Mac version of my program, please test...

DoubleDutch · Post by **DoubleDutch** » Thu May 03, 2007 7:05 pm

I have done a Mac version of my program CutTheCosta - all thats missing is starting a browser with a predefined webpage.

Please can someone check it to make sure it works on other Macs, especially x86 based Macs.

http://www.cutthecosta.com/en/fly/download

Thanks!

-Anthony

DoubleDutch · Post by **DoubleDutch** » Thu May 03, 2007 7:57 pm

Just updated it to open Airline in the default browser... (Thanks freak

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DoubleDutch · Post by **DoubleDutch** » Fri May 04, 2007 8:58 am

There have been quite a few Mac browsers visit the download link, anyone tried it with an x86 based mac? Does it work?

cologneskater · Post by **cologneskater** » Fri May 04, 2007 10:48 am

On a mac book pro it seems to work.

Starting browser windows by clicking the middle icon - ok
entering the shortcuts and searching - ok
searching without an input -> Messagebox - ok
rightscrolling the airplanelist - ok
clicking on the airplane icons starts browser with individual homepage - ok

quit the program with menu selection -> no reaction - not ok
maybe following thread could give you some ideas with menu handling on the mac:
http://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtop ... c&start=15

Good work!

DoubleDutch · Post by **DoubleDutch** » Fri May 04, 2007 11:47 am

Thanks for checking it out.

Is the Mac Book Pro an x86 based Mac?

I will look into the menu issue. I don't normally use a Mac and its my first Mac program. Thanks v. much for the link.

cologneskater · Post by **cologneskater** » Fri May 04, 2007 1:17 pm

Yes, it's the first generation mac book pro with the intel core duo.

In the thread-link below look at the example code of MacWndTest.pb at the bottom of the page.

In addition, i found a post from Fred on Jul 11, 2005:

3 new constants have been added for menu: #PB_Menu_Quit, #PB_Menu_About and #PB_Menu_Preferences. These constants won't be defined on Windows/Linux but on OS X yes (which allow you to choose your own value on Linux/Windows). Why these constants are in ?
Because on OS X these 3 menu items are expected to be in the 'Application' menu which is a special one. So when PB encounter a menu item with a such constant it moves it automatically.
Usage: MenuItem(#PB_Menu_Quit, "Quit") etc. Shortcuts on such menus are ignored as OS X setup its own.

DoubleDutch · Post by **DoubleDutch** » Fri May 04, 2007 4:02 pm

Strange... #PB_Menu_Quit doesn't seem to be defined in Alpha 2.

cologneskater · Post by **cologneskater** » Fri May 04, 2007 4:24 pm

These constants are declared in PureBasic 3.94 for mac. Maybe they are not part of PB4 by now and it's a todo for the next alpha.

I made a check with the menu.pb program in the examples section. When i quit the program with the menu selection, the message requester told that menuitem -1 was selected. Replace the constant #PB_Menu_Quit with -1 for a test.

DoubleDutch · Post by **DoubleDutch** » Fri May 04, 2007 8:18 pm

Tried it and after clicking I got an invalid memory access (on the "Repeat" statement!)

I guess that constant isn't included for a reason!

cologneskater · Post by **cologneskater** » Fri May 04, 2007 9:12 pm

Strange, because a simple modification in the menu.pb example works.

Check the following:

1. Don't use a MenuItem()-Command for creating a quit-entry, because Mac OS X will always do that alone.

The only modification needed in your program is adding a check in the event loop for selection of the quit-entry in the mac application menu.

2. Insert a check for the quit-select in the application menu, for example

Repeat
Select WaitWindowEvent()
Case #PB_Event_Menu
Select EventMenu()
Case -1
Quit = 1
EndSelect
Case #PB_Event_CloseWindow
Quit = 1
EndSelect
Until Quit = 1

DoubleDutch · Post by **DoubleDutch** » Fri May 04, 2007 9:49 pm

That is almost an exact copy of what I have!

I'll double check in case I've done a typo somewhere.

DoubleDutch · Post by **DoubleDutch** » Fri May 04, 2007 9:54 pm

Just tried again, this time no problems (it was after a Mac reboot).

*** Edit ***

I've just uploaded a new version with the Mac menu quit working and a much larger database.