MacFormat 1995 June

home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search

/ MacFormat 1995 June / MacFormat 25.iso / Shareware City / Developers / Tools Plus 2.5.3 Evaluation Kit / Tools Plus 2.5.3 / User Manual / 00-Contents next >

Wrap

INI File | 1994-09-17 | 14.3 KB | 435 lines | [TEXT/ttxt]

[Display using Monaco 9] Contents ```````` 1 Introduction to Tools Plus What is Tools Plus An Overview of Tools Plus The Tools Plus Advantage Who can benefit from Tools Plus What kind of applications can be written with Tools Plus What is Tools Plus not suitable for System Requirements Assumptions made when writing this manual Convensions used throughout this manual Software Updates For your information (recommended reading) 2 Installing Tools Plus Installing Tools Plus in THINK C Adding Tools Plus to a THINK C Project Tools Plus Segments Installing Tools Plus in THINK Pascal Adding Tools Plus to a THINK Pascal Project After Compiling Tools Plus Segments Compiling The C Demo Application Compiling The Pascal Demo Application 3 Designing Your Application Overview A Macintosh Event, in Brief Macintosh Event Queue Key Up Events Tools Plus Events The Main Event Loop System 5 and 6’s Finder and MultiFinder, and System 7 Finder MultiFinder System 7 The C Header file (ToolsPlus.h) Range Checking What to read next 4 Initialization Initializing Tools Plus Initialization Failure Other Initialization The Cursor 5 Windows Overview Window Types Title Bar, Close box, and Zoom box Size Box Maximum Number of Open Windows Tool Bar and Floating Palettes Standard Windows Active Window Work Window Current Window Editing Field Window Modal Windows Window Layers Global and Local Co-ordinates Handling Windows Opening a window Floating Palettes Opening a tool bar Closing a window, tool bar, or palette Changing a window’s size Moving a window Hiding/showing a window Activating a window Making a window current without activating it Making the active window current Changing a window’s title Setting a window’s size limits Setting the “standard” and “user” co-ordinates for zooming Getting the “standard” and “user” co-ordinates for zooming Getting a window’s status information Getting your app’s active window number Getting your app’s current window number Getting your app’s front most window number Getting your app’s tool bar number Getting your app’s front most floating palette’s number Getting your app’s front most standard window number Getting your app’s work window number Getting the window number of your app’s active edit field Determining if a window is open Determining if a window is visible Determining a window’s type Getting a window’s pointer 6 Buttons Overview Button Types Button States Button Titles Fonts Default Button Handling Buttons Creating a new button Fonts Default Button Deleting a button Enabling/Disabling a button Selecting/Deselecting a button Determining if a button is enabled Determining if a button is selected Changing a button’s title Flashing a button (simulating selection) Setting a default button Removing the “default button” status from a window 7 Picture Buttons Overview Button Types Button Behavior Selection Effects Disabling Effects Button’s Value and Stages Handling Picture Buttons Creating a new picture button Resource IDs Icon Resource IDs 3D SICN Buttons PICT Resource IDs Behavior and Appearance Specification Rate of Repeating Events Deleting a picture button Enabling/Disabling a picture button Selecting/Deselecting a picture button Getting a picture button’s minimum value limit Setting a picture button’s minimum value limit Getting a picture button’s maximum value limit Setting a picture button’s maximum value limit Getting a picture button’s current value Setting a picture button’s current value Setting a picture button’s value and selection state Setting a picture button’s value change rate Setting a picture button’s value change speed Determining if a picture button is enabled Determining if a picture button is selected Flashing a picture button (simulating selection) 8 Scroll Bars Overview Scroll Bar States Handling Scroll Bars Creating a new scroll bar Deleting a scroll bar Enabling/disabling a scroll bar Getting a scroll bar’s minimum value limit Setting a scroll bar’s minimum value limit Getting a scroll bar’s maximum value limit Setting a scroll bar’s maximum value limit Getting a scroll bar’s current value Setting a scroll bar’s current value 9 Editing Fields Overview Field Capacity Alignment of text in a field The Window’s Active Field Activating a Field Editing Field Window The Field’s String & Edited Text Fonts Length Limited Fields Word Wrap Clicking and Tabbing in fields Using Fields Mac 512KE and Mac Plus keyboard with numeric pad The Edit Menu Handling Fields Special Handling of Fields Creating a new field Fonts Deleting a field Activating a field Deactivating a field Clicking in an inactive field Getting the active field’s edited text Saving the active field’s edited text as the field’s string Getting the window number of your app’s active edit field Getting the active field’s number Turning field length limiting on/off Repositioning a field Scrolling fields Pasting into a field under your application’s control 10 List Boxes Overview Fonts Handling List Boxes Creating a new list box Selection Methods Fonts Deleting a list box Adding a new line / replacing an existing line in a list box Getting a line’s text Searching lines for specific text (alphabetic order) Selecting/Deselecting a line Determine if a line is selected Determine the