Well, the lawyers haven't quite finished their dance, so we are not yet able to include Adobe Acrobat Exchange LE (the version with the cross-document search engine) on the Developer CD. Also, not all of our technical documentation has been converted into Acrobat format. So, on this disk you'll find documents in both Acrobat and DocViewer formats; please excuse the sawdust and scaffolding as we make this transition, and we'll try to have a consistent browsing and searching user experience for you on the September 95 Reference Library CD.
Once again, thanks to the large volume of new material on this disc, we have had to temporarily remove a few volumes of Inside Macintosh; this month, its AOCE's turn. These volumes can be found on the March '94 Reference Library and New Inside Macintosh CDs, and will reappear on the September '95 Developer CD. Developers whose subscriptions begin in June through August '95 who do not have access to the NIM CD, and who need the AOCE books in electronic form, should send email to AppleLink DEV.CD or dev.cd@applelink.apple.com, and we will send you a copy of the March '94 CD.
So what, you may be asking, is this large volume of new material? Well, if your jealous co-workers have already "borrowed" your WWDC CD, you'll find beta versions of Open Transport and QuickDraw 3D to play with. If you're a fan of MPTA, the QuickView™ Developer Edition will let you publish your very own skanky APIs. And much, much more...
ABS Technical Notes: ABS Technical Notes contain the latest bugs, tips and tricks for developers of software for Apple Workgroup Servers, AppleSearch, AppleShare, AppleTalk Remote Access, and IP Gateway.
APDA Tools Catalog: APDA® is Apple’s worldwide source for hundreds of development tools, technical resources, training products, and information for anyone interested in developing applications for Apple computer platforms. Customers receive the APDA Tools Catalog featuring all current versions of Apple and the most popular third-party development tools. APDA offers convenient payment and shipping options including site licensing.
Developer Notes: Included here, along with our regular archive, are developer notes for three new products: the Power Macintosh 5200/75 and 6200/75 Computers, and the LaserWriter 4/600 PS Printer.
Developer Univ. Course Info: This package provides information on the types, cost and location of training available to Apple's developers through Apple's Developer University. It enables customers to determine which training will be appropriate to their needs and how to obtain it. It includes current course descriptions, class dates and locations, and where to get self-paced materials.
Disk I/O Performance Tools: SCSI Monitor and IOTracer are performance tools designed to record and report information on file system and SCSI performance in a Macintosh environment.
SCSI Monitor reports aggregate information on disk I/O. It reports the number of disk read and write operations performed, the number of sectors involved and the time taken to complete the operations.
IOTracer collects trace data on file system and driver reads and writes and other I/O related calls. An analysis tool is provided which inputs an IOTracer trace and outputs a summary of the I/O performance. IOTracer can also collect data on resource calls, which can give insight into the effect of application/ system resource requests and disk I/O performance.
The information provided by these tools can provide an understanding of an application's disk I/O behavior and interaction with the system. It is also useful for tuning an application with respect to disk I/O performance. A disk I/O test program called 'BlockReader' is also included.
DTS QT Utilities.Apr-95: This is a collection of useful QuickTime functions and applications. Consult the documentation inside the Documentation folder for more details.
LaserWriter 8 v8.3: This folder contains version 8.3 of the LaserWriter 8 driver and a new version of PrintMonitor.
LaserWriter 8 now provides support for color-matching and for embedded JPEG-compressed documents. LaserWriter 8 now supports ColorSync 2.0, Apple's latest system software for device-independent color-matching services, and PostScript Level 2 color-matching.
Desktop PrintMonitor provides a desktop printing environment similar to that found in QuickDraw GX. It makes functions previously found through the Chooser and PrintMonitor accessible on the desktop. Additional features such as print queue management, simultaneous printing to multiple printers, and a drag and drop interface are provided by Desktop PrintMonitor.
See the document "LaserWriter 8 News" for details.
LockVol™ 1.6: LockVol is a Control Panel device that can be used to test software handling of locked volumes, local or remote. With the use of System 7 and File Sharing, LockVol may come in handy for those trying to test their software. LockVol displays a popup menu containing all volumes in use by your Mac and allows you to change the status of each volume from unlocked, to having a software or hardware lock. Changes made in the Control Panel are immediate and remain intact until you change them back or re-mount the affected volume. The status of the startup volume is restored after a reboot. All other volume status’ are lost after a reboot.
