On Feb 1, 2009, at 10:44 AM, Mark Chappell wrote:

> A couple of questions.... back in October and November I got two  
> substantial project successfully converted to FBtoC. Much jubilation  
> on my part.   They worked nicely so I put them aside for a while.   
> Now I'm trying to run the same code and while compilation proceeds  
> normally (or so it appears), the resulting app just sits there.  If  
> I try to launch it, it starts IF I type command-Q , but then stops.  
> Another command-Q gets it a bit farther into the launch sequence,  
> but then it freezes, and quits.  Same things happen with another,  
> completely different project.
>
> I have been utterly flummoxed by this.  Perhaps it is some sort of  
> hemispheric Corolis incompatibility, as I am in southern Chile on  
> sabbatical.   Or is it because my previous, successful work was on  
> desktop machines and now I'm using my MBP (all running Leopard).    
> More seriously, has the FBtoC compiler, headers, etc.  changed in  
> the last couple of months?   I ask because these two lines -- which  
> worked fine a couple of months ago -- now give redefined function  
> errors with the most recent version of FBtoC:
>
> toolbox fn CFBundleGetMainBundle = CFBundleRef
> toolbox fn CFBundleCopyResourceURL( CFBundleRef bundle, CFStringRef  
> resourceName, CFStringRef resourceType, CFStringRef subDirName ) =  
> CFURLRef

Can't help you on the above.

> On a more prosaic note, somehow the FBtoC output window has gotten  
> moved up until its title bar is hidden behind the menu bar.  So  
> although I can resize it, I can't move it or close it.    A clue as  
> to how to get around that would be useful.

Here is a workaround from a post I made on Jan, 30th.

Help! {

On my last launch of FB/FBtoC and the first compile the Log Window of  
FBtoC appears in the upper right corner of my screen. Not a problem,  
except that the title bar is behind the Menu bar and I can not find a  
way to move it. It is stuck there.

Never mind, I managed to fix it but I still don't know how it got  
there but I did discover a neat trick in solving the problem that  
others might like to know.

Here's how I fixed it.

First you must be using "Spaces". If you do not have it turned on it  
is fantastic because you can have different applications open in  
different spaces. Organize your screen clutter. I happen to have the  
side  squeeze buttons on my mouse set to activate the display of the  
spaces or you can change between them from the menu bar.

When I tried that and the screen splits into the different spaces it  
does so WITHOUT the menu bar showing. So, if you ever run into this  
kind of problem where you can not get to something behind the menu bar  
just go into spaces, grab the window and reposition it, then click in  
the space your application occupies and BINGO.

Don't know why I didn't try that sooner, but then this message would  
not have been posted.
}

If you are not using "Spaces" you must try it. It is awesome.

I had it happen again yesterday where the window went above the menu  
bar and again "Spaces" saved the day. Don't have a clue as to why it  
is doing that.


Max Taylor
The MaxClass Guy