What is the different between Flyout and SettingFlyout control in windows 8? I see that the animations are different. But is there anything else?
UPDATE:
This sample demonstrates how to use the ApplicationSettings API and settings flyouts to integrate an app's settings UI with the Settings charm
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsapps/App-settings-sample-1f762f49/sourcecode?fileId=50852&pathId=106473882
SettingsFlyout is for use with the Settings Pane via the Settings contract. The Flyout is for use in the main UX.
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In Windows 8 when i tried to launch my other app from another app - there was no snapping by default, 1 application went to background and other went to front.
In windows 8.1 the application that lauched an URI goes to filled mode, but launchable app goes to snap - how to prevent this, and make it work like in Windows 8?
The Launcher that you use to invoke the second app accepts a LauncherOptions parameter. Use the DesiredRemainingView property to control the launch with regards to size.
By default it's the app that launches another app that controls how the view will be shared. It might be possible to override this behavior. Windows grants apps the option to enlarge themselves when requiring more space. It might be possible to invoke this method to enlarge a launched app.
I wanted to change the default black color of WL.SimpleDialog.show in IBM worklight to red and other colors with specifying color codes, is there a way to achieve this, if not can any one share the links to customize a loading dialog in IBM WL.
Thanks
djrecker
Worklight does not provide the ability to customize the background used for WL.SimpleDialog.
What you can do, is create a dialog of your own, where you will then have complete control over it.
You could find some library online that creates such a dialog via JavaScript, for example jQuery Mobile, or
You could find/implement it via native code. If you choose to implement it via native code, you will need to do so via a Cordova plug-in for Worklight.
For those building an application for the Mobile Web, Desktop Web Browser or BlackBerry 6/7 environments, these environments use a "web busy indicator", essentially implemented via JavaScript, CSS and HTML. Its colors (and design, really) can be altered by over-writing its CSS IDs. You can use Chrome Dev Tools to debug, modify, experiment with, etc...
The IDs are (in Worklight 6.1 the source is in .wlapp\ ... \ worklight\worklight.css):
#WLdialogContainer, #WLdialogOverlay, #WLdialog, #WLdialogTitle, #WLdialogBody, #WLdialog button
I have an application that I'm developing that deals with files of any type. I would like the user to be able to right click on any type of file in the Finder and have my menu option show up. I understand you have to add your application as a service to do this, however, whatever I put in the service settings in my Info.plist doesn't do the trick. I do register my application as a service with OS X, and I know it works because under service preferences my application's service shows up. However, I don't think I'm passing it the right type of parameters, because I can't activate my service by right-clicking on a file.
Any help would be deeply appreciated.
Did you take a look at the Apple documentation?
Also, this might be useful: Writing a Snow Leopard Service for Finder.app
I am writing a Cocoa application that needs to NOT have the option to quit in the dock. I was able to take the menu option out application from the menu-bar. I want to take the quit option out of the dock right-click option. How would I go about this? Thanks in advance!
You could make the app a background-only app by adding the LSUIElement key to your Info.plist file and setting its value to YES.
This will prevent your app from appearing in the dock and will also prevent it having a menu bar. You can present a UI to open app configuration windows etc via an NSStatusItem in the menu bar.
However, if this is going to be the sole app running on the system then you should make it a full-screen kiosk app, which will allow you to completely control what users can do with the system, including preventing the quitting of the app. You can read more about kiosk mode here.
I'm developing a Mac application for sharing files to different social platforms like Flickr, Facebook etc. I want to add the 'share with MyApp' facility within the contextual menu of the files. i.e, when i (control+click) any file in the file system, i must see a menu item like 'share with MyApp' in the contextual menu so that i can run my application for sharing the files.This is the requirement and my question is : is it possible to do and if possible, how this can be achieved? My application will be compatible with OS 10.6 and higher version. I know that there is a facility like Open with > my application name.But i want to show it directly in the contextual menu.
Thanks,
LS Developer
Firstly, Mac isn't an acronym.
Secondly, you can't add directly to Finder's contextual menu, that is far outside Apple's HIG. What you can do however, is add a Service that enables the share facility (Services are accessible from the context menu). You can find more information about OS X services here: http://www.cocoadev.com/index.pl?MakingAppServices