+//
+// Quartz Support
+//
+
+#ifdef __WXMAC_OSX__
+// snippets from Sketch Sample from Apple :
+
+#define kGenericRGBProfilePathStr "/System/Library/ColorSync/Profiles/Generic RGB Profile.icc"
+
+/*
+ This function locates, opens, and returns the profile reference for the calibrated
+ Generic RGB color space. It is up to the caller to call CMCloseProfile when done
+ with the profile reference this function returns.
+*/
+CMProfileRef wxMacOpenGenericProfile()
+{
+ static CMProfileRef cachedRGBProfileRef = NULL;
+
+ // we only create the profile reference once
+ if (cachedRGBProfileRef == NULL)
+ {
+ CMProfileLocation loc;
+
+ loc.locType = cmPathBasedProfile;
+ strcpy(loc.u.pathLoc.path, kGenericRGBProfilePathStr);
+
+ verify_noerr( CMOpenProfile(&cachedRGBProfileRef, &loc) );
+ }
+
+ // clone the profile reference so that the caller has their own reference, not our cached one
+ if (cachedRGBProfileRef)
+ CMCloneProfileRef(cachedRGBProfileRef);
+
+ return cachedRGBProfileRef;
+}
+
+/*
+ Return the generic RGB color space. This is a 'get' function and the caller should
+ not release the returned value unless the caller retains it first. Usually callers
+ of this routine will immediately use the returned colorspace with CoreGraphics
+ so they typically do not need to retain it themselves.