Re: Authentication in preferencepanes

FROM : Nick Forge
DATE : Thu Apr 05 20:16:59 2007

I don't really care about minimum OS support - I'm developing this 
for personal use with a possible freeware release as well. Do you 
know what the widget might be called?


On 06/04/2007, at 3:15 AM, Stephane Sudre wrote:

> It depends on the minimum OS version you're targeting.
>
> In the Security Framework, you can find a Cocoa widget for the lock 
> IIRC.
>
> On 5 avr. 07, at 19:04, Nick Forge wrote:
>

>> I have a PreferencePane that changes some system settings that 
>> requires admin privileges. Is there an easy way to get the 
>> standard apple "Click the lock to prevent further changes" widget 
>> and its functionality into your own PreferencePanes?
>>
>> This page here: http://www.dssw.co.uk/powermanager/ shows a custom 
>> PreferencePane with an Apple style "lock authentication widget" at 
>> the bottom. Have they "rolled their own," or is there some Apple 
>> code that they have leveraged?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Nick Forge
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