Re: [platform-swt-dev] Mac OS X port: Tree/MacUtil question

[Andre Weinand <weinand@xxxxxxx>]

Martin,

> Hi Andre,
> I found it inthe ControlManager API reference at:
>
> http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/macosx/Carbon/HumanInterfaceToolbox/ControlManager/
> Control_Manager/index.html
>
> (without linebreak :-)
>
> Select the "API" link on the right hand side and drill down until 
> you find the link to "NewControl".

Thanks Martin.
I think Apple does not recommend NewControl because NewControl is too 
generic, and it is not always clear what the arguments minimumValue, 
maximumValue etc. mean for a specific control. A few sentences 
further below they say:
"Use the specific control creation function instead (for example, 
CreateCheckboxControl)."
So Apple does not seem to recommend GetNewControl but all the 
CreateXxxxControl methods.

I'm not following this recommendation because I have my own generic 
MacUtil.newControl that does much more than the standard NewControl 
and I don't want to 'inline' its inplementation into all the places 
where I would use the recommended CreateXxxxControl calls.

If you have a better solution please let me know
--andre