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Objective C

Antialiasing: Wu Algorithm

6 Nov 2007 by .Suchit

Generating smooth lines with antialiasing; sample code for animation is included

Webservice (WCF / ASMX) with LINQ-To-SQL operability to the iPhone

20 Mar 2014 by 0xMoonstar

I have an ASMX-Web Service and tested whether I can access the iPhone over the web wervice url (using json instead of soap) and everything worked. What bothers me is if there is any possibility to exchange objects than Collections or primitive data types? Is it possible to send LINQ-TO-SQL...

Operating System

24 Oct 2010 by 4277480

POSIX Link[^] It explains it in detail.

11 Sep 2018 by _Flaviu

A way to use OpenCV in MFC project

How to fetch first item in array list using Objective c

29 Jan 2013 by _Maxxx_

Difficult to understand your question - but I think you need to usecode = [listOfColourCode objectAtIndex:0];

xcode 4 - Simple code not working?

12 May 2013 by _Maxxx_

By testing for the two strings being == you are actually asking whether the objects pointed to by the variables are the same object.And I guess they're not.You need to check if the string values of those objects are equalif ([_thetimelabel.stringValue...

ios programming error: ARC forbids explicit message send of''retain'

20 Oct 2013 by _Maxxx_

contentArray=[NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"a",@"b",@"c",Nill];//error ARC forbids explicit message i.e. the message tells you ARV forbids retain, so don't specify retain?

Objective-c or Swift

10 Dec 2014 by _Maxxx_

Assuming you only want to develop for IOS / Mac and not for other platforms (Windows, Android etc.) then Swift should be your choice; It is newer, but is I think intended to be the replacement for Objective C - eventually. so learning it now you will be at an advantage over others converting...

Implementing Rulers Inside of Splitter Panes

4 Jan 2000 by _stefanu_

Using fixed panes to add rulers to your view

iPhone XML Parsing error

16 Feb 2012 by _Zorro_

Hi,Shouldn...

CDeviceTree

2 Apr 2004 by Abbas_Riazi

A tree control to show installed devices like Device Manager

How Do I Print Equation In Calculator Screen In Ios

14 Mar 2014 by Abdullah Umair

hey i am new to IOs development and want to know how do i display an equation in calculator using objective c ?

Best free tool for iPhone app development on Windows?

30 Dec 2009 by Abhijeet Pathak

Any suggestions for developing iPhone apps on Windows? Best free tool which can also compile project in native application.

starting with iphone development

5 Feb 2012 by Abhinav S

Start withhttp://www.dzone.com/links/objective_c_for_iphone_programming.html[^]http://iphonedevelopertips.com/category/objective-c[^]

Treeview Alternative in iPhone App

19 Nov 2013 by Abhinav S

Try this video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS3gQ4pnmBs[^].Here is another link[^].

How Can I Use Grid View In Ios

4 May 2014 by Abhinav S

You cannot use the GridView.Here is an alternate - http://www.appcoda.com/ios-programming-uicollectionview-tutorial/[^].

Wondered if anyone could help me out

2 Jul 2014 by Abhinav S

Html and JavaScript is good for starting off.Learn PHP or any other language (ASP.Net) to do some server side stuff.

what is the best way to learn OOP concepts in practical

13 Jan 2015 by Abhinav S

Try Introduction to Object Oriented Programming Concepts (OOP) and More[^].

is there an Airprint supported color label printer ?

18 Dec 2015 by abhishek.singh.valeteck

Hi,Can somebody please let me know the list of Label color printers are supported by Airprint ?I tried a few listed here https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201311[^] but didn't found a color label printer which prints a label of minimum width of 4 inches.Thanks,Abhishek.