MacsBug 6.5d12: This is the latest non-final version of MacsBug, Apple's object-level debugger. See the document "MacsBug 6.5d12 Changes" for details about this release.
Note: Since this is not an official quality-assured release, it is not guaranteed to work reliably on all hardware configurations. Be aware that there may still be compatibility problems on machines with 68000 processors.
MoreFiles 1.3: MoreFiles is a collection of high-level routines written over the last couple of years to answer File Manager questions developers have sent to Apple Developer Technical Support. The routines have been tested (but not stress-tested), documented, and code-reviewed by Apple's Developer Technical Support. This release adds new routines and fixes several bugs.
MoreFiles provides: high-level and FSSpec style routines for parameter-block only File Manager calls; useful utility routines that perform many common File Manager related operations; a robust file copy routine; a recursive directory copy routine; a catalog searching routines; high-level and FSSpec style routines for Desktop Manager calls; and routines for dealing with pathnames. See the file "!MoreFiles Read Me" for a description of fixes & improvements in version 1.3.
Open Transport 1.0b1c3: This folder contains the Open Transport V1.0b1c3 version of the Beta software for 68k and PowerMac systems. It also includes documentation for all developers and some sample code using this new version.
Pippin Q&A: The 66 Most Asked Questions Regarding Pippin (and their answers!)
QuickDraw 3D ß: This is a pre-release version of QuickDraw 3D. We are making this publicly available for you to investigate. It has bugs in it (if it didn't we'd probably be shipping it right now). Also the documentation is pre-release and is slightly out of sync with the API.
3DMF offers a consistent cross-platform (Mac, Windows, Unix) file format that supports 3D information, from geometry, to lighting, to textures to shading. Using the 3DMF file format you can communicate 3D information or its appearance sub- components simply and easily between applications and across any platform. Additionally by implementing the 3D viewer, applications can display and manipulate 3D data from within that application. Finally, by incorporating the full 3D API, any application can offer 3D services. Importantly for software developers, QuickDraw 3D is fully extensible & Plug-&-Play in every aspect of the API.
Technically implementing 3DMF format import/export is a 5 line code addition. Implementing the viewer requires only slightly more effort, equivalent to adding QuickTime support. The API is a more substantial undertaking but offers substantial rewards for particular applications.
QuickView™ Developer Edition: This is the Developer Edition of the QuickView™ development environment. You can use this development environment to create QuickView databases for your own information that work with the Macintosh Programmer's Toolbox Assistant. Use of this development kit is covered by the license included with this application.
SoundApp: SoundApp is a sample application for demonstrating the Sound Manager. It comes in two parts: SoundApp.c and SoundUnit.c. SoundApp.c handles the application's management of memory, errors, user interface, etc. It requires the use of the SoundUnit.c to handle all of the sound routines. SoundUnit code handles the Sound Manager part of the application. You can use this stand-alone unit in your own application.
Universal Interfaces: This folder contains universal interface files for macintosh development.
• Universal Interfaces 1.0
The “UniversalInterfaces 1.0” interfaces are the original universal interfaces that were released on the “Macintosh on RISC SDK”. They had no version number when released, but have now been retroactively versioned “1.0”. Included in the folder are aliases to other interface files not released with the base set (e.g. ColorSync, AppleEvents, etc.). These other interface files may or may not be universalized.
• Universal Interfaces 2.0
The “UniversalInterfaces 2.0” contain 2.0 final interfaces. They were released on ETO #17, MPW Latest. The 2.0 release is the beginning of a new release strategy. Instead of each project team at Apple distributing interface files with their own SDK, the project teams will roll their interface files into the next 2.0 release suite. For developers, this will mean one-stop-shopping for interface files. As you can see, most of the “Other” interface files in 1.0 have been rolled into the 2.0 release.
• Universal Interfaces 2.1B1
The “UniversalInterfaces 2.1B1” contain prerelease updates to the 2.0 interfaces. It contains 2.0 compatible C and Pascal interface files for QuickdrawGX, MacTCP, ColorSync 2.0, and AOCE. They were released on ETO #17, MPW Prerelease. These files are designed to be merged into the Universal Interfaces 2.0 files.
Please see the document “Toolbox Libraries & Interfaces” for more details on specific changes.
Coming Next Month: What with all the fuss about System 7.5, it's been a while since we've had a System Software Edition with piles of localized printer drivers, system extensions, and other SSW-related software. I'll see what i can find on the servers...
