Thread: Some progress on the application...

Originally Posted by Jirka Jirout

Yes, there is a bug in the System menu. It does not properly create its default setup dictionary - easy to fix - have a look at the contents of dictionary moduleSetup in the initWithSetup and then at what is expected to be there in -setupReadSettings ;-)

Fixed Sysmenu.m file is attached.

I am having troubles with the binary files I downloaded. Can you make some new ones?
I can start the application, but the software doesn't see the modules. There also happens nothing when I selec a slot and press apple-5, only apple-s seems to work, but I can's select anything, it stays empty

Originally Posted by Jirka Jirout

I am not quite sure what to make of this, so here few tips, let me know if I misunderstood you.

Many thanks, able to compile, run modules !!

One thing is: I can compile and load shark widget (get white background etc) but widget does not appear to load..nothing interesting in console.log

Also noticed the night mode has black background (with the exception of the mp3 status bar, and widget background) and the text remains black so cannot read it .. am I missing something ? prob :-)

Have a screen dump but dont want to take up bandwidth at this stage as this is a very low priority....

Some minor progress on the application - only the traditional TatraApp interface for now though..

Background picture (host application)
if the application finds an image named "background" in the main application bundle, it uses it as a background for the main window. The image should have a resolution of 800x600 (or the screen resolution) and can be in any of the common formats recognized by NSImage's -imageNamed: method (ie TIFF, JPEG, PNG, GIF..) The image can be inserted into the bundle/package either at build time (background.tiff in the source project) or at any time later (just copy it to ./TatraApp.app/Contents/Resources/). This is the very first step in support for the customization of the application look. Next on the to-do list are customizable frames for module slots and customizable text colours.

Source support (MP3 player module)
The module now allows playback of music from an iPod, attached to the computer. "SRC" button of the module's activated view switches between iTunes library and the iPod. Only the playlists of the selected source are displayed when the "playlists" button is used.
In the future, this will be enhanced by the option to play Audio CDs directly from the TatraApp.
Current implementation is just a temporary one, there are two known issues: 1. you must choose a source before you start playing a playlist, even if there is only one source available (=no iPod connected) and 2. there are problems with remembering the current position, so after application restart, playback may not continue where it stopped before the application has quit.

Files (source code) should be shortly available here:

http://homepage.mac.com/jirka.jirout...p-20050917.tgz (host application)
http://homepage.mac.com/jirka.jirout...r-20050917.tgz (MP3 player module)

Wow Jirka, I'm not real good with developing software, but I'm really impressed... This looks so cool.

I just started looking into building Macs into Cars, but most software you see is pc based. I'm playing with Tatra now and just clicking it is cool

Let's hope I can learn how to manipulate it or wait till we can order a custom install ...

Newbie here. Recently purchased my Lilliput screen and Mini. Is there a compliled version of this front end for me to easily install, if yes link is appreciated, if no what do I need to compile links in this thread. Thanks.