Cocoa: show / hide custom NSWindow programmatically with custom NSView

First of all, I must tell you that I am new to Objective-C and Cocoa.

I have read several books about this, and now I can create fairly simple programs.

there were 15 days that I was stuck in the program that I am trying to build, and I really don't know anymore where to look.

I want to create a program that can change the brightness of my monitor using DDC / CI, and I want to show / hide the window (where the brightness level is written) in the same way as the brightness of an Apple Leopard or Snow Leopard with the same style.

Using RegisterEventHotKeyvarious functions of IOservices, I was able to increase the brightness, when I press F2 and decrease it, I press F1.

Using a custom NSWindow (TransparentWindow) and a custom NSView (RoundedView), I was able to get a window that displays just like Apple's brightness panel. I put it on awakeFromNib and it looks right and stays there.

What I cannot achieve (and I'm really crazy about it) is to show the window only when I press F1 or F2. (to hide this, I have alredy implemented NSTimer, but now it's offtopic)

I tried different ways:

1) From the NSobject class where I implement RegisterEventHotKey, I created an instance of TransparentWindow, and then sent it orderOutto this instance.

2) I used NSNotificationCenter to send a notification directly to the TransparentWindow class and call orderOutfrom there.

3) and many others that I do not remember now.

, awakeFromNib ( ), , orderOut ( ).

:

TransparentWindow.h:

#import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>

@interface TransparentWindow : NSWindow
{
IBOutlet NSWindow *window;
}

@property (retain) IBOutlet NSWindow *window;

@end

TransparentWindow.m:

#import "TransparentWindow.h"


@implementation TransparentWindow

@synthesize window;


- (id)initWithContentRect:(NSRect)contentRect 
                styleMask:(unsigned int)aStyle 
                  backing:(NSBackingStoreType)bufferingType 
                    defer:(BOOL)flag {

    window = [super initWithContentRect:contentRect 
                                        styleMask:NSBorderlessWindowMask 
                                          backing:NSBackingStoreBuffered 
                                defer:NO];
    if (window != nil) {

        [window setLevel: NSStatusWindowLevel];
        [window setBackgroundColor: [NSColor clearColor]];
        [window setAlphaValue:1.0];
        [window setOpaque:NO];
        [window setHasShadow:NO];
        [window setIgnoresMouseEvents: YES];
        NSLog(@"%p", window);

    }
    return window;

}


- (BOOL) canBecomeKeyWindow
{
    return YES;
}

- (void)notify {
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:@"MyNotification" object:self];
}




- (void)handleNotification:(NSNotification*)note {

        [window orderOut:self];

    }


@end

RoundedView.h:

#import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>

@interface RoundedView : NSView
{
}


@end

RoundedView.m:

#import "RoundedView.h"

@implementation RoundedView


- (void)drawRect:(NSRect)rect
{
        NSColor *bgColor = [NSColor colorWithCalibratedWhite:0.0 alpha:0.25];
    NSRect bgRect = rect;
    int minX = NSMinX(bgRect);
    int midX = NSMidX(bgRect);
    int maxX = NSMaxX(bgRect);
    int minY = NSMinY(bgRect);
    int midY = NSMidY(bgRect);
    int maxY = NSMaxY(bgRect);
    float radius = 20.0; // correct value to duplicate Panther App Switcher
    NSBezierPath *bgPath = [NSBezierPath bezierPath];

    // Bottom edge and bottom-right curve
    [bgPath moveToPoint:NSMakePoint(midX, minY)];
    [bgPath appendBezierPathWithArcFromPoint:NSMakePoint(maxX, minY) 
                                     toPoint:NSMakePoint(maxX, midY) 
                                      radius:radius];

    // Right edge and top-right curve
    [bgPath appendBezierPathWithArcFromPoint:NSMakePoint(maxX, maxY) 
                                     toPoint:NSMakePoint(midX, maxY) 
                                      radius:radius];

    // Top edge and top-left curve
    [bgPath appendBezierPathWithArcFromPoint:NSMakePoint(minX, maxY) 
                                     toPoint:NSMakePoint(minX, midY) 
                                      radius:radius];

    // Left edge and bottom-left curve
    [bgPath appendBezierPathWithArcFromPoint:bgRect.origin 
                                     toPoint:NSMakePoint(midX, minY) 
                                      radius:radius];
    [bgPath closePath];

    [bgColor set];
    [bgPath fill];

