Re: PowerPlant X & Mach-O

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From: Eric
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 18:18

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Isaac Wankerl <iwankerl@yahoo.com> wrote:

> In article <1gk2bfa.b8hy6ystvqqaN%egusenet@verizon.net>,
>  egusenet@verizon.net (Eric) wrote:
> 
> > I am pretty sure the answer to my first question is YES, but I do not
> > know the answer to my second question.
> > 
> > Is the whole of PowerPlant X Mach-O only?
> 
> Yes, and it requires Mac OS X 10.2 and later.
> 
> > If yes, why?
> 
> A lot of the PPx view system depends on HIViews and composited windows.
> Apple is no longer providing CFM/PEF interfaces to their new and future
> APIs and it would be much more work for Metrowerks to keep an updated
> bridge between the two architectures.

But if we load the framework(s) used by PowerPlant X manually (using the
CFMLateImport code from Apple), then those routines become available in
CFM. This appears to work with the PPX document stationary project and
allows one to build and run it. That may be a simple example, though.
Are there any other problems, apart from the framework-only routines?

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Subject: Re: PowerPlant X & Mach-O
From: egusenet@verizon.net (Eric)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 14:18:08 -0400
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