Re: NSOpenPanel and executable files
Re: NSOpenPanel and executable files
- Subject: Re: NSOpenPanel and executable files
- From: "Sean McBride" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 11:52:41 -0400
- Organization: Rogue Research
On 2006-07-20 18:34, Bit Twiddler said:
>> NSOpenPanel does not support filtering by UTI, but Navigation Services
>> does, and you can use it from a Cocoa app. See
>> NavDialogSetFilterTypeIdentifiers().
>
>Thanks Sean - this appears to be exactly what I need. Unfortunately I have
>two followup questions:
>
>1) I can't seem to find NavDialogSetFilterTypeIdentifiers anywhere in the
>Developer Documentation that got installed along with Xcode. Should I be
>able to find it, or do I need to install extra documentation? (and yes, I
>realize that the docs are available online, I just wondered why I can't seem
>to find it locally).
It appears in mine. Are you using the newest OS and newest Xcode?
>2) I am a new to Apple development in general so I am not sure how I go
>about calling, what appears to be a Carbon API from a Cocoa app. Do I need
>to write the code that uses Nav Services in C or C++, instead of Obj-C?
Well, if you're not already familiar with Nav Serv, Corbin's suggestion
is better: use NSOpenPanel and do custom filtering with
panel:shouldShowFilename and use the APIs in LSInfo.h and UTType.h to
implement it.
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Rogue Research www.rogue-research.com
Mac Software Developer Montréal, Québec, Canada
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