Re: how to do the date control (found in Carbon) in Cocoa?

FROM : Jacob Lukas
DATE : Sat Oct 16 00:11:10 2004

Take a look at this:
http://s.sudre.free.fr/Software/DevPotPourri.html

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>    Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 18:01:12 -0400
>    From: Daniel Morrow <<email_removed>>
> Reply-To: Daniel Morrow <<email_removed>>
>  Subject: how to do the date control (found in Carbon) in Cocoa?
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> Dear cocoa list,
>
> I'm new to the Cocoa world, and so far am having a great time
> learning
> it and think it's pretty cool.
>
> However, I just hit a big stumbling block.
>
> My background is Carbon, and as such, I've been used to having a date
> control, like what you can see in  System Preferences. Basically, 3
> text fields + an NSStepper on the end. I guess I should've researched
> whether it actually existed in Cocoa, but I just assumed that this
> was
> a basic control, and that it probably is in there.
>
> But here's the thing - I really, really need it. And I want to put it
> in an NSCell.
>
> See, I'm creating a window that has a list of choices. Each choice is
> prefixed with a label. There are 3 choice types. One is normal text
> field to type into. Another is a popup menu. The third choice is a
> date.
>
> Might look something like this:
>
>    Some text:  ________________
>  Some popup:  Popup choice 1
>    Some date:  10 / 15 / 2004
>
> I figured out how to put the first two choices into an NSTableView,
> thanks to recent advice offered on this list. But I forgot about the
> date part.  I'd really like to use a date control, as this
> functionality matches what I'm doing in other apps my company makes.
>
> So, assuming this control doesn't exist in Cocoa, I have two
> questions:
>
> 1) How can I create something like this from scratch (or does this
> exist already) and embed it into an NSCell?
>
> 2) How hard is it to add a Carbon control into a Cocoa window? And in
> this case, an NSCell? Is it even feasible?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> -Dan.
>
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