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CFCode.c
/* |
File: CFCode.c |
Description: This file contains Core Foundation code which X11 calls to perform various operations. |
Author: Chad Jones |
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*/ |
#include "CFCode.h" |
#include <CoreFoundation/CoreFoundation.h> |
void DisplayCoreFoundationDialog(const char* HeaderStringToDisplay, const char* MessageToDisplay) |
{ |
CFStringRef HeaderStringToDisplayCFString = NULL; |
CFStringRef MessageToDisplayCFString = NULL; |
if (HeaderStringToDisplay != NULL) |
{ |
/* Here we are creating a CFString from the CString we are passed. This is done with the |
* API call CFStringCreateWithCString. We do this so we can display the message sent to us. |
* First Argument: The allocator to use. As usual we want default allocator so pass NULL. |
* Second Argument: The CString we are going to use to create the CFString. In this case |
* the C-string passed to this function. |
* Third Argument: The encoding to use when interpreting the C-String. Though its likely |
* all characters will be ASCII we will still use the more general UTF8 encoding |
* just to be more general/compatible. |
* Return Value: On success the created CFString will be returned (which must be released). |
* On failure this will be NULL. |
*/ |
HeaderStringToDisplayCFString = |
CFStringCreateWithCString(NULL, HeaderStringToDisplay, kCFStringEncodingUTF8); |
} |
if (MessageToDisplay != NULL) |
{ |
/* Here we are creating a CFString from the CString we are passed. This is done with the |
* API call CFStringCreateWithCString. We do this so we can display the message sent to us. |
* First Argument: The allocator to use. As usual we want default allocator so pass NULL. |
* Second Argument: The CString we are going to use to create the CFString. In this case |
* the C-string passed to this function. |
* Third Argument: The encoding to use when interpreting the C-String. Though its likely |
* all characters will be ASCII we will still use the more general UTF8 encoding |
* just to be more general/compatible. |
* Return Value: On success the created CFString will be returned (which must be released). |
* On failure this will be NULL. |
*/ |
MessageToDisplayCFString = |
CFStringCreateWithCString(NULL, MessageToDisplay, kCFStringEncodingUTF8); |
} |
/* Here we are putting up a dialog to the user using the CFUserNotification API's. |
* First Argument: The timeout for the notification. Here we don't want a timeout so pass zero |
* indicating no timeout. |
* Second Argument: The type of user notification dialog to show. here we will use the note |
* alert. |
* Third Argument: The icon to display within the dialog. Here we aren't going to get fancy so |
* pass NULL indicating to use the default icon. |
* Forth Arugment: The sound to play when displaying the notice. Here we aren't going to get |
* fancy so just pass NULL indicating that we want no sounds. |
* Fifth Argument: A URL describing how to localize the dialog for other languages/regions. Here |
* again we just want a standard dialog (nothing fancy) so just pass NULL. |
* Sixth Argument: This is the text to display at the top of the dialog. Here we just add a simple |
* message. |
* Seventh Argument: This is the actual main message to display in the alert. Here we use the text |
* which was passed to us. |
* Eigth Argument: This is the title of the button which will be displayed. We want the default |
* (an "OK" button) so just pass NULL here |
*/ |
CFUserNotificationDisplayNotice(0, kCFUserNotificationNoteAlertLevel, |
NULL, NULL, NULL, HeaderStringToDisplayCFString, |
MessageToDisplayCFString, NULL); |
//Releasing the allocated CFStrings. |
if (MessageToDisplayCFString != NULL) |
{CFRelease(MessageToDisplayCFString);} |
if (HeaderStringToDisplayCFString != NULL) |
{CFRelease(HeaderStringToDisplayCFString);} |
} |
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