next selected line number Inserting a blank line into a list box Deleting a line Turning a list box’s drawing on/off 11 Pop-Up Menus Overview Command Keys & Hierarchical Pop-Up Menus Handling Pop-Up Menus Creating a new pop-up menu Appearance and Behavior Pop-Up Menus on Color Backgrounds Adding, changing or renaming a pop-up menu item Metacharacters Inserting a pop-up menu item Deleting a pop-up menu or pop-up menu item Getting a pop-up menu item’s text Renaming a pop-up menu item Enabling or disabling a pop-up menu or pop-up menu item Determine if a pop-up menu is enabled Displaying or hiding the Check mark Displaying or hiding special marks Geting a pop-up menu item’s special mark Setting a pop-up menu item’s icon Geting a pop-up menu item’s icon Changing a pop-up menu item’s style Determining the number of items in a pop-up menu Determining the selected item in a pop-up menu 12 Menus Overview Menus Accessed by MultiFinder and System 7 Edit Menu Desk Accessories Menus and Editing Fields Menus and Desk Accessories Command Key Equivalents Handling Menus Creating the Apple menu Creating and renaming a menu or menu item Metacharacters Attaching or detaching a hierarchical menu Inserting a menu item Deleting a menu or menu item Updating the menu bar (redrawing it) Getting a menu item’s text Renaming a menu item Enabling or disabling a menu or menu item Displaying or hiding the Check mark Displaying or hiding special marks Getting a menu item’s special mark Setting a menu item’s Command-key equivalent Getting a menu item’s Command-key equivalent Setting a menu item’s icon Getting a menu item’s icon Changing a menu item’s style Determining the number of items in a menu Determining a menu’s parent menu Determining a menu item’s submenu Highlight or unhighlight a menu 13 Cursors Overview Automatic Cursor Changes The Watch Cursor Starting your application The Cursor Table Advanced Features Cursor Animation Handling Cursors Changing the cursor’s shape Resetting cursor shape according to window orientation Creating a new cursor table Deleting a cursor table Creating/replacing a cursor zone (using a rectangle) Creating/replacing a cursor zone (using a region) Deleting a cursor zone Getting a cursor zone’s bounding rectangle Getting a cursor zone’s region Indicate that cursor zone regions have been altered Making a window use a cursor table (or stop using one) Determining which cursor zone contains a specified point Enabling/disabling button clicks during a watch cursor 14 System Polling Overview What Is Polling? Task Switching Background Processing Macintosh Events Watch Cursor -- a busy system The Event Queue Tools Plus Event Record Event Record Fields Event Modifiers Event Modifiers Using C Event Modifiers Using Pascal PollSystem (System polling) Tools Plus Event Codes What Does PollSystem Do? Internally Processed Events Externally Processed Events Inside PollSystem Translating Toolbox events to Tools Plus events Responding to Events doNothing doChgWindow doRefresh doPreRefresh doGoAway doButton doMenu doKeyDown doAutoKey doKeyUp doClickField doScrollBar doListBox doClick doPopUpMenu doPictButton doClickControl doManual doMoveWindow doGrowWindow doClickDesk doZoomWindow doSuspend doResume doChgInField Scheduling background processing Determining if "scheduling processing" is supported Discontinuing multiple clicks or drags Determining if your application is suspended “Field to Event” Cross reference 15 Color Drawing & Multiple Monitors Overview Using One Monitor Using Multiple Monitors Changing Screen Settings Determining if Color QuickDraw is used Determining the number of logical screens Beginning color-dependent drawing on a window Ending color-dependent drawing on a window Determining the number of colors on a screen Determining if the screen is set to draw in color Resetting the current window’s pen to default values Getting the current window’s pen settings Setting the current window’s pen settings 16 User Notification Overview Notifying the User Define settings for notifying the user Notifying the user that your application needs attention 17 Dynamic Alerts Overview Icons Text Buttons Function’s Value Automatic User Notification Alerts Samples Displaying a Dynamic Alert Custom Button Combinations Changing button titles on Dynamic Alerts 18 Miscellaneous Routines Overview Drawing an icon Intelligent Icon Drawing Icon Family Icon Selection Drawing the Icon, Selecting, Disabling, and Masking Creating Your Own Icons Set the default appearance for disabled icons Default Appearance for Disabled Icons Determining the System version Play the System Error sound Wait for a specified time Drawing “Zoom Lines” Drawing a standard Macintosh progress thermometer Determining the minimum value of two numbers Determining the maximum value of two numbers 19 Other Macintosh Features Overview Alerts Dialogs Custom Controls Lists 20 Memory Overview Editing Fields Measurements Routines that consume heap space (by category) Routines that consume heap space (alphabetic) The Style Table Good memory habits 21 Font Heights Font heights table 22 Special Routines Use these routines with caution, or don’t use them! 23 Completing Your Application Overview Application’s Icons Icon Family File Types, Creators, and the Application Signature Signature (the Creator code) Bundle Version mstr Resources SIZE Resource Cloned SIZE resources 24 Technical Support What does Technical Support do? What doesn’t Technical Support do? Electronic Mail (E-mail) Support Mail Support Software Updates Software Upgrades