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Think vs MPW vs Unix?
Message #132714
I've heard that future E.T.O discs will include Symantec Think C 6.0 instead of the MPW system. I've embarked on a Mac development project, but it stalled when I couldn't find an automatic way to build a series of applications. On Unix and DOS environments, I can write a script…
Bitmaps in PICT
Message #132699
I am trying to create EPSF Files from my App. When I rotate text I use an offscreen bitmap to do the rotation. When I try to create the PICT I get rubbish. I have tried using BitMapToRegion, but have problems with the ~@k limit, and the PICT is black…
#132589-C++ and MPW
Message #132696
Kevin: MPW's automatically built make files certainly do NOT behave as you describe. It generates a separate dependency line for each c++ source file and only compiles the ones that have changed. I just confirmed that again to make sure I wasn't imagining it. That facility works perfectly for all…
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Mac ANDE CASE
Message #132688
From:
Doyle B. Myers [VAXsig]
Forum: MAUG(R)/Macintosh Developers/Programmers Forum
July 21, 1993 2:06 PM
Anyone familiar with CASE tools on the Mac? I have been asked about a specific tool called MacANDE (Mac Analysis and Design) — not sure of the spelling — anybody use this thing or know about it? dm
#132248-Toolserver Q
Message #132685
Yes, but you can't get that functionality when using ToolServer with any other application. Or, rather, Apple won't say how one could get it as it's fairly obvious that it's possible. -Ken Schalk TMON Pro tech support ICOM Simulations, Inc.
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#132609-Decomplie
Message #132684
Steve: Does theDebugger now support THINK C 6.0 source debugging from the project? Have you any plans to implement support for THINK's new XSYM external symbol file format (ie… to allow source debugging of INITs and the like written in THINK C)?
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#132324-EPS converters
Message #132683
I've been seeing a lot of ink about DeBabelizer – a conversion tool reviewed recently in MacWeek. I didn't read it, though, so I can't tell you if it will do what you want.
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porting file i/o
Message #132682
Hello, I am porting some C code to the MAC and having difficultly with the file i/o functions (write, lseek, open, read). They are not returning errors or setting errno, but they aren't performing the requested operation either. I've written small test programs that work fine, as soon as I…
#132324-EPS converters
Message #132669
Jon, You may want to look at one of the more expensive versions of Freedom of Press. This porgram can rasterize PostScript files and can probably save the results as a TIFF file (or the equivalent) as an intermediate step to printing. Jeffrey ====================================== Jeffrey Kane, MD Kane Biomedical Systems…
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#132660-#Help!
Message #132661
From:
Stephane Desnault
Forum: MAUG(R)/Macintosh Developers/Programmers Forum
July 21, 1993 11:40 AM
Simon, That's precisely what I'd like to avoid… A charting package is _not_ a small set of routine if it's to be done properly! I'm involved in a cross platform development, and while this kind of tools exists in the Win31 world, I don't seem to find them on the…
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#132614-#Help!
Message #132660
Quickdraw will do all your text, rectangles etc like a dream, and bar graphs…well, you *could* write your own routine…
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#132589-C++ and MPW
Message #132654
Kevin, Welcome to MPW, the development environment where _you_ provide the smarts. You need to write a "make" file for your C++ project that includes the proper "dependency rules." These rules can check file dates to see if a given object file is "later" than its source file. You then…
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#132376-MPWC & fopen
Message #132625
Fritz: Thanks for the reply. No, just compiling the fopen() code would not help. The number 20 seems to be hardcoded throughout the stdio library. For instance, sprintf uses the file id 20, so when open() uses this id, the file is not written to. Instead lots of memory gets…
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#Help!
Message #132614
Help! (and also hi..!) I'm looking for a business graphic library to program in C or C++ on the Mac. Professionnal level of course, able to display and print the usual types of business graphs (bar, pie, line, scatter, etc…) as well as lower level items such as lines, rectangles,…
#132585-#Decomplie
Message #132609
Simon, The best you can do is a structured disassembly of procedures into assembly with my product, MacNosy. Note that the output of MacNosy can be fed into the MPW assembler. Steve Here is an example of what it can do, the program is divided up into procedures, and within…
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#132521-Help Add-on?
Message #132596
Bob, A company called Altura Software, Inc. has a context-sensitive hypertextual help system they call QuickHelp; it might be appropriate for you. Altura Software 510 Lighthouse Ave., Suite 5 Pacific Grove, CA 93950 408-655-8005
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#132484-EPS converters
Message #132595
Jon, >> I did ask in the Application Forum. I didn't receive any responses. Hmmm…I'll bet my guess about no such utility existing was correct, then.
