This document's Contents include the following Chapters and Appendixes plus a complete index for the original printed Reference Manual.
Chapter 8. Pictopedia 425
Classes Window 426
Attributes Window 428
Methods Windows 429
Persistents Window 431
Case Window 432
Stack Window 435
Execution Case Window 436
Operation Icons 436
Chapter 9. The Prograph Compiler 447
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File and Project Information 447
Menu Descriptions 450
Special Considerations 461
Load and Save 463
External C Code 468
Chapter 10. The Datafile Manager 471
Overview 471
Using the Datafile Manager 475
Recommended Practices 487
MultiUser Access to Datafile Manager 489
Error Handling 492
Datafile Manager Primitives Descriptions 494
Appendix I. Prograph Data Types 517
List of Data Types 517
Descriptions 517
Appendix II. C Code Usage 521
General Remarks 521
Writing XPrims 557
Writing XCode 574
Appendix III. Compiler Internals 587
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Disassembly Files 588
Link Maps 590
Resources Generated by the Linker 591
Appendix IV. Syntax and Semantics 593
Definitions and Notation 594
Syntax 595
Semantics 608
Index 627
Detailed Table of Contents
Chapter 8. Pictopedia 425
Classes Windows 426
Attributes Window 428
System Attributes 428
User-defined Attributes 429
Methods Window 429
Persistents Window 431
Case Window 432
Banner 432
Logo 433
Class / Name 433
Case List Button 433
Case List Pane 434
Stack Window 435
Execution Case Window 436
Operation Icons 436
Call to a Primitive 436
Call to a Universal Method 437
Call to the Macintosh Toolbox or to an External 437
Call to a Method in a Class 437
Opers 438
Simple 438
Constant 438
Match 439
Persistent 439
Instance 439
Get 439
Set 439
Local 440
Evaluate 440
Mac Constant 440
Mac Match 440
Mac Global 440
Mac Address 441
Mac Get Field 441
Mac Set Field 441
Controls 441
Simple 441
Super 442
Repeat 442
Next Case 442
Continue 442
Terminate 442
Finish 442
Fail 443
Annotations on a Terminal 443
Simple 443
Inject 443
List 443
Loop 443
Partition 444
Annotations on a Root 444
Simple 444
List 444
Loop 444
Synchro Link 445
Chapter 9. The Prograph Compiler 447
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File and Project Information 447
The Locator Bar 448
The Project File Area 449
Menu Descriptions 450
The File Menu 450
New 450
Open窶ヲ 450
Close 451
Save 451
Save As窶ヲ 451
Revert to Saved 451
Page Setup窶ヲ 451
Print窶ヲ 451
Launch窶ヲ 452
Quit 452
The Edit Menu 452
Undo 452
Cut, Copy, Paste, Clear 452
Select All 453
Options窶ヲ 453
Show Clipboard 454
The Project Menu 454
Update 454
Update All 454
Disassemble窶ヲ 454
File Info窶ヲ 455
Project Info窶ヲ 455
Build Library窶ヲ 459
Build Application窶ヲ 459
Run 460
Special Considerations 461
Naming Conventions 461
Inline Code 461
Efficiency Considerations 462
Unsupported Features 462
System 7 and 32-bit Clean 462
Load and Save 463
An Example of Load and Save 464
Load and Save Details 466
External C Code 468
Externals 468
XPrims 468
XCode 469
Chapter 10. The Datafile Manager 471
Overview 471
Components 472
Datafiles 472
Tables 473
Clusters 473
Keys 474
Using the Datafile Manager 475
High Level Overview 476
Loading Datafile Primitives 476
Creating A New Datafile 477
How to Create a Datafile 477
How to Create a Table 478
How to Create a Key for the Table 478
Sample Method for Creating a Datafile 479
Opening Datafiles, Tables & Keys 479
Opening A Datafile 479
How to Open a Datafile 480
How to Open a Table 481
How to Open a Key 481
Sample Method for Opening a Datafile 482
Finding/Navigating Clusters 482
How to Find a Cluster 483
Reading Clusters 484
How to Read a Cluster 484
Writing Clusters 485
Adding a New Cluster to a Table 485
Overwriting an Existing Cluster 486
Closing Datafiles 486
How to Close a Datafile 487
Recommended Practices 487
Flushing Datafiles 487
Compacting Datafiles 488
MultiUser Access to Database Engine 489
Locking and Unlocking Clusters 490
Error Handling 492
Catching Errors 494
Datafile Manager Primitives Descriptions 494
Appendix 1. Prograph Data Types 517
List of Data Types 517
Descriptions 517
Appendix II. C Code Usage 521
General Remarks 521
Naming Conventions 522
Prograph Data Types 522
Macintosh Data Types 525
Data Types in XPrims 525
Data Types in XCode 530
Use Counts 533
Arity Macros 535
Arguments 536
Supplied Functions 536
Writing XPrims 557
Function Return Values 559
XPrims in Interpreted Code 560
Building Interpreted XPrims Using THINK C 561
Creating the 'STR#' Resources Using THINK C 561
The Main Routine in THINK C 563
Building Interpreted XPrims Using MPW C 564
Creating the 'STR#' Resources with MPW 564
The Main Routine in MPW C 566
XPrims in Compiled Code 567
Building Compiled XPrims Using THINK C 567
Building Compiled XPrims Using MPW C 567
Example XPrims 568
Example # 1 568
Example # 2 570
Example # 3 571
Example # 4 573
Writing XCode 574
Function Return Values 575
Prograph Language Elements 575
Persistents 575
Universal Methods and Primitives 576
Class Identifiers 576
Default Instances 577
Class Attributes 577
Instance Attributes 578
Class Methods and Selectors 578
Simple Class Methods 579
Initialization Class Methods 580
Get Methods 581
Set Methods 582
Default Get and Set Methods 583
Object C Extensions 583
Building XCode in THINK C 586
Building XCode in MPW C 586
Appendix III. Compiler Internals 587
(This information will be provided to you upon purchase of the Compiler from Pictorius Incorporated. For more information, see Chapter 9, or the "Classic Release Notes" document)
Disassembly Files 588
Link Maps 590
Resources Generated by the Linker 591
Appendix IV. Syntax and Semantics 593
Definitions and Notation 594
Syntax 595
Values 595
Program 597
External 598
Persistent 598
Class 598
Attribute 599
Method 599
Case 599
Operation 601
General 601
Simple 603
Get 603
Set 603
Instance Generator 604
Persistent 604
Local 604
Evaluation 605
Input 606
Output 607
Constant 607
Match 607
Mac Constant, Mac Match, Mac Global 608
Mac Get Field, Mac Set Field 608
Mac Address 608
Semantics 608
External 609
Method 609
Case 610
Execution Sequence 610
Execution Function for a Case 612
Operations in General 612
Controls 612
Method Selection 614
Runtime Name Determination 614
Operations in Plain mode 614
Simple Operations 614
Get 616
Set 617
Instance Generator 618
Persistent Operation 619
Local Operation 620
Evaluation 620
Output 620
Constant 620
Match 621
Mac Constant 621
Mac Match 621
Mac Global 621
Mac Get Field 621
Mac Set Field 622
Mac Get Address 622
Operations in Repeat Mode without True or False Roots 622