Comments on: Bleg for my Mac using friends http://www.kalzumeus.com/2006/10/01/bleg-for-my-mac-using-friends/ B2C stands for "Bingo To Customer" Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:18:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Eric D. Burdo http://www.kalzumeus.com/2006/10/01/bleg-for-my-mac-using-friends/#comment-407 Eric D. Burdo Mon, 02 Oct 2006 14:57:20 +0000 http://microisvjournal.wordpress.com/2006/10/01/bleg-for-my-mac-using-friends/#comment-407 You might want to ask on the Insanely Mac forums for some testing help. They seem to be a good bunch over there.. http://forum.insanelymac.com/ You might want to ask on the Insanely Mac forums for some testing help. They seem to be a good bunch over there..

http://forum.insanelymac.com/

]]> By: Arnaud Rolly http://www.kalzumeus.com/2006/10/01/bleg-for-my-mac-using-friends/#comment-406 Arnaud Rolly Mon, 02 Oct 2006 08:15:26 +0000 http://microisvjournal.wordpress.com/2006/10/01/bleg-for-my-mac-using-friends/#comment-406 Hi. I tested Bingo Card Creator on my MacBook with Mac OS X 10.4.8, it works well (printing not tested!) Let me help you for the implementation of the first suggestion of Paul Levine : when setting the accelerator on a JMenuItem, insted of selecting yourself the key modifier (ActionEvent.CTRL_MASK for Windows, ActionEvent.META_MASK for Mac), simply ask the JRE : myJMenuItem.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_N, Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getMenuShortcutKeyMask())); An another suggestion: do not add the exit menu item on yout file menu when runnunig under Mac. The exit menu entry is always (and automatically) present in the application menu. Best regards, Arnaud Rolly. Hi.

I tested Bingo Card Creator on my MacBook with Mac OS X 10.4.8, it works well (printing not tested!)

Let me help you for the implementation of the first suggestion of Paul Levine : when setting the accelerator on a JMenuItem, insted of selecting yourself the key modifier (ActionEvent.CTRL_MASK for Windows, ActionEvent.META_MASK for Mac), simply ask the JRE :

myJMenuItem.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_N,
Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getMenuShortcutKeyMask()));

An another suggestion: do not add the exit menu item on yout file menu when runnunig under Mac. The exit menu entry is always (and automatically) present in the application menu.

Best regards,
Arnaud Rolly.

]]> By: Paul Levine http://www.kalzumeus.com/2006/10/01/bleg-for-my-mac-using-friends/#comment-405 Paul Levine Sun, 01 Oct 2006 20:01:39 +0000 http://microisvjournal.wordpress.com/2006/10/01/bleg-for-my-mac-using-friends/#comment-405 Hi Patrick, I just downloaded bingo card creator on my Mac G4, 10.4.7 and MacBook Pro 10.4.7 and it worked fine for me. I don't use a lot of java apps, so I wouldn't know were to look for problems that would cause it to crash. Here are my suggestions for your Mac version; 1) You use the option key instead of the command key in the menu items. (i.e. File menu -> New should be COMMAND-N, not OPTION-N). I guess its like this for consistency with your windows version. 2) The Apply/Cancel buttons on the Mac are supposed to be the other way around. This isn't a big issue, probably not worth even worrying about. Mac OS X is expensive to upgrade to each major version. So you will get users who have version 10.2.x, 10.3.x and 10.4.x. 10.4.8 is the latest update but it just came out a few days ago. Most users are on 10.3.x or 10.4.x, but you will get the occasional 10.2 user. BTW, another site you should post your mac software to is www.macupdate.com. Its a very popular site similar to versiontracker.com Hi Patrick,

I just downloaded bingo card creator on my Mac G4, 10.4.7 and MacBook Pro 10.4.7 and it worked fine for me. I don’t use a lot of java apps, so I wouldn’t know were to look for problems that would cause it to crash.

Here are my suggestions for your Mac version;
1) You use the option key instead of the command key in the menu items. (i.e. File menu -> New should be COMMAND-N, not OPTION-N). I guess its like this for consistency with your windows version.
2) The Apply/Cancel buttons on the Mac are supposed to be the other way around. This isn’t a big issue, probably not worth even worrying about.

Mac OS X is expensive to upgrade to each major version. So you will get users who have version 10.2.x, 10.3.x and 10.4.x. 10.4.8 is the latest update but it just came out a few days ago. Most users are on 10.3.x or 10.4.x, but you will get the occasional 10.2 user.

BTW, another site you should post your mac software to is http://www.macupdate.com. Its a very popular site similar to versiontracker.com

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