}

MainProgram.h:

#import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
#import <carbon/carbon.h>
#include <assert.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <IOKit/IOKitLib.h> 
#include <ApplicationServices/ApplicationServices.h>
#include <IOKit/i2c/IOI2CInterface.h>

@interface MainProgram : NSObject {

}

@end

MainProgram.m:

#import "MainProgram.h"
#import <Carbon/Carbon.h>
#import "TransparentWindow.h"
#include <assert.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <IOKit/IOKitLib.h> 
#include <ApplicationServices/ApplicationServices.h>
#include <IOKit/i2c/IOI2CInterface.h>


static OSStatus OnHotKeyEvent(EventHandlerCallRef nextHandler,EventRef theEvent,void *userData);

extern int level;

@implementation MainProgram


- (void)awakeFromNib
{

    EventHotKeyRef gMyHotKeyRef;
    EventHotKeyID gMyHotKeyID;
    EventTypeSpec eventType;
    eventType.eventClass=kEventClassKeyboard;
    eventType.eventKind=kEventHotKeyPressed;

    InstallApplicationEventHandler(&OnHotKeyEvent, 1, &eventType, NULL, NULL);

    gMyHotKeyID.signature='htk1';
    gMyHotKeyID.id=1;
    //RegisterEventHotKey(122, controlKey, gMyHotKeyID, GetApplicationEventTarget(), 0, &gMyHotKeyRef);
    RegisterEventHotKey(122, NULL, gMyHotKeyID, GetApplicationEventTarget(), 0, &gMyHotKeyRef);

    gMyHotKeyID.signature='htk2';
    gMyHotKeyID.id=2;
    RegisterEventHotKey(120, NULL, gMyHotKeyID, GetApplicationEventTarget(), 0, &gMyHotKeyRef);
}




OSStatus OnHotKeyEvent(EventHandlerCallRef nextHandler,EventRef theEvent,
                         void *userData)
{

    EventHotKeyID hkCom;
    GetEventParameter(theEvent,kEventParamDirectObject,typeEventHotKeyID,NULL,
                      sizeof(hkCom),NULL,&hkCom);
    int l = hkCom.id;

    switch (l) {
        case 1: 
            //NSLog(@"Hotkey 1");
            level = level - 5;

            if (level<0) {
                level = 0;
            }
            else {
                BrightnessMain(level);
            }
            break;
        case 2: 
            //NSLog(@"Hotkey 2");
            level = level + 5;

            if (level>100) {
                level = 100;
            }
            else {
                BrightnessMain(level);

                TransparentWindow *object3 = [[TransparentWindow alloc] init];

                //[object3 orderOut:nil];
                [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:object3 selector:@selector(handleNotification:) name:@"MyNotification" object:nil];
                [object3 notify];

            }
            break;
    }

    return noErr;
}


@end

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MainProgram.m:

TransparentWindow *object3 = [[TransparentWindow alloc] init];

:

NSRect contentRect;
NSSize contentSize;

contentSize.width  = 210;
contentSize.height = 205;

contentRect.origin = NSMakePoint(855, 140);
contentRect.size  = contentSize;

TransparentWindow *object3 = [[TransparentWindow alloc] initWithContentRect:contentRect 
                                                                                  styleMask:NSBorderlessWindowMask 
                                                                                    backing:NSBackingStoreBuffered 
                                                                                      defer:NO];

, , .

TransparentWindow.h:

#import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>

@interface TransparentWindow : NSWindow
{

}


@end

TransparentWindow.m:

#import "TransparentWindow.h"


@implementation TransparentWindow


- (id)initWithContentRect:(NSRect)contentRect 
                styleMask:(unsigned int)aStyle 
                  backing:(NSBackingStoreType)bufferingType 
                    defer:(BOOL)flag {

    self = [super initWithContentRect:contentRect 
                                        styleMask:NSBorderlessWindowMask 
                                          backing:NSBackingStoreBuffered 
                                defer:NO];
    if (self != nil) {

        [self setLevel: NSStatusWindowLevel];
        [self setBackgroundColor: [NSColor clearColor]];
        [self setAlphaValue:1.0];
        [self setOpaque:NO];
        [self setHasShadow:NO];
        [self setIgnoresMouseEvents: YES];
        NSLog(@"%p", self);

    }
    return self;

}



- (BOOL) canBecomeKeyWindow
{
    return YES;
}

- (void)notify {
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:@"MyNotification" object:self];
}




- (void)handleNotification:(NSNotification*)note {

    [self orderOut:self];

    }

@end

2:

makeKeyAndOrderFront orderFront, .

