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Remote or Two-Machine Debugging Applications with GDB (HTML)
QA1279: Explains how to setup a remote or two-machine debugging configuration using gdb and ssh.
Tools 2003-09-09
Running out of TOC Space (HTML) ()
PLAT22: Explains why an application might run out of TOC space and provides a workaround for this limitation.
Tools 1996-06-01
Setting environment variables for user processes (HTML)
QA1067: Tells how to set environment variables for user processes.
Tools 2001-10-25
Spaces in project names: solving "Missing file or directory" errors in Project Builder (HTML)
QA1301: Explains "Missing file or directory" errors when building with Project Builder.
Tools 2003-09-15
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.
Tools 2002-02-07
Stub Library FAQ (HTML)
PLAT28: Explains stub libraries and their use, and differences between shared libraries and stub libraries.
Tools 1997-03-14
Symbol to Library in GDB (HTML)
QA1388: Shows how to find the library containing a symbol in GDB.
Tools 2004-11-15
Using Pascal strings in Project Builder (HTML)
QA1053: Shows how to force gcc (compiler used by Project Builder) to understand Pascal strings.
Tools 2001-06-28
Using qd and QDGlobals (HTML) ()
Deprecated - QD40: Why a sample program compiled with SC may give the link error: undefined entry qd. Provides a solution.
Tools 1996-02-09
Using the latest Mac OS X headers in my CFM project with CodeWarrior (HTML)
QA1379: Describes how to use the latest Mac OS X headers in CodeWarrior by modifying the CFM project access paths.
Tools 2004-10-08
Working with groups and folder references in Project Builder (HTML)
QA1077: Explains how to work with groups and folder references in Project Builder
Tools 2001-09-25
Activating CrashReporter in OS X (HTML)
Deprecated - QA1057: Explains of how to enable crash reporting in Mac OS X version 10.0.
User Experience 2001-05-13
Clickable Static Text Item (HTML)
QA1380: Explains how to make a static text item respond to clicks
User Experience 2004-10-05
Creating Gray Scaled Images > 8 bits (HTML) ()
Deprecated - QD51: Shows how to create gray-scaled images at resolutions greater than 8 bits for display.
User Experience 1997-11-17
Displaying Help (HTML)
QA1006: Discusses how an application can ask the Help Viewer to display help about a particular topic.
User Experience 2001-02-21
Ejecting the Volume on Which Your Program Resides (HTML) ()
FL09: Suggests different solutions regarding ejecting a disk on which an application resides.
User Experience 1998-07-06
Error -151 and NewGWorld (HTML)
Deprecated - QD18: Explains what the error code -151 means when in NewGWorld.
User Experience 1995-09-15
Finding an NSView's current magnification. (HTML)
QA1346: How to discover the current magnification (zoom level) of any NSView.
User Experience 2004-12-13
grayishTextOr and Mac OS 8.5 (HTML) ()
Deprecated - QD59: Explains why text drawn using TextMode(grayishTextOr) is never drawn; provides a workaround.
User Experience 1998-12-07
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.
User Experience 2001-05-03
My custom item dismisses my Navigation Services dialog (HTML)
QA1381: Gives a workaround for dismissive clicks on items in the custom area of Navigation Services dialogs.
User Experience 2004-11-22
Problem with PaintRgn on 256-color Screens (HTML)
Deprecated - QD23: PaintRgn with RGBForeColor and transfer mode addOver doesn't return color to original on 256-color-screens.
User Experience 1995-09-15
QDFlushPortBuffer (HTML) ()
QD65: Describes a possible solution for window update problems under Carbon.
User Experience 2000-11-08
Retain Counts of io_object_t Objects in IOKit.framework (HTML) ()
QA1195: Distinguishes between the retain counts of an I/O Kit kernel object and its io_object_t user space proxy.
User Experience 2002-09-04
SetFontInfoForSelection incorrect prototype (HTML)
QA1375: Describes the incorrect prototyping of the SetFontInfoForSelection API and gives a workaround.
User Experience 2004-10-04
Using qd and QDGlobals (HTML) ()
Deprecated - QD40: Why a sample program compiled with SC may give the link error: undefined entry qd. Provides a solution.
User Experience 1996-02-09
Using Temporary Memory with OpenPicture (HTML)
Deprecated - QD20: Provides several techniques of causing OpenPicture to allocate temporary memory for a picture handle.
User Experience 1996-02-01
Where should I install my help book, and how does Help Viewer locate it? (HTML)
QA1022: Describes how to set up your application to work with Apple's Help Viewer.
User Experience 2001-04-09
Why isn't my edit text box in my Navigation dialog's custom area working on 10.3? (HTML)
QA1315: Explains a bug in the Mac OS X 10.3 Navigation Services Custom Area involving the EditText and its work around.
User Experience 2003-10-28
Window Manager and EraseRect (HTML)
Deprecated - QD26: Why WindowManager causes a flicker using EraseRect and provides a solution for this problem.
User Experience 1995-09-15
Automatically starting and stopping application instances without using Monitor (HTML)
QA1064: Describes how to use WebObjects' monitor utility to stop and start application instances.
WebObjects 2001-07-25
FrontBase and JDBC (HTML)
QA1041: Describes an alternative to using the JDBC adaptor with FrontBase for WebObjects 5.0.
WebObjects 2001-07-09
How do I use a PBWO project type under Mac OS X? (HTML)
QA1072: Explains how to use a ProjectBuilder WebObjects project type.
WebObjects 2001-09-12
Importing Projects from WO 4.5.x into WO 5.0 (HTML)
QA1035: Describes how to import WebObjects 4.5.x projects into WebObjects 5.0.
WebObjects 2001-07-09
WebObjects applications crashing on NT using IIS (HTML)
WOV01: Explanation and workaround for random crashing with WebObjects patch 2 on Windows NT with IIS.
WebObjects 2000-10-30