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Re: Interface Builder Plugin Dependency
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Re: Interface Builder Plugin Dependency


  • Subject: Re: Interface Builder Plugin Dependency
  • From: "Gary L. Wade" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:09:16 -0800
  • Thread-topic: Interface Builder Plugin Dependency

Looks like your plug-in is being running as a tool without a connection to
the window server.

On 01/29/2009 3:54 PM, "Bridger Maxwell" <email@hidden> wrote:

> It turns out the error is completely different from what I thought it was
> (isn't it always?). It turns out Xcode was omitting part of the output from
> IBTool. When I tried to compile my xib from Terminal, I got this error:
>
> Description: ibtool encountered an error while loading the ibplugin from
> /Users/bridger/Development/Mercury/MercuryStation/build/Debug/SCMercury.framew
> ork/Versions/A/Resources/SCThemes.ibplugin.
> Error: Error Domain=com.apple.InterfaceBuilder Code=-1 UserInfo=0x6e9e90
> "Interface Builder could not load the 'Themes' plug-in because an exception
> was raised.
>
>  Exception name: NSInternalInconsistencyException
>  Reason: Error (1002) creating CGSWindow"
>
> I Googled around a bit, and I know it has something to do with drawing. In
> fact, I have narrowed it down to these lines of code:
>
>     NSImage * canvas = [[NSImage alloc] initWithSize: canvas_size];
>
>     [canvas lockFocus];
>
> ...
>
>     [canvas unlockFocus];
>
>
> This is a vital part of my plugin though. I use this in an NSImage category
> which crops an NSImage. Why does lockFocus cause IB compilation errors, and
> can how can I fix it?
>
>
> Also, here is the NSImage category in its entirety. I actually took it from
> someone else on this list a while back.
>
>
> - (NSImage *) imageFromRect: (NSRect) rect
>
> {
>
>     NSAffineTransform * xform = [NSAffineTransform transform];
>
>      // translate reference frame to map rectangle 'rect' into first
> quadrant
>
>     [xform translateXBy: -rect.origin.x
>
>                     yBy: -rect.origin.y];
>
>
>
>     NSSize canvas_size = [xform transformSize: rect.size];
>
>      NSImage * canvas = [[NSImage alloc] initWithSize: canvas_size];
>
>     [canvas lockFocus];
>
>      [xform concat];
>
>
>
>     // Get NSImageRep of image
>
>     NSImageRep * rep = [self bestRepresentationForDevice: nil];
>
>
>     [rep drawAtPoint: NSZeroPoint];
>
>
>
>     [canvas unlockFocus];
>
>     return [canvas autorelease];
>
> return nil;
>
> }
>
>
> Thank You,
>
> Bridger Maxwell


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