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ljube · Nov 17, 2006, 08:20 AM

Hello,
Recently we have completed barcode printing application in Java. It can be downloaded from http://www.barcodealpha.com/barapx11.zip
Application works fine under Linux and Win OS, but I don’t have option to test it on Mac OS, but I guess that it should work since Mac does have Java.
Unfortunanlty we don’t have any installer for Mac OS (jet), so parameters for starting application must be set manually.
I would appreciate if someone tries to start application and post some screenshots (not sure will it work at all under Mac OS).
Example startup script:
unzip barapx11.zip -d

switch to directory: dist/bin/
set path to Java (perhaps no need to do this on Mac)
set CLASSPATH = barout.jar;.
java sticker.gui.mainframe.starterFrame

King Bob On The Cob · Nov 17, 2006, 08:54 AM

It's really easy on the Mac.

Download said file.
Unzip it with your favorite unzipping tool.
Drill down in the directories to barapx11/dist/bin
double click on barout.jar.

OS X takes care of everything else and it seems to be working just fine on my system.

Nothing needs to be setup manually, as it is a jar file, and jar files will automatically register their main class.

ljube · Nov 17, 2006, 11:08 AM

Originally Posted by King Bob On The Cob

It's really easy on the Mac.

Download said file.
Unzip it with your favorite unzipping tool.
Drill down in the directories to barapx11/dist/bin
double click on barout.jar.

OS X takes care of everything else and it seems to be working just fine on my system.

Nothing needs to be setup manually, as it is a jar file, and jar files will automatically register their main class.

Thank you!

Any chance of posting screenshot I could use on web page?

Regards,
Ljube

WJMoore · Nov 17, 2006, 11:53 PM

Your website seems to be down...

ljube · Nov 19, 2006, 02:46 AM

Originally Posted by WJMoore

Your website seems to be down...

Yes, hosting company was down for almoust 24 hrs. It back online again.

WJMoore · Nov 19, 2006, 03:28 AM

Screen shots:
Splash
Main window
Barcodes

Note the main window starts up occupying the entire screen by default, which I consider bad behaviour. Particularly when doing so occupies almost the entire 1920 x 1200 of a 24 inch LCD. For the screen shots I resized the window.

Adding a suitably named alias with a nice icon at the top level of the ZIP file would be a good start to making it a simple unpack and double click arrangement. For a more Mac-like experience you will need to put some OS X specific code in there to package it up as a .app and make it use the system wide menu bar.

ljube · Nov 19, 2006, 01:22 PM

Originally Posted by WJMoore

Screen shots:
Splash
Main window
Barcodes

Note the main window starts up occupying the entire screen by default, which I consider bad behaviour. Particularly when doing so occupies almost the entire 1920 x 1200 of a 24 inch LCD. For the screen shots I resized the window.

Adding a suitably named alias with a nice icon at the top level of the ZIP file would be a good start to making it a simple unpack and double click arrangement. For a more Mac-like experience you will need to put some OS X specific code in there to package it up as a .app and make it use the system wide menu bar.

Many thanks for the advices and for the screenshots. I will try to make application more Max friednly.

May I place those screeshots on my web site?

Regards,
Ljube

WJMoore · Nov 19, 2006, 02:34 PM

Yes, feel free to use them on your site.

ljube · Nov 20, 2006, 12:50 AM

Originally Posted by WJMoore

Yes, feel free to use them on your site.

Thanks!

Thinine · Nov 20, 2006, 01:53 AM

Yeah. Unless people are really desperate, no way they'll use that app as it is now.

CharlesS · Nov 20, 2006, 02:20 AM

Originally Posted by WJMoore

Screen shots:
Splash

A little proofreading here is in order. The copyright notice should read:

Warning: this computer program is protected by copyright law and international treaties. Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this program, or any portion of it, may result in severe civil and criminal penalties, and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under law.

ljube · Nov 23, 2006, 09:10 AM

Thank you for the comments and for the proofreading!

Kind regards,
Ljube

ljube · Nov 30, 2006, 04:50 AM

Hi,
I made some improvements based on your comments and think I have Mac app now.
New app is available from:
http://www.barcodealpha.com/download...a11-macosx.zip
Application shoud be installed after unzip.

Still having problems with icons. How can I create icons for Mac?

Ljube

Thinine · Nov 30, 2006, 06:43 AM

The menus are still not Mac-like, with icons in them and all.

WJMoore · Dec 3, 2006, 12:50 AM

There is a program called Icon Composer that comes with the Mac OS X development tools which is used to construct Mac OS X icons (icns files). I'm not sure if there are any applications for other platforms that can create these files.

However by the looks of it you are already creating an icon. You just need to add additional sized icon resources to the file.

Overall this a huge improvement. Keep up the good work.