The new and improved version of Apple HTML Local Search wasn't quite ready for this month's disc, so we'll deliver it, along with another big pile of technical documentation in HTML format, on the July SSW/SDK edition. Those of you who tried the March version and haven't sent in your survey yet - please do! I don't want to see anybody griping about Acrobat on the SEMPER.FI list who hasn't sent us their feedback about this possible new direction. ;-)
In addition to updates to the Developer University schedule, Macintosh Technical Notes, Macintosh Technical Q&As, and Toolbox Assistant, here's this month's new and revised stuff.
develop Issue 26: This is the electronic version of develop, the Apple Technical Journal, Issue 26. See <the column elsewhere in this issue> for details.
MoreFiles 1.4.2: 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 1.4.2.
Network Server Developer's Guide: The Developer's Reference Guide for the Apple Network Server is the source for information about developing client/server applications and writing device drivers for the Apple Network Server. The Guide documents differences between AIX for the Apple Network Server and IBM's AIX.
This guide covers hardware and software requirements to be considered when developing AIX for Apple Network Server device drivers or server applications and a Mac OS client. Part I covers developing client/server applications, including both Mac OS and AIX considerations. Part II covers the development of device drivers, including Open Firmware requirements. Part III documents the AppleTalk API. Part IV provides the man pages for Apple-specific AIX commands. There is an appendix for keyboard positions.
This guide is to be used in conjunction with AIX developer guides from IBM. Information on how to obtain the IBM AIX developer guides and tools can be found on IBM's Web site (www.ibm.com) or by contacting an IBM representative. Specific information on relevant IBM AIX guides is found at the beginning of each section.
Note: This document is to be used as a reference when developing for AIX for the Apple Network Server. It only describes the differences between AIX for the Apple Network Server and IBM's AIX. It is not intended to fully document AIX.
QDGX Spooler Patch 1.0.2: The QuickDraw GX Print Spooler Patch fixes a problem when trying to print to AppleShare and Novell Netware print spoolers. This patch makes changes to the QuickDraw GX extension and the LaserWriter GX printer driver. You should work with copies of the GX extension and GX driver, and then move the modified files into your system's Extensions folder.
These spooler patches replace any previous versions. This version fixes a problem where users were unable to patch certain localized versions of GX.
QuickTime VR Tools 1.0b2: The QTVR Beta-Level Tools are for use in creating QuickTime VR content. The tools are beta-level and unsupported. Source code for these tools is available in the folder QTVR Beta-Level Tools Source.
Make QTVR Object takes input in the form of a QuickTime movie with frames that are photographs of, or views of, an object. It combines these photographs or views into a single QuickTime VR object. Make QTVR Panorama takes input in the form of a PICT file generated by a computer graphics program or a scanned wide-angle or panoramic photo. It converts the PICT into a QuickTime VR panorama.
These tools:
• Make it easy for computer graphics program users to create QuickTime VR content.
• Make it easy for photographers to convert photographs of an object into a QTVR object, and to convert wide-angle or panoramic photos into a QTVR panorama.
• Do not support stitching of photos, the creation of "hot spots" on panoramas, or the combination of panoramas and/or objects into multiple-node movies. Use the QTVR 1.0 Authoring Tools Suite available in the Apple Developer Catalog for these purposes.
Note: This code is beta-level and unsupported.
Speech Recognition Manager: This folder contains version 1.5 of the Apple's new Speech Recognition Manager. Version 1.5 of the Speech Recognition extension embodies the first officially supported developer release of the Speech Recognition Manager.
The draft documentation included with this note, "Speech Recognition Manager" in the "SR 1.5 Documentation" folder, is an Adobe Acrobat file. The documentation describes version 1.5 of the Speech Recognition extension and the API and toolbox it embodies. (Version 1.5 contains many features that were not available in version 1.4.1 or earlier versions of the extension.)
Input from early adopters of Apple's speech recognition technology has greatly improved the Speech Recognition Manager API. If you find bugs in the extension or documentation, please use the Apple Bug Reporter stack. Include the version information in the problem description and send to:
Internet: apple.bugs@applelink.apple.com
AppleLink: APPLE.BUGS
WASTE 1.2a6: WASTE is a text editing library for Macintosh programmers.
Designed to be a viable replacement for TextEdit, WASTE offers several enhancements, the major one being the ability to handle text files larger than 32K. Like TextEdit, WASTE handles multi-styled text and relies on the services offered by the Script Manager for drawing, measuring and hit-testing the text and for finding word and line breaks. The built-in support for inline input makes WASTE fully WorldScript II- compliant (on the other hand, bidirectional scripts, like Arabic, are not supported).
Note: This is NOT AN APPLE PRODUCT. It is provided on an AS-IS basis. Apple is not responsible for any problems you may encounter in its use.
