Re: six things I wasn't able to do with Cocoa
Re: six things I wasn't able to do with Cocoa
- Subject: Re: six things I wasn't able to do with Cocoa
- From: Bill Appleton <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 09:43:10 -0700
Hi Chaitanya,
that code always returns a size of 100, 100 for every movie I try. really.
and then the poster or frame is really pixelated because it is coming from
such a small source.
i am surely missing something here!
thanks,
bill
On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 1:17 AM, Chaitanya Pandit <email@hidden>wrote:
>
> *3)** **I **can't get t**he right dimensions for a QuickTime movie or
> poster
> *
>
>
> NSSize movieSize = [[movieObject currentFrameImage] size];
>
> I used to call GetMovieBox, so I tried using [QTMovie posterImage] but the
> NSImage reported a width and height of 100, and then my movie poster was
> really pixelated. How do I get a decent looking movie poster? How do I get
> the original dimensions for movie playback?
>
>
> *4)** **I **can't call the printing code*
>
> I know, the printing code calls me. But other platforms don't work like
> this. I eventually used Core Printing and the Cocoa dialogs by sub-classing
> and faking out NSPrintPanel. Is there a better way?
>
>
> *5)** **I **can't create a simple list*
>
> I did it the only way I could -- with a table that has one column, etc. Man
> that was painful for a simple list. Is there a better way?
>
>
> *6)** **I **can't get the height of some wrapped text*
>
> I had to use the layout manager and some major rocket science to get this
> to
> work right. I'm not saying Text Edit was great, but at least it knows how
> tall the text field is.
>
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> Bill Appleton
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