component
(HTML)
Describes the QuickTime component that lets the user make audio parameter settings.
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Audio, Carbon, QuickTime |
Guides |
2002-09-17
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Setting request headers in URL Access
(HTML)
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Deprecated - QA1073: Explains how to work around a bug in URL Access when setting request headers.
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Carbon, Networking |
Technical Q&As |
2002-09-10
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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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Carbon, Cocoa |
Technical Notes |
2002-09-10
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Filtering the Effects List returned by QTGetEffectsList
(HTML)
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QA1190: Shows how to edit the list of effects returned by the QTGetEffectsList function.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2002-09-04
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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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Carbon, Cocoa, Performance |
Technical Notes |
2002-09-04
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Preserving embedded ICC profiles when using QuickTime Graphics Importer/Exporters
(HTML)
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QA1145: Shows how to preserve the embedded ICC profile when using the QuickTime Graphics Importer/Exporter routines
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Carbon, Games, Graphics & Imaging, QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2002-09-04
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Saving playback hints in a Movie
(HTML)
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QA1194: Demonstrates how to use the SetTrackLoadSettings function to save the hintsHighQuality playback hint in a movie.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2002-09-04
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The Gamma function in the Mac OS X 10.2 Math Library
(HTML)
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QA1143: How various gamma functions are implemented in Mac OS X
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Porting |
Technical Q&As |
2002-08-27
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Living in a Dynamic TCP/IP Environment
(HTML)
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TN1145: Describes some of the intricacies of dealing with TCP/IP in a dynamic environment, such as Open Transport.
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Networking |
Technical Notes |
2002-08-27
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Process Carbon Events Not Delivered in 10.2
(HTML)
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QA1181: Work around for a bug in Mac OS X 10.2 that prevents the delivery of process Carbon events.
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
2002-08-27
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Signals and Threads
(HTML)
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QA1184: Describes how threads and signals interact.
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Carbon, Darwin |
Technical Q&As |
2002-08-27
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ICM Drawing non-scheduled frames with QuickTime 6
(HTML)
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TN2060: Changes to how the Image Compression Manager draws non-scheduled frames in QuickTime 6 on Mac OS X.
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QuickTime |
Technical Notes |
2002-08-21
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Desktop Icons
(HTML)
Explains how to provide custom icons for a Carbon application and its documents.
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Carbon, User Experience |
Guides |
2002-08-19
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Faster DDR DRAM in the 867MHz Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors)
(HTML)
()
QA1191: Confirms the use of faster DDR DRAM in the 867MHz Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors).
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
2002-08-19
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Resource forks in Mach-O binaries
(HTML)
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QA1175: Advises against using resource forks in Mach-O binaries.
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
2002-08-07
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Fill in the size field before calling ICMGetPixelFormatInfo
(HTML)
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TN2057: Discusses why you should always fill in the size field of the ICMPixelFormatInfo structure before calling ICMGetPixelFormatInfo.
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QuickTime |
Technical Notes |
2002-07-17
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Using Navigation Services to filter QuickTime files
(HTML)
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QA1152: Using the CanQuickTimeOpenFile function in a Navigation Services filter to display files that QuickTime can open.
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Carbon, QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2002-07-15
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My ListBox control works fine on Mac OS X but I get a crash on Mac OS 9 when I click in the scrollbar
(HTML)
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QA1156: Explains the requirements for the use of the Listbox Control on Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X.
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
2002-07-12
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Base-Derived async image codecs must implement ImageCodecQueueStarting and ImageCodecQueueStopping
(HTML)
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QA1157: Describes why base-derived codecs that set canAsync must implement ImageCodecQueueStarting and ImageCodecQueueStopping.
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Carbon, QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2002-07-09
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How can I set the default location with the modern Navigation APIs NavCreatexxx?
(HTML)
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QA1151: Explains how to set the default location with a NavCustomControl call using the kNavCtlSetLocation message in the Event Proc.
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
2002-07-01
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Providing Help Tags in Carbon
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to add contextually sensitive help content to an application's user interface.
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Carbon, User Experience |
Guides |
2002-07-01
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Graphics Importers and image files containing multiple layers
(HTML)
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QA1148: Describes how to get the natural bounds of layers contained in a multi-layered image file.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2002-06-18
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Illustrating document window changes in Swing
(HTML)
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QA1146: Using the Aqua close button dot in Swing applications to indicate document changes.
