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ScreenSaverView subclass won't animate in preview or test
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ScreenSaverView subclass won't animate in preview or test


  • Subject: ScreenSaverView subclass won't animate in preview or test
  • From: Christopher Hickman <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 10:32:06 -0800

Greetings,

I have written a ScreenSaverView subclass that loads a Quartz Composer file into a child QCView.  It works fine as a screensaver, but it just shows a blank black screen when run as a preview or if the "Test" button is clicked.

According to my logs, it does -initWithFrame:isPreview: either way, but it only calls -drawRect: and -animateOneFrame: if it is run for real.

The docs don't seem to indicate that I'd have to do anything special to make it work in preview, and I can't find anything about "Test" mode.

Thanks for any hints.

Topher

Here's my -initWithFrame:isPreview: method:
- (id)initWithFrame:(NSRect)frame isPreview:(BOOL)isPreview
{
 //Sorry, Mr. Shipley
 self = [super initWithFrame:frame isPreview:isPreview];

 NSLog(@"QCScreenSaverView initalizing...");

 if (self) {
  NSBundle *saverBundle = [NSBundle bundleForClass:[self class]];
  [self setAnimationTimeInterval:1/30.0];
  [self setComposerView: [[QCView alloc] initWithFrame:frame]];

  //The name of the Quartz Composer file to be used as the screensaver
  //is stored in the Info.plist key QCSQuartzComposerFile
  NSString *qtzPath = [NSString stringWithString:[saverBundle pathForResource:[[saverBundle infoDictionary] objectForKey:@"QCSQuartzComposerFile"] ofType:@"qtz"]];
  if([[self composerView] loadCompositionFromFile:qtzPath]) {
   NSLog([@"Composition loaded from path: " stringByAppendingString:qtzPath]);
  } else {
   NSLog([@"Composition failed to load from path: " stringByAppendingString:qtzPath]);
   return nil;
  }
 }
 return self;
}
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