I'm trying to do a Google App Engine project on OS X (latest and greatest). I'm using classes from javax.crypto, and I'm seeing an AccessControlException thrown when I try to initialize an instance of the Mac class. Here's the stack trace: WARNING: Nested in java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError: java.security.AccessControlException: ac...
I've started developing with Delphi on the Mac and thought I would share my observations and see if anyone else had any advice or tips for Mac development with Delphi. A while back I had some comment discussion about Delphi development on a Mac. It was in the comments of an answer to another question. With the passing of some months, ...
You know how you can make Quicksilver display massive large type on your screen? (By Hitting . then typing free text, select View Large Type under actions and hit Enter). Well, does anyone know of a way to do that programmatically? Also, is quicksilver even required or is it built into OS X? I would love to be able to trigger that fr...
Hey Y'all - I'm using the ~/Library/PDF Services directory to inject an item into the PDF Workflow sub-menu (Print dialog box) in OS-X/Leopard. I got an indication that the PDF Services directory is gone in Snow Leopard. Does anyone know the correct way to hook into the Print dialog's PDF Workflow going forward? Thanks! [Note: I got s...
I was having a problem with the script that creates my installer for macosx not working and I discovered it was because it was creating a folder called /Volumes/myinstaller 1 instead of /Volumes/myinstaller. While investigating this issue I found that I have a hidden volume called /Volumes/myinstaller with all the relevant files inside ...
Since installing the new version of quaqua I have been having weird problems like text not displaying over my intro splash screen and the default java icon showing up on dialogs instead of mine. I was wondering if anyone knew an alternative to quaqua I could try for Mac LAF. ...
I have some c++ code compiled using GLUT and OpenGL on os x. It all works fine. I have it as a.out Is there a way to send this to someone using os x? Will there be some weird dependencies? Can I send it to someone using linux? I doubt I can do either which is why I'm asking on here. I looked around on google but couldn't find anything ...
We are trying to get quaqua out of our application but we had been using a call to quaqua to set the font size to be smaller with a call like this: System.setProperty("Quaqua.sizeStyle", "small"); My question is there an easy to do the same sort of thing without using quaqua? Or does anyone know another good look and feel for os x? ...
I was wondering, what can i use to program in Lua on the Mac? I'm looking for something that i can use to compile/interpret lua script on the mac. ...
hey, I know how to use g++ and all that to compile c++ programs. My question is, if I have some code which depends on various libraries, how can I compile it into a simple executable that I can send anyone. For this I would be happy with just keeping it on os x. I would like to know how to compile a "real" program not just an executable...
10 billion kudos for life to anyone who can figure this one out. Nvidia only provides a standard framework for Cg, which I cannot figure how I can link statically. I need to link it statically because it's for a plugin. Is there any way at all this can be done? ...
Is there a command on OSX one could run to put the monitor into sleep mode. By sleep mode, I mean totally kill the output to the monitor. I know in the power settings one can configure this but that is time based. I want to be able to force this on the fly. ...
Has anyone tried to port PdfSharp library to Mono? I just ran MoMA against PdfSharp.dll v1.2 beta and I am getting about 12 P/Invoke errors and 10 or so Mono TODOs. Just wondering if anyone has ported PdfSharp over to Linux and OSX, if so, how did it go? Trying to evaluate if PdfSharp is a good candidate for me. ...
We have been using JFileChoosers with quaqua LAF on the mac but I need to migrate our file choosers to the native mac filechoosers (I know its going to ruin portability but this is what people want). There were to main file choosers I needed to port the openProjectFileChooser just needed to select a file to be opened and this was no pr...
If so, is there any limitation to this ability? Specifically, I need to target Mac OSX. ...
I tried to install XCode + the iPhone SDK on my mac, but the installer ran out of space during install and I'm left with something to the effect of 30 MB free on my hard disk. How do i remove it? ...
I would like to find the number of cpu sockets on OS X machines. This information is normally in the SMBIOS on pc's. Newer Intel Macs use EFI but I have read that the EFI does also contain an SMBIOS block. I therefore appear to need access to the SMBIOS data block on power pc machines, and the EFI, SMBIOS section on Intel macs. Any sug...
I use a Mac at home and love it, but in my work environment/career path I work with C# mostly. I've tried using Monodevelop a few times but in my experience I've found it to be very buggy and just not a pleasant experience. So I'm using Windows in Boot Camp so I can use the Visual Studio environment. Has anyone else had bad experiences ...
Looking for some tutorials or documentation about the more advanced fine tuning of processor management in Objective C for programming in the Mac OS system. Things such as writing a process that works well with other processes and the way the Mac OS handles processes and processor scheduling. ...
How do I disable the "Show icon preview" checkbox in Finder using objective-c (see screenshot). I want to disable it for specific folders, not system wide. ...