First of all I have to inform you that I am new to Objective-C and Cocoa.
I have read some books about that and I am able to build quite simple programmes now.
it's been 15 days that I'm stuck with a program that I'm trying to build and I really don't know more where to look..
I want to build a program that can change the brightness of my monitor using DDC/CI and I want to show/hide a window (where it is written the level of brightness) exactly like the Apple brightness bezel of Leopard or Snow Leopard with the exact same style.
Using RegisterEventHotKey and various IOservices functions I have been able to increase brightness when I press F2 and to decrease it wheh I press F1.
Using custom NSWindow (TransparentWindow) and custom NSView (RoundedView) I have been able to obtain a window which appears exactly as the Apple brightness bezel. I have put it on awakeFromNib and it appears correctly and stays there.
What I am not able to achieve (and I'm really becoming crazy on that) is to show the window only when I press F1 or F2. (to hide it I have alredy implemented an NSTimer but this is offtopic now)
I tried different ways:
1) From the NSobject class where I implement RegisterEventHotKey I have created an instance of TransparentWindow and then I have sent orderOut to that instance.
2) I have used NSNotificationCenter to send a notification directly to TransparentWindow class and call orderOut from there.
3) and many other that I don't remember now.
What I'm trying to do now is to make the window appearing by creating it inside awakeFromNib (and this works) and then to hide it with orderOut (and this never works).
These are the involved classes:
TransparentWindow.h:
#import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
@interface TransparentWindow : NSWindow
{
IBOutlet NSWindow *window;
}
@property (retain) IBOutlet NSWindow *window;
@end
TransparentWindow.m:
#import "TransparentWindow.h"
@implementation TransparentWindow
@synthesize window;
- (id)initWithContentRect:(NSRect)contentRect
styleMask:(unsigned int)aStyle
backing:(NSBackingStoreType)bufferingType
defer:(BOOL)flag {
window = [super initWithContentRect:contentRect
styleMask:NSBorderlessWindowMask
backing:NSBackingStoreBuffered
defer:NO];
if (window != nil) {
[window setLevel: NSStatusWindowLevel];
[window setBackgroundColor: [NSColor clearColor]];
[window setAlphaValue:1.0];
[window setOpaque:NO];
[window setHasShadow:NO];
[window setIgnoresMouseEvents: YES];
NSLog(@"%p", window);
}
return window;
}
- (BOOL) canBecomeKeyWindow
{
return YES;
}
- (void)notify {
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:@"MyNotification" object:self];
}
- (void)handleNotification:(NSNotification*)note {
[window orderOut:self];
}
@end
RoundedView.h:
#import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
@interface RoundedView : NSView
{
}
@end
RoundedView.m:
#import "RoundedView.h"
@implementation RoundedView
- (void)drawRect:(NSRect)rect
{
NSColor *bgColor = [NSColor colorWithCalibratedWhite:0.0 alpha:0.25];
NSRect bgRect = rect;
int minX = NSMinX(bgRect);
int midX = NSMidX(bgRect);
int maxX = NSMaxX(bgRect);
int minY = NSMinY(bgRect);
int midY = NSMidY(bgRect);
int maxY = NSMaxY(bgRect);
float radius = 20.0; // correct value to duplicate Panther's App Switcher
NSBezierPath *bgPath = [NSBezierPath bezierPath];
// Bottom edge and bottom-right curve
