Quote from Forum Archives on September 1, 2011, 6:16 pm

Posted by: svanvoorst <svanvoorst@...>

This demo creates a basic window to which we can start adding controls.  To create demos/applications in obj-c, we need 3 files: .h, .m, and main.  FB takes care of the details for us automatically if we follow this template:

'----- begin -----

BeginCDeclaration

//@interface

//@end // interface

EndC

BeginCFunction

//@implementation

//@end //implementation

EndC

BeginCCode

{

 NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc]init];

 

  [NSApplication sharedApplication];

  [NSApp setActivationPolicy:NSApplicationActivationPolicyRegular];

    id menubar = [[NSMenu new] autorelease];

    id appMenuItem = [[NSMenuItem new] autorelease];

    [menubar addItem:appMenuItem];

    [NSApp setMainMenu:menubar];

    id appMenu = [[NSMenu new] autorelease];

    id quitMenuItem = [[[NSMenuItem alloc] initWithTitle:@"Quit"

        action:@selector(terminate:) keyEquivalent:@"q"] autorelease];

    [appMenu addItem:quitMenuItem];

    [appMenuItem setSubmenu:appMenu];

   #define _wndW  430

   #define _wndH  300

    id window = [ [ NSWindow alloc ] 

                       initWithContentRect:NSMakeRect( 0, 0, _wndW, _wndH )

                       styleMask: NSClosableWindowMask | NSTitledWindowMask

                       backing:NSBackingStoreBuffered

                       defer:NO];

    [window center];

    [window setTitle: @"NSWindow" ];

    [window makeKeyAndOrderFront:nil]; 

  [NSApp activateIgnoringOtherApps:YES];

  [NSApp run];

  [pool drain];

  return NSApplicationMain(argc,  (const char **) argv);

}

EndC

'----- end -----

BeginCDeclaration...EndC becomes the .h file.  BeginCFunction...EndC becomes the .m file combined with main, which is created from BeginCCode...EndC.  Succeeding tutorials will build on this template; it will be used repetitively.

Sources of information: 1) XCode Documentation  2) Apple PDF files  3) Google  4) Books  5) Hopefully this List in the future

Steve Van Voorst

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