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#C++ and MPW
Message #132589
From:
Kevin Tieskoetter
Forum: MAUG(R)/Macintosh Developers/Programmers Forum
July 20, 1993 11:27 PM
When I compile a C++ project in MPW, it always does it from scratch — it compiles _all_ of the files, whether they have been modified or not. It's as if CFront was not saving the object files…is there any way of getting it to do this? I really don't…
#Decomplie
Message #132585
Is there any program/library I can use to decompile code into Pascal?
GetKeys()
Message #132582
From:
Verne Arase [LUC]
Forum: MAUG(R)/Macintosh Developers/Programmers Forum
July 20, 1993 10:46 PM
>Can someone please please please tell me why this doesn't wurk?!? You need to: return(theKeys[theKey >> 3] >> (theyKey & 0x07) & 1); As you can see from the code, it's a packed boolean array with the bits in each byte numbered from the low order to the high order…
Equiv of SizeOf in C?
Message #132581
From:
Verne Arase [LUC]
Forum: MAUG(R)/Macintosh Developers/Programmers Forum
July 20, 1993 10:46 PM
>What's the difference in a size_t and a long? For Mac Cs, there is none.
d e v e l o p CD
Message #132580
From:
Verne Arase [LUC]
Forum: MAUG(R)/Macintosh Developers/Programmers Forum
July 20, 1993 10:46 PM
>Yes it's on the Bookmark CD 14, June 1993. Try this path- Bookmark CD >14:Documentation & Samples:MPW Interfaces 7.1:Interfaces:CIncludes: Thanks … don't know how I missed it.
#132499-Software Dev. Tools?
Message #132572
"One neat byproduct of this is that they use Macromind Director to create graphics and animations for their PC products as well as Mac products." Very useful. That's one heckuva by-product. Thanks for the info. Reede
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#132317-Want Serius obj libs
Message #132546
David, Thanks for your reply! I had THINK C and THINK Pascal, but they were too much for me, so I sold them. On my old Apple //e (many many years ago) I was quite the hack, but the Mac is a different story. So I purchased Serius, hoping that…
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#132527-AppMaker Demo
Message #132543
Gerry, The AppMaker Demo is in Lib 13, Tools/Debuggers, keywords "AppMaker" and "Demo". It's several files so that you can download only what you want. Spec
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#132464-AM1.5.4x need TCL 1.1.3
Message #132542
Andy, Yes, AppMaker 1.5.4 and 1.5.4X are for TC6 and SC++. I'm pretty sure they won't work with TC5. AppMaker 1.5.3 is the TC5 equivalent to 1.5.4X. Spec
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Charting Tools
Message #132538
Hi, I'm looking for a charting library for C or C++. I'm relatively new to MAC programming, and am having some problems locating tools. If you can recommend some catalogs, I'd appreciate it. Thanks, Rick
#131709-Newton Development
Message #132528
Hi Andrew, As far as I know (having attended all the WWDC Newtons sessions) and having discussed Newton with Apple staffers at length recently are my answers to your questions… 1) Is Apple supporting 3rd party development of Newton applications? 2) Is there a compiler available (C or C++)? 3)…
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#AppMaker Demo
Message #132527
What library is the AppMaker Demo located in? Gerry Klug
#Help Add-on?
Message #132521
Hope I'm posting this to the right place. We had some programmers port over an application from MS-DOS. They used a programming tool called XVT, which also converts MS-DOS to Windows. We want to add a Help menu item to the program, but the programmers haven't the time and/or Mac…
ResEdit
Message #132517
Greetings, Wasn't sure where to post this, any case, was wondering if anyone in this forum could suggest a method of disabling an annoying dialog "Program has been modified, continue anyway?" Dialog appears during one particular application launch. Stems from adding color Icon resources. Thanks
#132446-Newton Programming
Message #132505
From:
Mike O'Connor/SYSOP
Forum: MAUG(R)/Macintosh Developers/Programmers Forum
July 20, 1993 1:08 PM
I got a brochure the other day which said to go to the APDA area at the Boston MacExpo World Trade Center to get info on a beta version of a Newton Developer Kit. -Mike
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#132301-#Software Dev. Tools?