CBrowseCtrl - Adding File/Folder-Browse Features to Your Projects Easily

25 May 2004 by Abin

A file/folder browsing control that integrates an editbox and a button with built-in images

C++0x Dynamic Message Passing

26 Nov 2010 by Achilleas Margaritis

C++0x Dynamic Message Passing Ala Objective-C

Developing Hybrid Applications for the iPhone: Using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to Build Dynamic Apps for the iPhone

29 Oct 2009 by Addison-Wesley

It is also possible to write debug messages to the Xcode console when you write your application. Accessing these capabilities is not limited to Objective-C applications. Your hybrid applications can do these things from within JavaScript.

Excerpt from Learning Objective-C 2.0: A Hands-On Guide to Objective-C for Mac and iOS Developers

22 Sep 2010 by Addison-Wesley

This chapter covers only the basic parts of the C language

Windows Phone 7 for iPhone Developers - Chapter Excerpt: Object-Oriented Programming

9 Sep 2011 by Addison-Wesley

This chapter will cover some of the core concepts of object-oriented programming (OOP) and how they apply to both iPhone and Windows Phone 7 programming

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how to use Bounding box in cocos2d

23 Jan 2013 by adithya.hari

i am new to cocos2d, want to detect collision of two sprites. kindly help.

Discover ISAPI. Feed Provider for Graphical Applets

16 May 2002 by Adrian Bacaianu

Sample of using ISAPI extension to give online data to graphical applets.

Discover ISAPI. Working with GET-POST Data

15 Jul 2002 by Adrian Bacaianu

That article present a way to retrieve the GET-POST data from a form into an ISAPI extension.

Discover ISAPI: ADO Data Access from ISAPI

13 Jul 2002 by Adrian Bacaianu

A way to build HTML pages in ISAPI using OLE DB database access

Discover WEB. HTTP GET-POST Utility

25 Jun 2002 by Adrian Bacaianu

This article presents a utility that lets you retrieve raw information from web servers using HTTP's GET and POST commands.

how to create a dll？

22 Aug 2010 by Aescleal

Hang on: Just noticed the Objective-C tag on the question. While I wouldn't preclude using gcc to program in Objective-C on windows 10:1 you'd be using it on a Mac. So why are you asking about DLLS???Old answer starts here...First question to answer is: Why do you want/need a DLL in your...

what is the best way to learn OOP concepts in practical

13 Jan 2015 by Aescleal

If you're learning a language that's designed to support OO programming grab some of the designs that you've worked up to answer exercises and code them into a bare bones solution. If you're not learning an OO language then I'd start learning one at the same time as OOD.

1 Feb 2013 by Ahmed Charfeddine

A Visual C++ Project Wizard for the fast creation of high performance TCP servers in C++

Using XSLT to Render XML Data Returned by a COM Object

12 Sep 2001 by Alan Wen

This is a 3-tier application. A COM component returns SQL data in XML format, then using XSLT to transform to HTML at client side. By using XML, all the data can be sort, split into pages locally, that will give users a quick response!

Objective C for Windows

11 Dec 2011 by Albert Holguin

You should be able to use GCC for objective-C. To run GCC in Windows, you may have to install Cygwin (although they might offer a Win package independent of Cygwin).

Naming Common Colors

28 Jul 2001 by Ales Krajnc

An include file that allows you to specify colors by name instead of RGB value

A Few Classes to Work With Date, Time, Datetime and Timezone Data

9 Oct 2002 by Alex Mol

Classes to make working with time and date data in different timezones easier.

CSSplitter: A Splitter with the Ability to Save/Restore its Position

29 Sep 2018 by Alexander Atamas

A splitter control derived from CStatic for dialog controls, and that can be used not only within the restricted splitter pane.

