Thanks! I'll give that a go. It will be very slick if this works. :)
Patrick
On 6/21/05, Pierre-Olivier Latour <email@hidden> wrote:
> > I'm wondering if there is a way to have components on top of a QCView?
> > I'd like to have an app with a window whose background is a QCView. I
> > will have components on top of the view with which the user will
> > interact. In my tests so far, it seems like anything on top of the
> > QCView is hidden when you run it. Is this always the case, or is there
> > a way around it?
>
> Quartz Composer does not render in a window, but actually in an
> OpenGL surface above the window - that's why you cannot see what's
> beneath it.
>
> The way to draw on top of a QCView is to put another NSWindow on top,
> attached as child window on the primary window (look for -[NSWindow
> addChildWindow:] or something). Then you need to have the background
> of that child window be transparent (clear it with [NSColor
> clearColor]) and tell the window server about it: -setAlpha:0.9999
> and -setOpaque:NO I believe are the NSWindow methods to use.
>
> ________________________________________________________
> Pierre-Olivier Latour email@hidden
> Quartz Composer Architect Graphics & Imaging Team
>
>
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