Message #132499
> You know, I've wondered about this a number of times, but I can't > seem to get much in the way of pointers from the folks at Macromind. For whatever reason, they won't be of much help to you. I didn't do it, but some folks I'm now working…
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#132468-Code Segment Mgmt …
Message #132493
From:
Robert S. Mah[OSB]
Forum: MAUG(R)/Macintosh Developers/Programmers Forum
July 20, 1993 11:55 AM
===> Do you queue without allocating memory (so that it can be called at GrowZone time)?
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#132459-Mystic River alive?
Message #132489
From:
Robert S. Mah[OSB]
Forum: MAUG(R)/Macintosh Developers/Programmers Forum
July 20, 1993 11:51 AM
Bill, Hmm, I wouldn't be as kind as you when descrbing TIFF. Words like "abomination" and "from hell" come to mind. 🙂 Hope everything goes well with your project. Cheers, Rob
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#132454-#EPS converters
Message #132484
I did ask in the Application Forum. I didn't receive any responses.
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#132464-AM1.5.4x need TCL 1.1.3
Message #132478
Andy, "the suggestions I've heard indicate I will no longer be able to develop on my 8Mb machine (5Mb free)" I think most of the extra memory usage is also C++ related. But, since I'm doing mostly C++ these days, maybe someone else can chime in to confirm this. Reede
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#132383-Code Segment Mgmt …
Message #132469
Joe: Is the A6 chain still valid during GrowZone? I know that the Think C Debugger loses track of the call chain during the GrowZoneProc, but I haven't actually studied it in TMON to determine whether or not it's the Memory Mgr that's using A6 for something other than a…
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#132443-#Code Segment Mgmt …
Message #132468
Rob: >>> We use a combination of your approach (checking to see if it's in the call chain) and queueing segments until the main event loop is reached before it is de-queued.
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#AM1.5.4x need TCL 1.1.3
Message #132464
Spec I'd just like to clarify my understanding of the update situation. Am I correct in thinking I need TCL 1.1.3 (ie: Think C 6 or Think C++) to use Appmaker 1.5.4X? I'm unwilling to upgrade from Think C 5 because of the number of bug reports (OK, I know…
#132441-#Mystic River alive?
Message #132459
No, I didn't intend to be harsh – tifflib's rather a monumental piece of work… Of course, TIFF itself is "a real piece of work"… |-> No pending projects, though some vaguely discussed. Probably no MacWorld. I have to get this Group 4 stuff (and the even larger mess it's…
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#132324-#EPS converters
Message #132454
Jon, This is the programmer's forum; you should probably try asking in the Mac Applications Forum (GO MACAP) or the systems software forum (GO MACSYS). Any such conversion program would have to have a Postscript interpreter built into it. I don't think such a utility exists.
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#132294-APPL. ICON W/ RESEDIT
Message #132452
Greg, No, ResEdit won't automatically update the desktop file info for you (if that's what you were asking).
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#132431-CMaster
Message #132447
Dave, CMaster is sold by Jersey Scientific 545 Eighth Ave. 19th Floor NY, NY 10018 (212) 736-0406 Compuserve: 70400,3361 Reede
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#Newton Programming
Message #132446
Where can I get info on programming the Newton? Jerome
#132383-#Code Segment Mgmt …
Message #132443
From:
Robert S. Mah[OSB]
Forum: MAUG(R)/Macintosh Developers/Programmers Forum
July 19, 1993 11:50 PM
Joe, Well, one comment I'd like to make is the idea of "defered segment unloading". We use this to clean out the heap at a later time when it is safe to do so. We use a combination of your approach (checking to see if it's in the call chain)…
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#132365-#Mystic River alive?
Message #132441
From:
Robert S. Mah[OSB]
Forum: MAUG(R)/Macintosh Developers/Programmers Forum
July 19, 1993 11:43 PM
Well, it's not a Mac vs the world thing with regard to the tifflib stuff. More like a "UNIX is best and everything else is for wimps" kind of thing. tifflib has problems compliling on DOS as as well as the Mac. Hmmm, seems a bit harsh there…Sam Leffer is…
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#131925-Dialog help
Message #132432
Gary, You can do edit line length restriction either in a modal dialog filter or when ModalDialog returns a hit in the edit line. In the filter is cleaner since the extra character never actually shows up, you can look at the example DialogBits 2.0.1 on a developer CD if…
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#CMaster
Message #132431
To all of those in the know, Can someone out there tell me wher to obtain CMaster?? Dave Tenen Advanced Computer Resources Corp.
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