[bgPath moveToPoint:NSMakePoint(midX, minY)];
[bgPath appendBezierPathWithArcFromPoint:NSMakePoint(maxX, minY)
toPoint:NSMakePoint(maxX, midY)
radius:radius];
// Right edge and top-right curve
[bgPath appendBezierPathWithArcFromPoint:NSMakePoint(maxX, maxY)
toPoint:NSMakePoint(midX, maxY)
radius:radius];
// Top edge and top-left curve
[bgPath appendBezierPathWithArcFromPoint:NSMakePoint(minX, maxY)
toPoint:NSMakePoint(minX, midY)
radius:radius];
// Left edge and bottom-left curve
[bgPath appendBezierPathWithArcFromPoint:bgRect.origin
toPoint:NSMakePoint(midX, minY)
radius:radius];
[bgPath closePath];
[bgColor set];
[bgPath fill];
}
MainProgram.h:
#import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
#import <carbon/carbon.h>
#include <assert.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <IOKit/IOKitLib.h>
#include <ApplicationServices/ApplicationServices.h>
#include <IOKit/i2c/IOI2CInterface.h>
@interface MainProgram : NSObject {
}
@end
MainProgram.m:
#import "MainProgram.h"
#import <Carbon/Carbon.h>
#import "TransparentWindow.h"
#include <assert.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <IOKit/IOKitLib.h>
#include <ApplicationServices/ApplicationServices.h>
#include <IOKit/i2c/IOI2CInterface.h>
static OSStatus OnHotKeyEvent(EventHandlerCallRef nextHandler,EventRef theEvent,void *userData);
extern int level;
@implementation MainProgram
- (void)awakeFromNib
{
EventHotKeyRef gMyHotKeyRef;
EventHotKeyID gMyHotKeyID;
EventTypeSpec eventType;
eventType.eventClass=kEventClassKeyboard;
eventType.eventKind=kEventHotKeyPressed;
InstallApplicationEventHandler(&OnHotKeyEvent, 1, &eventType, NULL, NULL);
gMyHotKeyID.signature='htk1';
gMyHotKeyID.id=1;
//RegisterEventHotKey(122, controlKey, gMyHotKeyID, GetApplicationEventTarget(), 0, &gMyHotKeyRef);
RegisterEventHotKey(122, NULL, gMyHotKeyID, GetApplicationEventTarget(), 0, &gMyHotKeyRef);
gMyHotKeyID.signature='htk2';
gMyHotKeyID.id=2;
RegisterEventHotKey(120, NULL, gMyHotKeyID, GetApplicationEventTarget(), 0, &gMyHotKeyRef);
}
OSStatus OnHotKeyEvent(EventHandlerCallRef nextHandler,EventRef theEvent,
void *userData)
{
EventHotKeyID hkCom;
GetEventParameter(theEvent,kEventParamDirectObject,typeEventHotKeyID,NULL,
sizeof(hkCom),NULL,&hkCom);
int l = hkCom.id;
switch (l) {
case 1:
//NSLog(@"Hotkey 1");
level = level - 5;
if (level<0) {
level = 0;
}
else {
BrightnessMain(level);
}
break;
case 2:
//NSLog(@"Hotkey 2");
level = level + 5;
if (level>100) {
level = 100;
}
else {
BrightnessMain(level);
TransparentWindow *object3 = [[TransparentWindow alloc] init];
//[object3 orderOut:nil];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:object3 selector:@selector(handleNotification:) name:@"MyNotification" object:nil];
[object3 notify];
}
break;
}
return noErr;
}
@end
Where is the mistake? I'm not an expert programmer but I think it could be a stupid simple mistake but I'm not able to figure it out..
Update of MainProgram.m:
I have replaced this
TransparentWindow *object3 = [[TransparentWindow alloc] init];
with this:
NSRect contentRect;
NSSize contentSize;
contentSize.width = 210;
contentSize.height = 205;
contentRect.origin = NSMakePoint(855, 140);
contentRect.size = contentSize;
TransparentWindow *object3 = [[TransparentWindow alloc] initWithContentRect:contentRect
styleMask:NSBorderlessWindowMask
backing:NSBackingStoreBuffered
defer:NO];
I'm not sure if this is what you meant..
