Re: Including Frameworks

[Alex Perez]

Uli Kusterer wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  I have a GNUmakefile for an app that uses a framework. The app 
> instantiates a class from the framework in its MainMenu.gorm file. I 
> make install the app and framework, but whenever I try to launch it, I 
> get:
>
> # openapp GSSystemPreferences.app
> Exception occurred while loading model: unable to find class 
> 'GSSysPrefsAppDelegate', it is not linked into the application.
> Failed to load Nib
> Cannot load main model file 'MainMenu'
>
> GSSysPrefsAppDelegate is supposed to be in my PreferencePanes.framework, 
> which I *think* I'm pulling into my app in the makefile:
>
>    FRAMEWORKS= PreferencePanes

Frameworks are more like pseudo-frameworks under Linux/non-dyld/mach-o 
systems. There's been some work to fix this, but things like GCC and LD 
do not support the -F and -framework flags. Your best bet for 
instructions on how to compile a framework is to look at some real-world 
examples. I suggest checking out the StepTalk source.

> Is there anything else I need to do? I also tried Prefixing FRAMEWORKS 
> with my app's name and an underscore as the other variables.
>
> Thanks for any clues, the tutorials don't seem to cover including a 
> framework, they only talk about libraries.
>
> -- Uli
> http://www.zathras.de