4 Dec 2003 by Alexander Bischofberger

See how to have tear-off menus in your program

Tree Data Class for C++

12 Jan 2002 by Alexander Kovachev

Simple class to represent tree data structures in C++

A Static Splitter with the Ability to Hide/Show Multiple Columns/Rows

6 Aug 2002 by Alexander Kuzmin

A static splitter with the ability to hide/show multiple columns/rows

Dynamic Logging

12 Jan 2021 by Alexander Schichmanter

Concept, Motivation and Implementation of Dynamic Logging - a valuable aid to the C++ programmer

DotNetPeLib: A Library to Read and Generate .NET Assemblies in C++11

2 Jan 2020 by Alexandre Bencz

DotNetPELib is a library which abstracts managed information such as namespaces, classes, fields, methods, and instructions. The information can then be used to generate assembly language source files, or PE executables or DLLs.

Compiling Your C Code to .NET - Part 1

17 Dec 2019 by Alexandre Bencz

With this new OrangeC/C++ compiler back-end, you can compile your C code to .NET

what is the best way to learn OOP concepts in practical

22 Jan 2015 by alexey_s

This is a good online book http://beginnersbook.com/2013/04/oops-concepts/[^] for example. But PIEBALDconsult is very right about practice.

We Make a std::shared_mutex 10 Times Faster

16 Dec 2021 by AlexeyAB

Atomic operations and C++11 memory barriers and assembler instructions generated on x86_64 CPUs

multi-threading

Hello, my FYP is to build viber replica client in IOS and server in c#, any one may help?

19 Feb 2014 by Ali Raza

guys need help in developing in such an app, its my final year project, and i have no idea of RTP and SIP, any help?

view all processes in win api

18 Sep 2010 by ali_azin

Hi,I tested the Process viewer[^] and some other similar codes but in all of them, it couldn't find processes like "notepad.exe". Is there any way to show those processes?Thanks in advance.

program to convert Greek numbers to English numbers and vice versa

7 Aug 2012 by alluriganesh

Hi, I need program to convert greek numbers to english numbers and vice versa in objective-C language.please anyone help me out in this..

Date-Time Conversion Utility

21 Sep 2001 by Alvaro Mendez

A simple app that converts to and between time_t, DATE, and regular date string expressions

Can i get the snippet for image edge detection in iPad?

22 Feb 2013 by AmeerAli from Bangalore

I have errors in snippet for image detection.

Searching for shared motif between strings in C

30 Jan 2015 by Amir Mohammad Nasrollahi

In this article, i consider the problem of identifying motifs in the biological sequence data sets. To solve this task, i present a new algorithm for finding patterns that just use library in C compiler and a new way to avoid using arrays search.

Creating Holes in a Window

6 Feb 2000 by Amir Zalzberg

How to create a window with holes in it

Handling VB ActiveX Events in Visual C++ Client

8 May 2001 by Amit Dey

This article shows how to handle custom events generated in a VB ActiveX component in a Visual C++ client.

Application Crashing when going in Background and then ForeGround

28 Jun 2012 by Amit._saini

I have a button in the UIView. when This button is clicked a hit to the server is initiated. During this time, if we force the application to go in Background. and then coming back to Foreground The application Crashes.The Log i have received is :-Jun 26 18:41:26 unknown SpringBoard[50]...

Enable scrolling to View to allow multiple elements #iOS

6 May 2014 by Amogh Natu

This tip shows how you can add scrolling to a view in iOS to allow multiple elements on the screen that won't fit in one screen.

Parsing JSON Response from Web service to NSDictionary in iOS – Objective C

13 Jul 2014 by Amogh Natu

This tip shows how to parse JSON response received from a web service into an NSDictionary object.

ScratchPadView for iOS using GLKit

27 Nov 2012 by Amory Wong

A GLKView class that can be dropped into your project.

iPhone SDK: Problem to find distance between two locations

19 Sep 2011 by anandh.kdm@gmail.com

I need sample project which uses google map application in UIWebView. please sent sample code to [email removed].Thanks in advance..

