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Offline giantmike

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« on: December 15, 2003, 08:58:22 AM »
Hi all. I have begun remaking my Diving Software that I made about 2 years ago. Because I had created it with an old version of RealBasic, it would not work properly with OS X 10.2 or 10.3. Therefore, I am building it from the ground up using Cocoa and XCode. Not quite as easy to use as RealBasic, but much more powerful.

Anyhow, I only have machines with MacOS X 10.3.1 on them, and was wondering if any of you who have 10.2.x or even 10.1.x could please download the program (link below), and fire it up to see if it launches. If you want to enter some number, keep them below 100, as full input error checking has not been implemented yet.

This program will not mess up your computer, so don't worry about that. I just need to know what kind of OS X versions it will run on, for future reference.

Thanks to all who help!

EDIT: New Link in post below.
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« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2003, 09:49:07 AM »
Won't open on 10.2.8.  The DiveTableX in the __MACOSX folder comes in as an AW document and when double clicked says "The operation cannot not be completed.  An unexpected error occurred (error code 1000)

DiveTableX outside the _MACOSX folder just sits there when double clicked.
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« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2003, 09:54:20 AM »
Inside and outside a __MacOS X Folder? That makes no sense to me. It should just be unzip to an application. Ah, but I zipped it using the built in compression utlity in OS X 10.3. So, I just now Used Stuffit. Let's see if this works:

EDIT: New Link in post below.
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« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2003, 10:30:19 AM »
I got on 10.1.3, 62kb dive table x zip nd dive table x folder. none would open.On dive table x sit was 81kb , would not open either. rolleyes.gif
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« Reply #4 on: December 15, 2003, 10:48:07 AM »
using the .hqx I now have just the DiveTableX, 148K, application, but it still won't open.
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« Reply #5 on: December 15, 2003, 10:57:09 AM »
That is really wierd, it is targeted towards 10.2. I'll see if I have to change some compiler flag for compatibility.
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« Reply #6 on: December 15, 2003, 11:08:14 AM »
In addition to not opening in 10.2.8, it will not open in 10.3.1 on my Pismo PB.  When double-clicked, room for the icon is momentarily opened in the Dock but immediately closes.
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« Reply #7 on: December 15, 2003, 11:14:45 AM »
I just tried this on my iBook with OS X 10.3.1, and am gettign the same behavior as you guys, it appers in the dock and then disapears instantly. This is very confusing to me.
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« Reply #8 on: December 15, 2003, 11:29:03 AM »
Looking to the console on the iBook, I see my program is looking for a framework called ZeroLink found in /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ZeroLink.framework/Versions/A/ZeroLink

That file is definitely not on my iBook, but is on the G5. I wonder if it gets installed with Xcode. If anyone here has any idea to not use that in a Cocoa application (or even what it is), I would greatly appreciate the help.
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« Reply #9 on: December 15, 2003, 11:40:07 AM »
Ok, I finally got it. ZeroLink is a part of the development tools, used to help debug and compile code faster. I had to turn that off in some crazy place, and now it properly works on my iBook. Only drawbacks to it seem to be much slower compile times, and a larger application. However, I guess that is the price you pay for compatibility.

So, now that I have that figured out, could you please try it one more time. The new file is at http://www.bhsweb.dk/giantmike/newDiveTableX.hqx

Thanks a ton for your help!
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« Reply #10 on: December 15, 2003, 12:32:54 PM »
QUOTE(giantmike @ Dec 15 2003, 3:54 PM)
Inside and outside a __MacOS X Folder?

 Guess you figured out that the _MAC OSX folder is a direct result of using Panther to compress a file and not using Panther to uncompress it. Silly of Apple to damage something like that. Why even bother including it.


Anyway.. OS10.2.8 on a MDD Dual 867 and your application ran fine GM.
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« Reply #11 on: December 15, 2003, 12:46:56 PM »
And, it now works fine in 10.3.1 on my PB. biggrin.gif
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« Reply #12 on: December 15, 2003, 01:14:35 PM »
This is from when I jumped over to 10.2.8. and downloaded your last link Mike.
Think there was sit also but dumped it.

Now the strange part is when I rebooted back into Panther the download was there also.
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« Reply #13 on: December 15, 2003, 01:24:03 PM »
This is very encouraging everyone! It's always nice to see a program take shape. Unfortunately, I have final exams this week, so I don't know how much will get worked on it until I am done with that. But I should have a finalized version by sometime in the new year (maybe earlier if I get lucky).

Thanks again!
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