I've never programmed in C/C++ before, only java. I've liked java and want to start doing some Obj. C stuff for OS X. Is there a good beginners book for Obj C, one that explains f…

Well, the only Obj-C reference I have seen so far is Apple's book on it, and that assumes knowledge of C (note that you do not need to know C++, Obj-C is a superset of C and does n…

Does anyone have any code laying around which implements OADockStatusItem? I've looked at the header but got little help. I think I need to initialize it with a badge icon, a num…

Where is the Rickster when you need him? Just kidding.

In San Jose, and running an operating system that OmniAppKit currently won't build on. Will get to this question when I return...

I don't know about text colour, but to get a count and icon you could do something like this: <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1"face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial">code:</font&gt…

Okay, looks like Fraser answered for me. Good. The current version of OADockStatusItem was (re)written with a very specific purpose in mind... we didn't want to have generalized (…

I've managed to get OADockStatusItem to work. I've also replaced the left center and right tiffs of the badge background in the framework to use a 'Mail.app like' red badge. My o…

Quote: Originally posted by Rickster: <STRONG>Okay, looks like Fraser answered for me. Good. The current version of OADockStatusItem was (re)written with a very s…

The NSSTRINGIFY problem only occurs if you're using the gcc3 compiler. Switch back to gcc 2.95 and you'll be fine. Remember, you should only use the beta gcc3 compiler in the Apr…

Hmmm...I thought you had to explicitly choose GCC3 in a build setting, which I didn't do. I wasn't intending to use GCC3, so I'll check that again..... Fraser