A C ATM Console App

28 Apr 2014 by Andre' Gardiner

A c banking atm concept console application

IEEE 754 Conversion

22 Jan 2019 by Andrea Ricchetti

Two ways to make a IEEE 754 conversion (32 bit) pack and unpack

How to find count of words in Audio Song

20 Jan 2011 by Andrew Brock

If this means what I think it means, then don't bother.Speech recognition is difficult, then you want to be able to do it when the singer is putting their voice all through the spectrum, you have background noises, etc...Althoug you only want the word count and not the actual words, in...

Audio File Matching Program

21 Jan 2011 by Andrew Brock

Since you have listed your platform as iPhone, you have the exciting choice of C, C++ and Objective C programming languages, which are mostly the same thing and can be mixed and matched pretty easily.This is good, because most open source projects are written in C/C++.The basic method...

Intel® HTML5 Tools for developing mobile applications

1 Dec 2013 by Android on Intel

Intel® HTML5 Tools for developing mobile applications

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Multi-OS Engine Actions Menu

1 Mar 2016 by Android on Intel

This article takes a simple app and demonstrates the use of the above mentioned sub items.

Push Notification in ios

9 May 2013 by André Kraak

Maybe this two part tutorial is helpful: Apple Push Notification Services Tutorial: Part 1/2[^] Apple Push Notification Services Tutorial: Part 2/2[^]

Magnifying Cursor

27 Jan 2003 by Aniket Nayak

This cursor can magnify...

IOS error by the time of uploading to the store

18 Nov 2013 by Anil Kumar Ch

Hi friends,I tried to upload my ios app in my app store by the time of uploading the app i got an issue saying that error : 17.2We found that your app requires customers to register with personal information to access non-account-based features, which is not in compliance with the...

How can windows cryptoAPI be ported/used in Mac OS X?

20 Aug 2011 by Aniruddha Loya

A windows application which makes use of Windows' cryptoAPI defined in header file which has a windows specific implementation for encrypting/decrypting files and folders needs to be ported on Mac OS X such the file encrypted using this application on Windows can be decrypted on Mac and...

check box cell in table view in iPhone

28 May 2012 by Ankit Kumar Gupta

Hi,On click event of a button write [tableObject reloadData];now in tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath method write logic to put a checkmark or use table accessory view to put a check mark.

remote access to sqlite database in iphone app.

18 Dec 2012 by Ankit Kumar Gupta

The best way would be to write a wrapper web service over your database file and then consume it on iOS ...A link to help you further http://www.raywenderlich.com/2941/how-to-write-a-simple-phpmysql-web-service-for-an-ios-app[^]

21 Sep 2010 by Ankurmahotra

hello Friendz, I just want to know how we can save videos in iphone simulator and how we can retreive or play them ?

iphone simulator photoLibrary not showing saved videos

21 Sep 2010 by Ankurmahotra

hi friendz .tell me why we used kuTTYpe in image picker controller And hw to show videos in photoLibrary when we open an iphone simulator?

kuTTypeMovies in iphone ?

21 Sep 2010 by Ankurmahotra

hi frendz i just want to know what is kuTType ? where it could be used? i am trying to pick video file from photo library through image picker controller but i can't. please reply as soon as possible how to save video in iphone simulator an hoe to upload it?

Interoperation Issues in Mixed C/C++/Objective-C Development, Part 1

26 Mar 2014 by Anna Koneva

An article about interoperation issues in mixed C/C++/Objective-C development

Interoperation Issues in Mixed C/C++/Objective-C Development, Part 2

25 Mar 2014 by Anna Koneva

An article about interoperation issues in mixed C/C++/Objective-C development

To call rest webservice from iphone app

30 Jul 2012 by anonymous1310

Hi I am a newbie in iPhone development , i am developing a app in which i have to call a web service which will check the validity of login details ,but i am not able to call it in a right manner.I have the xml and the location at which it is hosted ,Can anyone provide me a sample of how to...

