WinBottler - Turn your Windows apps into Apple ones

[Antonio Linares]

Massimo,

We are going to review (hopefully today) how fast we can have those classes ready

[Antonio Linares]

We are reviewing the docs for Cocoa printing:

http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/DOCUMENTATION/Cocoa/Conceptual/Printing/Concepts/architecture.html

Class NSPrinter:
http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/cocoa/Reference/ApplicationKit/Classes/NSPrinter_Class/Reference/Reference.html

[Massimo Linossi]

Great news !!!
Give me a sign when Fivemac is ready for printing, and I'll place the order.
Thanks a lot.
Massimo.
P.S. One little question. In Windows, for making the dialogs, we use the Resource
Workshop. In Mac, what can we use ? And for the dialogs already made, is possible
to import them in the new system ?

[Antonio Linares]

It may be more complex than we thought but we already have some progress

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#include "FiveMac.ch"

function Main()

   PrinterSelect()

return nil
 

[Antonio Linares]

Massimo,

OSX provides "Interface Builder" to draw the resources but they use a different format than the used in Windows.

Actually coordinates have to be copied "by hand" though we could have a tool in the future to do it automatically.

[Massimo Linossi]

Wow, you're great !!!
Is there the possibility to start to develop with a beta release ?
Thanks a lot a many compliments for your work.
Fivemac is like LOST. Every moment there is surprise
Massimo.
P.S. If you give me some hints, I can help you to convert some classes to Fivemac.

[Antonio Linares]

Massimo,

Still a (long?) way to go, but we are already printing and OSX provides the preview automatically!

TestPrn.prg

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#include "FiveMac.ch"

function Main()

   PrinterSelect()

return nil

function PrinterPaint()

   DrawText( 50, 200, "Printing from FiveMac", CreateFont( "Arial", 20 ) )
   
return nil  
 

[Massimo Linossi]

WOW
Another great step. Great work Antonio. I'll send you a beer.
Have a nice weekend.
Massimo.

[Antonio Linares]

Massimo,

Windows, OSX and Linux are quite different worlds when we compare their GUIs APIs.

So there is no a straight way to port Windows code to OSX (cocoa) code. In fact, we use FiveWin as a compatibility layer between all of them. FiveWin/FiveMac/FiveLinux set a compatibility wrapper that easier the work of the programmer, and also offers a cross platform learning as once you know how to code in FiveWin you are ready for FiveMac and FiveLinux too

[Antonio Linares]

Using colors:

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#include "FiveMac.ch"

function Main()

   PrinterSelect()

return nil

function PrinterPaint()

   DrawText( 50, 150, "Printing from FiveMac", CreateFont( "Arial", 20 ), CLR_BLUE() )
   DrawText( 50, 200, "Printing from FiveMac", CreateFont( "Verdana", 20 ), CLR_GREEN() )
   DrawText( 50, 250, "Printing from FiveMac", CreateFont( "Times Roman", 20 ), CLR_RED() )
   
return nil  
 

[Massimo Linossi]

Are you working today ? Your wife will not be happy...
Have a nice day.
Massimo.
P.S. You're making an incredible work. Compliments

[Antonio Linares]

Another utility to run Windows apps on Mac OSX:

http://www.winonx.com/

I have not tested it myself yet. I think it may the same technology as WinBottler with the difference that WinOnx is a commercial product, but I may be wrong...