/* File: DesktopPicture.m Description: This file contains the SetDesktopPicture function, which tells the Finder to set a given picture as the desktop picture. Author: MCF Copyright: Copyright 2002 Apple Computer, Inc. All rights reserved. Disclaimer: IMPORTANT: This Apple software is supplied to you by Apple Computer, Inc. ("Apple") in consideration of your agreement to the following terms, and your use, installation, modification or redistribution of this Apple software constitutes acceptance of these terms. If you do not agree with these terms, please do not use, install, modify or redistribute this Apple software. 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This Apple Event isn't guarrenteed to // work forever, and real APIs to set the desktop picture should be coming down the road, // but in the meantime this is how you do it. static OSErr SetDesktopPicture(NSString *picturePath,SInt32 pIndex) { AEDesc tAEDesc = {typeNull, nil}; // always init AEDescs OSErr anErr = noErr; AliasHandle aliasHandle=nil; FSRef pictRef; OSStatus status; // Someday pIndex will hopefully determine on which monitor to set the desktop picture. // This doesn't work in Mac OS X right now, so we don't do anything with the parameter. #pragma unused (pIndex) // Let's make an FSRef from the NSString picture path that was passed in status=FSPathMakeRef([picturePath fileSystemRepresentation],&pictRef,NULL); // Now we create an alias to the picture from that FSRef if (status==noErr) anErr = FSNewAlias( nil, &pictRef, &aliasHandle); if ( noErr == anErr && aliasHandle == nil ) anErr = paramErr; // Now we create an AEDesc containing the alias to the picture if ( noErr == anErr ) { char handleState = HGetState( (Handle) aliasHandle ); HLock( (Handle) aliasHandle); anErr = AECreateDesc( typeAlias, *aliasHandle, GetHandleSize((Handle) aliasHandle), &tAEDesc); HSetState( (Handle) aliasHandle, handleState ); DisposeHandle( (Handle)aliasHandle ); } if (noErr == anErr) { // Now we need to build the actual Apple Event that we're going to send the Finder AppleEvent tAppleEvent; OSType sig = 'MACS'; // The app signature for the Finder AEBuildError tAEBuildError; anErr = AEBuildAppleEvent(kAECoreSuite,kAESetData,typeApplSignature,&sig,sizeof(OSType), kAutoGenerateReturnID,kAnyTransactionID,&tAppleEvent,&tAEBuildError, "'----':'obj '{want:type(prop),form:prop,seld:type('dpic'),from:'null'()},data:(@)",&tAEDesc); // Finally we can go ahead and send the Apple Event using AESend if (noErr == anErr) { AppleEvent theReply = {typeNull, nil}; anErr = AESend(&tAppleEvent,&theReply,kAENoReply,kAENormalPriority,kNoTimeOut,nil,nil); AEDisposeDesc(&tAppleEvent); // Always dispose ASAP } } return anErr; } /* This function written by Hari Nair (hari@alumni.caltech.edu) and distributed with Xplanet (http://xplanet.sourceforge.net) */ bool SetDesktopPictureFromCharString(const char *file) { NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init]; NSString *filePath = [NSString stringWithCString: file]; OSErr err = SetDesktopPicture(filePath, 0); [pool release]; return (err == noErr); }