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Java |
Technical Q&As |
2002-06-18
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Movie Drawing Complete Procedure with C++
(HTML)
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QA1150: Demonstrates a static class method which can be used as a QuickTime movie drawing complete callback.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2002-06-18
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Programmatic configuration of a Movie Export Component
(HTML)
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QA1147: Demonstrates how to programmatically configure a movie export component without showing the Movie Export dialog.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2002-06-18
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Java Runtime Properties for Mac OS X
(HTML)
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Deprecated - TN2031: Runtime properties for use with Java 1.3.1 applications.
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Java |
Technical Notes |
2002-06-12
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Preventing crashes when using multiple disabled but editable NSComboBoxes
(HTML)
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QA1142: How to prevent a crash when using multiple disabled -- but editable --NSComboBoxes in a view.
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Cocoa |
Technical Q&As |
2002-06-03
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GraphicsImportSetBoundsRect resets your Matrix
(HTML)
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QA1144: Discusses how calling GraphicsImportSetBoundsRect will reset a graphics importers matrix.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2002-05-29
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ChooseMovieClock and Video Output Components
(HTML)
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TN2052: Discusses the ChooseMovieClock API introduced in QuickTime 6.
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QuickTime |
Technical Notes |
2002-05-07
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Exclusive File Access in Mac OS X
(HTML)
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TN2037: Covers exclusive file access In Mac OS X
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Carbon, Cocoa |
Technical Notes |
2002-05-01
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Apple Image Capture Camera Module changes for Mac OS X Update 10.1.3
(HTML)
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TN2040: Changes to the Apple Image Capture camera modules for Mac OS X Update 10.1.3.
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Apple Applications |
Technical Notes |
2002-04-16
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Decompressing DV frames and accessing the pixels
(HTML)
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TN2044: Discusses and demonstrates how to decompress DV frames and access the pixels directly.
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QuickTime |
Technical Notes |
2002-04-11
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Using QuickTime to access MP3 ID3 Tags
(HTML)
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QA1135: Demonstrates how to extract User Data from QuickTime Movies.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2002-04-11
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Retrieving Data from AEDesc Records - do not use the dataHandle field
(HTML)
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QA1139: Describes the correct way to access data stored in AEDesc records.
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
2002-04-10
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ICC Profile copyright field
(HTML)
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QA1136: Discusses how applications should honor the copyright field in the header of an ICC profile.
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Graphics & Imaging |
Technical Q&As |
2002-04-08
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QuickTime for Windows resource files
(HTML)
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QA1132: Describes resource file extensions supported by QuickTime for Windows.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2002-04-08
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Using the QuickTime for Java libraries on OS X
(HTML)
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QA1058: Where to locate the QTJava.zip file for inclusion in your java/javac classpath.
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Java, QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2002-04-08
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AEStream and Friends
(HTML)
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TN2046: Describes the AEStream family of routines.
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Carbon |
Technical Notes |
2002-03-29
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AEBuild*, AEPrint* and Friends
(HTML)
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TN2045: Describes the AEBuild* and AEPrint* family of routines.
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Carbon, Scripting & Automation |
Technical Notes |
2002-03-21
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Workaround for Asynchronous SCSIAction Crashes
(HTML)
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Deprecated - QA1129: Explains how to workaround asynchronous SCSIAction crashes on Mac OS X.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
2002-03-21
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PC100 SDRAM DIMMs on the Flat Panel iMac
(HTML)
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QA1130: Describes PC100 SDRAM DIMM limitations on the "original " Flat Panel iMac.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
2002-03-18
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Calling an AppleScript and providing parameters from an Application
(HTML)
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QA1111: Explains calling and providing parameter values to an AppleScript event handler from an application written in C.
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Scripting & Automation |
Technical Q&As |
2002-03-13
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spatialQuality Values with Lossy Compression
(HTML)
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QA1126: Describes how the spatialQuality value reflects the setting of lossy compressed images like JPEG.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2002-03-12
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Why isn't my Static Text Control deactivating when my other controls are?
(HTML)
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QA1125: Explains why a Static Text Control is not deactivating when the other controls are.
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
2002-03-11
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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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Carbon, Cocoa, Performance |
Technical Notes |
2002-03-06
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Getting List of All Processes on Mac OS X
(HTML)
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QA1123: Describes how, using Carbon and BSD respectively, to list all applications and processes.
