Re: PowerPlant X & Mach-O

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From: Isaac Wankerl
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 21:14

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In article <1gk3x05.sxg1d8q9pxa6N%egusenet@verizon.net>,
 egusenet@verizon.net (Eric) wrote:

> 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?

Not that I know of, but I've never tried running PPx under CFM/PEF.

-- 
Isaac Wankerl
Metrowerks

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From: Isaac Wankerl <iwankerl@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: PowerPlant X & Mach-O
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