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ViewIt™ 2.24 On-Line Help
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 Distribution
 Trademarks
 Warranties

1. Getting Started
 What Is ViewIt?
 About On-Line Help
 • The Help Control
 • Getting Around
 • Why On-Line Help?
 • Editing Help
 Debugging Aids
 • Program State
 • Command Display
 • Message Display
 • Interrupt Button
 Read Startup Topics
 Recompiling Demos
 Shareware Limits
2. What is FaceWare?
3. What is a module?
4. Where do they live?
5. How do I meet one?
6. Minimum Code
 • Pascal
 • C
 • C++
 • FORTRAN
7. Include Files
 FaceStorXY File
 FaceProcXY File
 Other Include Files
8. Resource Files
 SIZE Resource
 Shared vs. Program-Specific
 Temporary Res Files
 More About LoadIt
 The FaceWare File
 Resource Numbering
9. Initializations
 FaceWare Initialization
 More About Stack Space
 Record Initialization
10. Event Handling
11. Summary
 New Programs
 Existing Programs
12. Tutorial
 The Objective
 1. FaceWare File
 2. Resource File
 3. Project Files
 4. Compile & Run
 5. Main Menus
 6. Menu Handling
 7. Modal Window
 8. Buttons
 9. Modal Events
 10. Check Box
 11. Editable Text
 12. Scrollable List
 13. Pop-Up Menu
 14. Data Links
 15. Editable Controls
 16. Advanced Controls
 17. Attached Controls
 18. Program Output

F1. FaceIt 2.2 Guide
 Program Resources
 Mixing Event Loops
F2. Initializations
 Menu Initialization
 • Auto-Loaded Menus
 • Hierarchical Menus
 • Pop-Up Menus
 Window Initialization
 • Main Help Window
 • Splash Screen
 Palette Initialization
F3. The Main Loop
 Message Types
 Module Messages
 Apple Events
 Foreign Windows
 Greater Control
 • Overrides
 • WaitNextEvent
F4. Menu Handling
 Menu Item Types
 • Unlabeled Program Items
 • Labeled Program Items
 • Program-Wide Standard Items
 • Shared Standard Items
 • Module-Specific Standard Items
 Font/Size/Style/Color Items
 Managing Menu Items
 Custom Standard Items (Advanced)
 • Negative Label IDs
 • Changing Label IDs
 • New Standard Items
 Balloon Help (System 7)
F5. Background Processing (Advanced)
 Event-Oriented
 Task-Oriented
 • Getting Events
 • Update & Switch
 • Other Events
 • WaitNextEvent?
 Combinations
F6. Finder Resources
 Adding File Icons
 Opening From Finder
 • Automatic Help
 • Technical Details
 Size and Behavior
 Program File Help
F7. Hybrid Programs (Advanced)
 What Is FaceSt?
 When To Use FaceSt
 When NOT To Use It
 What You GAIN
 What You LOSE
 Initializations Done
 Installing FaceStub
 Using FaceStub
 • Main Menus
 • Menu Events
 • Raw Event Loop
 • Switching
 • Window Kind
 • Cursor Management
 • Program Termination
 • Custom Procedures
 • FSSC Menus

V1. ViewIt 2.2 Guide
V2. Editing
 Windows/Views/Controls
 Editing Resources
 Selecting Controls
 The Controls Bar
 The Icon Menu Bar
 • File Menu
 • Edit Menu
 • Import Menu
 • Info Menu
 • Style Menu
 • Align Menu
 • Grid Icon
 Outline Mode
 Saving Changes
 Getting Into Trouble
V3. Windows
 Modal vs. Modeless
 Adding Windows
 MODAL WINDOWS
 • Item Events
 • Editable Items
 • Menu Events
 • Special Keys
 • Module Messages
 • Program Messages
 • Other Modal Events
 • Event Summary
 • Loop Options
 MODAL ALERTS
 MODELESS WINDOWS
 • Modeless Events
 • Modeless<->Modal
 FLOATING WINDOWS
 MENU WINDOWS
 Switching Content
 Closing Windows
V4. Views
 About Control Drivers
 The View Driver
 • Operation
 • Scrolling
 • Content
 • Instructions
 • View Types
 • Attached Views
 • Paged Views
 • Colored Views
 • Limitations
V5. Controls
 Getting Info
 Toolbox Calls
 Rectangles
 Scrolling
 Growing
 Floating
 Dragging
 Styles
 Colors
 Best Colors
 FSSC Support
 ID/RefCon
V6. Data Links
 The Old Way
 The New Way
 • Data Types
 • Choosing Controls
 • Linking A Record
 • Linking A Variable
 • Using Links
 • Handle-To-Handle
 • Custom Links
V7. Balloons (System 7)
 Help Command Format
 Example Commands
V8. Override (Advanced)
 CONTENT DRAWING
 PROGRAM CONTROLS
 Example Projects
 Procedure Format
 Procedure Installation
 SELECTIVE OVERRIDES
 Override Format
 Override Installation
 Override Execution
 • Posting Events
 • Stealing Messages
 • Tweaking Messages
 • Major Action Before
 • Major Action After
 Limitations
V9. Resources
 Shared FaceWare File
 Custom Resources
 Stand-Alone Programs
 Missing Resources
V10. 2.05 -> 2.24

C1. FaceIt & ViewIt Commands
 Command Format
 Command Types
 Clobbered Variables
C2. fRec Record
C3. FaceIt Program Commands
 DoInit,DoLoop,DoEvnt,DoMenu,GetMsg
C4. ViewIt Window Commands
 NewWnd,EndWnd,MdlWnd,SizWnd,MovWnd,ShoWnd,
 HidWnd,SavWnd,HlpWnd,DoUpdt
C5. ViewIt Control Commands
 GetWnd,GetCtl,GetWVC,ShoCtl,ActCtl,SelCtl,
 HitCtl,SavCtl,DspCtl,GetVal,SetVal,AddVew,
 AddCtl,LnkCtl,OvrCtl,DrwCtl,SizCtl,MovCtl,
 ScrCtl,StlCtl,ClrCtl,SetInfo
U1. Menu Utilities
 Labeled Items
 FSSC Menus
 PopMen,SetItm,GetItm,FixFSC,SelFSC
U2. File Utilities
 StdOpn,StdSav,GetRef,SetRef,SetTyp
U3. Window Utilities
 SetFSS,SndBhd,GetNam,SetNam,
 MovRec,MovAlt,MovDlg,MovWin,
 DrgWnd,GetStd,SetStd,SavDlg,SavWin
U4. Color Utilities
 GetFgC,GetBkC,SetFgC,SetBkC,SetPal
U5. Alert Utilities
 ShoAlt,StpAlt,NotAlt,CtnAlt,
 ShoStr,StpStr,NotStr,CtnStr
U6. String Utilities
 SetSub,TrmStr,SetPrm,CnvStr,FndTxt,
 NumToS,SToNum
U7. String List Utilities
 GetStr,SetStr,SrtLst,DupLst
U8. Memory Utilities
 ChkMem,NewBlk,PrgCmd,DoUnld
U9. Other Utilities
 ChgCur,PstEvt,PstNot,SetIdl,EndIdl