Quote from Forum Archives on September 17, 2011, 10:41 am

Posted by: svanvoorst <svanvoorst@...>

/*

  Demonstrates construction of an About Panel.

  S. Van Voorst     {20110917}

  References: 

   1) NSApplication Class Reference

   2) Technical Note TN2179

*/

compile as "Objective-C"

if system(_sysVers) < 1060 then stop "Requires OS 10.6 or newer"

include resources "myImage.png"

BeginCDeclaration

@interface AppController : NSObject

{

}

- (void) aboutHandler:(id)sender;

@end //interface

EndC

BeginCFunction

@implementation AppController

- (void) aboutHandler:(id)sender

{

 NSDictionary *options;

 NSImage *image;

 image = [NSImage imageNamed: @"myImage.png"];

 options = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:

          @"1", @"Version",

          @"Super App", @"ApplicationName",

          image, @"ApplicationIcon",

          @"Copyright 2011, MyGreatCompany", @"Copyright",

          @"Super App v1.1", @"ApplicationVersion",

          nil];

 [[NSApplication sharedApplication] orderFrontStandardAboutPanelWithOptions:options];

}

@end //implementation

EndC

BeginCCode

{

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

 [NSApplication sharedApplication];

 [NSApp setActivationPolicy:NSApplicationActivationPolicyRegular];

// --- Create an instance of the controller class --- //

id myController = [[AppController alloc]init];

// ******** Menu and menubar ********//

  id menubar = [[NSMenu new] autorelease];

  id appMenuItem = [[NSMenuItem new] autorelease];

  [menubar addItem:appMenuItem];

  [NSApp setMainMenu:menubar];

  id appMenu = [[NSMenu new] autorelease];

// ***** About MenuItem ******//

    id appName = [[NSProcessInfo processInfo] processName];

    id aboutTitle = [@"About " stringByAppendingString:appName];

    id aboutMenuItem = [[[NSMenuItem alloc]initWithTitle:aboutTitle

        action:@selector(aboutHandler:) keyEquivalent:@""] autorelease];

    [appMenu addItem:aboutMenuItem];

    [aboutMenuItem setTarget:myController];

 

    [appMenu addItem:[NSMenuItem separatorItem]];

// ***** Quit MenuItem ****** //

 // id appMenu = [[NSMenu new] autorelease];

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

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

  [appMenu addItem:quitMenuItem];

  [appMenuItem setSubmenu:appMenu];

    

// ******** Window ******** //

  #define _wndW  300

  #define _wndH  250

  id window = [[NSWindow alloc] initWithContentRect:NSMakeRect( 0, 0, _wndW, _wndH )

        styleMask:NSTitledWindowMask | NSClosableWindowMask

           backing:NSBackingStoreBuffered

               defer:NO];

 [window center];

 [window setTitle:@"About Panel_demo"];

 [window makeKeyAndOrderFront:nil];

// ***** Quit btn ***** //

 NSButton *quitBtn = [[NSButton alloc]initWithFrame:NSMakeRect( _wndW - 130, 30, 95, 30 )];

 [quitBtn setBezelStyle:NSRoundedBezelStyle ];

 [quitBtn setTitle: @"Quit" ];

 [quitBtn setAction:@selector(terminate:)];

 [[window contentView] addSubview: quitBtn];

 [quitBtn release];

[NSApp activateIgnoringOtherApps:YES];

[NSApp run];

[myController release];

[pool drain];

}

EndC

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