3 4 F1 F2 , F1 F2 , , :

RoundedFloatingPanel[2346] <Warning>: CGSResolveShmemReference : window.RO.dirtyRegion : Reference offset (38464) exceeds bounds (32768) on shmem obj 0x229
RoundedFloatingPanel[2346] <Warning>: CGSResolveShmemReference : window.RO : Reference offset (38144) exceeds bounds (32768) on shmem obj 0x229
RoundedFloatingPanel[2346] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: CGSNewWindowWithOpaqueShape: Cannot map window information shmem
RoundedFloatingPanel[2346] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
2011-02-17 16:01:42.895 RoundedFloatingPanel[2346:a0f] HIToolbox: ignoring exception 'Error (1000) creating CGSWindow' that raised inside Carbon event dispatch
(
    0   CoreFoundation                      0x91f186ba __raiseError + 410
    1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x999e3509 objc_exception_throw + 56
    2   CoreFoundation                      0x91f183e8 +[NSException raise:format:arguments:] + 136
    3   CoreFoundation                      0x91f1835a +[NSException raise:format:] + 58
    4   AppKit                              0x93408915 _NXCreateWindow + 316
    5   AppKit                              0x93408720 _NSCreateWindow + 59
    6   AppKit                              0x93407946 -[NSWindow _commonAwake] + 1784
    7   AppKit                              0x9340456e -[NSWindow _commonInitFrame:styleMask:backing:defer:] + 1524
    8   AppKit                              0x934031c1 -[NSWindow _initContent:styleMask:backing:defer:contentView:] + 1568
    9   AppKit                              0x93402b9b -[NSWindow initWithContentRect:styleMask:backing:defer:] + 71
    10  RoundedFloatingPanel                0x000029a6 -[TransparentWindow initWithContentRect:styleMask:backing:defer:] + 119
    11  RoundedFloatingPanel                0x000031ec OnHotKeyEvent + 447
    12  HIToolbox                           0x95ff0ecf _ZL23DispatchEventToHandlersP14EventTargetRecP14OpaqueEventRefP14HandlerCallRec + 1567
    13  HIToolbox                           0x95ff0196 _ZL30SendEventToEventTargetInternalP14OpaqueEventRefP20OpaqueEventTargetRefP14HandlerCallRec + 411
    14  HIToolbox                           0x95fefff5 SendEventToEventTargetWithOptions + 58
    15  HIToolbox                           0x96024c18 _ZL29ToolboxEventDispatcherHandlerP25OpaqueEventHandlerCallRefP14OpaqueEventRefPv + 3006
    16  HIToolbox                           0x95ff1320 _ZL23DispatchEventToHandlersP14EventTargetRecP14OpaqueEventRefP14HandlerCallRec + 2672
    17  HIToolbox                           0x95ff0196 _ZL30SendEventToEventTargetInternalP14OpaqueEventRefP20OpaqueEventTargetRefP14HandlerCallRec + 411
    18  HIToolbox                           0x96012a07 SendEventToEventTarget + 52
    19  AppKit                              0x93460c3e -[NSApplication sendEvent:] + 7494
    20  AppKit                              0x933f42a7 -[NSApplication run] + 917
    21  AppKit                              0x933ec2d9 NSApplicationMain + 574
    22  RoundedFloatingPanel                0x00002368 main + 30
    23  RoundedFloatingPanel                0x0000231e start + 54
    24  ???                                 0x00000001 0x0 + 1
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  TransparentWindow *object3 = [[TransparentWindow alloc] init];

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  @implementation TransparentWindow


  - (id)initWithContentRect:(NSRect)contentRect 
                  styleMask:(unsigned int)aStyle 
                    backing:(NSBackingStoreType)
                      defer:(BOOL)flag { ...

  TransparentWindow *object3 = [[TransparentWindow alloc] initWithContentRect: ...
                                                                    styleMask: ... 
                                                                      backing: ... defer: ...];

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ivar window window TransparentWindow self. , init...

 self = [super initWithContentRect:contentRect 
                                    styleMask:NSBorderlessWindowMask 
                                      backing:NSBackingStoreBuffered 
                            defer:NO];
 if (self != nil) { ...

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