Corrected TransparentWindow.h:
#import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
@interface TransparentWindow : NSWindow
{
}
@end
Corrected TransparentWindow.m:
#import "TransparentWindow.h"
@implementation TransparentWindow
- (id)initWithContentRect:(NSRect)contentRect
styleMask:(unsigned int)aStyle
backing:(NSBackingStoreType)bufferingType
defer:(BOOL)flag {
self = [super initWithContentRect:contentRect
styleMask:NSBorderlessWindowMask
backing:NSBackingStoreBuffered
defer:NO];
if (self != nil) {
[self setLevel: NSStatusWindowLevel];
[self setBackgroundColor: [NSColor clearColor]];
[self setAlphaValue:1.0];
[self setOpaque:NO];
[self setHasShadow:NO];
[self setIgnoresMouseEvents: YES];
NSLog(@"%p", self);
}
return self;
}
- (BOOL) canBecomeKeyWindow
{
return YES;
}
- (void)notify {
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:@"MyNotification" object:self];
}
- (void)handleNotification:(NSNotification*)note {
[self orderOut:self];
}
@end
Update 2:
If I use makeKeyAndOrderFront instead of orderFront it happens a really strange fact.
After the first 3 or 4 pressing of the F1 or F2 button, nothing happens but when I press F1 or F2 another time, still no window appears but I get these strange errors in console:
RoundedFloatingPanel[2346] <Warning>: CGSResolveShmemReference : window.RO.dirtyRegion : Reference offset (38464) exceeds bounds (32768) on shmem obj 0x229
RoundedFloatingPanel[2346] <Warning>: CGSResolveShmemReference : window.RO : Reference offset (38144) exceeds bounds (32768) on shmem obj 0x229
RoundedFloatingPanel[2346] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: CGSNewWindowWithOpaqueShape: Cannot map window information shmem
RoundedFloatingPanel[2346] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
2011-02-17 16:01:42.895 RoundedFloatingPanel[2346:a0f] HIToolbox: ignoring exception 'Error (1000) creating CGSWindow' that raised inside Carbon event dispatch
(
0 CoreFoundation 0x91f186ba __raiseError + 410
1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x999e3509 objc_exception_throw + 56
2 CoreFoundation 0x91f183e8 +[NSException raise:format:arguments:] + 136
3 CoreFoundation 0x91f1835a +[NSException raise:format:] + 58
4 AppKit 0x93408915 _NXCreateWindow + 316
5 AppKit 0x93408720 _NSCreateWindow + 59
6 AppKit 0x93407946 -[NSWindow _commonAwake] + 1784
7 AppKit 0x9340456e -[NSWindow _commonInitFrame:styleMask:backing:defer:] + 1524
8 AppKit 0x934031c1 -[NSWindow _initContent:styleMask:backing:defer:contentView:] + 1568
9 AppKit 0x93402b9b -[NSWindow initWithContentRect:styleMask:backing:defer:] + 71
10 RoundedFloatingPanel 0x000029a6 -[TransparentWindow initWithContentRect:styleMask:backing:defer:] + 119
11 RoundedFloatingPanel 0x000031ec OnHotKeyEvent + 447
12 HIToolbox 0x95ff0ecf _ZL23DispatchEventToHandlersP14EventTargetRecP14OpaqueEventRefP14HandlerCallRec + 1567
13 HIToolbox 0x95ff0196 _ZL30SendEventToEventTargetInternalP14OpaqueEventRefP20OpaqueEventTargetRefP14HandlerCallRec + 411
14 HIToolbox 0x95fefff5 SendEventToEventTargetWithOptions + 58
15 HIToolbox 0x96024c18 _ZL29ToolboxEventDispatcherHandlerP25OpaqueEventHandlerCallRefP14OpaqueEventRefPv + 3006
16 HIToolbox 0x95ff1320 _ZL23DispatchEventToHandlersP14EventTargetRecP14OpaqueEventRefP14HandlerCallRec + 2672
17 HIToolbox 0x95ff0196 _ZL30SendEventToEventTargetInternalP14OpaqueEventRefP20OpaqueEventTargetRefP14HandlerCallRec + 411
18 HIToolbox 0x96012a07 SendEventToEventTarget + 52
19 AppKit 0x93460c3e -[NSApplication sendEvent:] + 7494
20 AppKit 0x933f42a7 -[NSApplication run] + 917
21 AppKit 0x933ec2d9 NSApplicationMain + 574
22 RoundedFloatingPanel 0x00002368 main + 30
23 RoundedFloatingPanel 0x0000231e start + 54
24 ??? 0x00000001 0x0 + 1