Animated Dialog Windows

17 Apr 2000 by Anton Stuck

A class that provides some simple, yet spectacular window animation effects. Try the demo!

what is Synthesize in objective c & why use

14 Jun 2012 by appu12

what is synthesizer in objective c and why it is use give example and explanation

Application Crashing when going in Background and then ForeGround

28 Jun 2012 by Aqueel

I guess I will need to check the code which runs when you click on the button. If it is instantiating a new thread then that can be problem. I can help more after looking at your code so please post your code here.

How to display json data on uitableview..

28 Jun 2012 by Aqueel

cellForRowAtIn...

what is Synthesize in objective c & why use

29 Jun 2012 by Aqueel

synthesize directive adds getters and setters for your properties automatically so you dont need to add them manually.

How to set curve text on uiimageview iOS objective C?

6 Sep 2017 by arjun chudasa

i Have square Uiimageview i want to set curve text on UIImageview ( like circle ) and its looking clock and antilock wise Text set on Boundary of the Uiimageview(Circle uiimage) . What I have tried: i want make it dynamically because if ios device changed then it looks worst.

DirectControl - Remote Control for Electrical Loads via WiFi

7 Aug 2018 by Artem Moroz

Using ESP8266 module to remotely control high power electrical appliances

How do i make a table using c++

20 Mar 2016 by Arthur V. Ratz

typedef struct tagClerk{ // Here you should declare fields of your table represented as // variables}

Deploy Node.js Application Running on Microsoft IIS 10 To Docker's Windows Server Core 2016 Containers

1 Sep 2018 by Arthur V. Ratz

In this brief article, we will demonstrate how to deploy a Node.js application and run it on Docker's Windows Server Core 2016 Containers

Write a function f where f(f(x)) = -x

15 Apr 2021 by Arvind Patel Apr2021

Write a function f where f(f(x)) = -x (assume x to be an integer), any programming language would do. What I have tried: How can I write the following fuction?

Xcode 4.4 is not working on Sno Leopard MAC OS

28 Oct 2012 by Avinash6474

I have upgraded MAC Mini os from 10.5 to sno leopard, and I installed xcode 4.4. But the xcode is not working properly,It is showing a long list of error:Following are the error messages:Process: Xcode [404]Path: ...

Xcode 4.4 is not working on Sno Leopard MAC OS

2 Nov 2012 by Avinash6474

Need following things to install : 1) iPhone configuration utility 3.52) Xcode 4.5.1first install iPhone configuration utility 3.5 and then install Xcode 4.5.1. It work for me.--Avinash

Audio File Matching Program

28 Sep 2011 by avlaw

I found a good article regarding your questionDuplicate songs detector via audio fingerprinting[^]

A Simple HTML Drawing Class

5 Aug 2003 by BadJerry

Drawing HTML text onto a device context

About C Programming

7 Dec 2013 by baliram bhande

Objective-C is a thin layer on top of C, and moreover is a strict superset of C; it is possible to compile any C program with an Objective-C compiler, and to freely include C code within an Objective-C class.Objective-C derives its object syntax from Smalltalk. All of the syntax for...

How Can I Add Images Into The Table View Controller?

7 May 2014 by baliram bhande

refer this site it may get your solution...

How can windows cryptoAPI be ported/used in Mac OS X?

21 Aug 2011 by barneyman

it can't ...you'll have to create an abstraction layer, implemented in both OS's, which hides implementationor buy a third party library that does the same

What is the best way, or library to implement measure units in objective-c?

9 Apr 2015 by barneyman

I'd use a bunch of look up tables if you just want to do simple conversions(pcode)struct conversionsEasy { char leftName[32], rightName[32]; float leftToRightRatio;}conversionsEasy easy[]={{"Kilometre", "metre",true, 1000},{"Foot", "metre",...

Digital Analog Clock

17 Aug 2002 by Barretto VN

Digital analog clock

System Drives Browsing Tree

3 Aug 2002 by Barretto VN

System Drives Browsing Tree