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- What: utility C++ functions/classes for a few very common Mac chores
-
- Highlights:
- - posting synchronous _and_ asynchronous notifications
- - printf() in an alert box
- - "magic" conversion from a C to Pascal string
- - do_well() macro to make sure a "system call" went well
- - handling of mandatory Apple Events: OpenApplication, {Open|Print}Document, Quit:
- registering C++ classes as recipients of AppleEvents
- - with the complete source and comments/explanations
-
- Keywords: notification, AppleEvent, utility, registration, programming support, environment
-
- Contents:
- Readme - this file
- libmac.a - library (compiled for a PowerMac)
- libmac.pi - CW9 project to build it
- mymenv.h - interfaces of the utility classes
- mymenv.cc - implementation code
- notify.cc
- vmymenv.cc - verification code
- vservice++.pi - project to run it
- myAEvents.h - a simple code to handle the mandatory AppleEvents
- myAEvents.cc
- vmyAEvents.cc - verification code to test Open{Application|OpenDocument(s)}
- vmyAEvents.π and Quit events
- vmyAEvents.π.rsrc
- Note: The environment is used in most of my Mac software (incl. the one submitted to the Info-Mac)
- Language: C++, CodeWarrior9
- System: System 7.1 - 7.5.3, binaries are made for a PowerMac.
- Comments to: oleg@ponder.csci.unt.edu, oleg@unt.edu
- Version 2.0, June 1996
-
- New in version 2.0
- - renamed myenv.* into mymenv.* to avoid name conflicts with my (UNIX)
- C++ environment
- - renamed message()/_error() into alert()/_die() for the same reason: the former
- (declared in my advanced C++ i/o package) write into a SIOUX console; the latter
- functions display an alert.
- - "magic" conversion from C to Pascal string
- - Handling of Mandatory Apple Events OpenApplication, {Open|Print}Document, Quit
- - Now works under CW9 (the previous version was compiled with Symantec C++ 6.0)
-
-
- Explanation:
- notify.c: The set of functions lets a (possibly, background) application post
- synchronous or asynchronous notification messages to the user.
- Synchronous posting means that the posting function does not return until
- the notification message is displayed and the user dismisses it.
- In asynchronous mode, the posting function returns as soon as the
- message is queued into the notification queue (but not yet displayed!).
- The functions use the Notification Manager and the EventManager (via
- function sleep() defined elsewhere in the standard env to relinquish
- the CPU control while sleeping). Circular queue is used to store
- asynchronous notification requests.
-
- "magic" conversion from C to Pascal string: see
- http://mozart.compsci.com/~oleg/ftp/c++-digest/type_conv_magic.txt
- ftp://replicant.csci.unt.edu/pub/oleg/c++-digest/type_conv_magic.txt
-
- Handling of AppleEvents: uses a trick to relay AppleEvents to (abstract) C++ classes
- for processing
-
- If you need further information or details, please mail me. If you want to see more
- functionality added, mail me too.
-