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Darwin |
Technical Q&As |
2002-03-05
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MPRemoteCall Contexts
(HTML)
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QA1122: Describes two recently introduced options for the context parameter of MPRemoteCall.
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
2002-02-18
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The "/.vol" directory and "volfs"
(HTML)
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QA1113: Describes how the Carbon File Manager interacts with BSD via "volfs" and the "/.vol" directory.
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Carbon, Darwin |
Technical Q&As |
2002-02-14
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Solving NSTabView drawing problems in Mac OS X 10.1.x
(HTML)
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QA1117: Explains how to work around NSTabView draw problems in Mac OS X 10.1.x
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Cocoa |
Technical Q&As |
2002-02-14
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Current GDevice Dependencies
(HTML)
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QA1115: Describes potential problems with creating windows or ports when the current GDevice isn't the main device.
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Carbon, Games, Graphics & Imaging, Porting |
Technical Q&As |
2002-02-13
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IOLog and Interrupt Context
(HTML)
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QA1100: Describes when IOKit runs at primary (hardware) interrupt context.
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Darwin, Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
2002-02-13
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Power Management; Policy Maker vs. Power Controller
(HTML)
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QA1121: Describes the differences between a Power Management Policy Maker and a Power Management Power Controller.
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Carbon, Cocoa, Core Foundation, Darwin, Hardware & Drivers, Networking |
Technical Q&As |
2002-02-13
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Working with Configuration Variables
(HTML)
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QA1119: Explains how to delete a specific Open Firmware configuration variable without using Command-Option-P-R.
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Darwin, Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
2002-02-13
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48 bit & 64 bit Pixel Format support in QuickTime
(HTML)
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QA1114: Discusses QuickTime's support for pixel formats with more than 8 bits per channel.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2002-02-07
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couldNotResolveDataRef (-2000) returned from DataHSetDataRef and OpenADataHandler
(HTML)
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QA1116: Describes why DataHSetDataRef and OpenADataHandler may return a couldNotResolveDataRef error in the writing case.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2002-02-07
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Making sense of IOKit error codes
(HTML)
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QA1075: Explains how to interpret I/O Kit error codes.
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Darwin, Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
2002-02-07
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The 'plst' Resource
(HTML)
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TN2013: Describes the 'plst' resource for Carbon-based applications.
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Carbon |
Technical Notes |
2002-02-07
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Static linking of user binaries on Mac OS X
(HTML)
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QA1118: Explains why static linking of user binaries is not supported on Mac OS X, and possible workarounds.
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Carbon, Cocoa, Darwin, Open Source, Porting, Tools |
Technical Q&As |
2002-02-07
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User-Mode USB Device Arbitration
(HTML)
Information about using USB device arbitration, available in Mac OS X version 10.1 and later.
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Darwin, Hardware & Drivers |
Guides |
2002-02-06
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Java 1.3.1 Update 1 Release Notes
(HTML)
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Java |
Release Notes |
2002-02-01
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Locale Utilities Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the C API for supporting conventions of a specific language or region.
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Carbon, Internationalization, Text & Fonts |
Reference |
2002-01-24
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QTML, c2pstr and Pascal strings
(HTML)
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QA1112: Describes how to avoid headaches when dealing with Pascal to C string conversion with QTML.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2002-01-21
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QuickTime Media Editing
(HTML)
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QA1110: Explains the term "Media" as used in QuickTime and how it relates to media editing APIs.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2002-01-16
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The similarity field in ImageCodecBandCompress and Key Frames
(HTML)
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QA1109: Discusses the similarity field of the CodecCompressParams structure used in ImageCodecBandCompress to implement key framing during compression.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2002-01-16
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Energy Star PCI Device
(HTML)
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QA1108: Provides useful information for developers of Energy Star-compliant PCI devices.
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Darwin, Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
2002-01-15
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IOKit Framework Headers
(HTML)
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QA1107: Describes the differences between the headers in IOKit.framework and the I/O Kit headers in Kernel.framework.
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Audio, Darwin, Graphics & Imaging, Hardware & Drivers, Mac OS X Server, Networking, QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2002-01-15
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Unwanted Audio with DV Capture
(HTML)
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QA1105: Explains why audio is captured from a DV source even though you may not want to.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2002-01-14
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Menu Bar Clock and NVRAM
(HTML)
QA1102: Explains why booting with the Command-Option-P-R keys doesn't reset date and time preferences.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
2001-12-21
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