What's New 1998

Note: For archived 1997 Updates, check out: What's New 1997.

December 22, 1998

Devices features a new Q&A on Secondary Interrupts on the Page Fault Path.
Thanks to Quinn "The Eskimo!"
Human Interface Toolbox features many new Q&As on Menus.
Thanks to Pete Gontier.

December 14, 1998

Human Interface Toolbox features an updated Q&A on Reserved Key Combinations.
Thanks to Pete Gontier.

December 7, 1998

Java features two new Q&As on Simulated Click on AWT Button and
Using stdin on the Macintosh.
Thanks to Levi Brown.
QuickDraw features a new Q&A on grayishTextOr and Mac OS 8.5.
Thanks to Tim Carroll.
Human Interface Toolbox features a new Q&A on Drag Manager: Promising and Tracking.
Thanks to Pete Gontier.
Devices features a new Q&A on PrepareMemoryForIO in the NewWorld.
Thanks to Quinn "The Eskimo!"

November 16, 1998

Universal Serial Bus features a new Q&A on Understanding USB Error -6911 (kUSBNotResponding).
Thanks to Rich Kubota.

November 9, 1998

QuickTime Movie Toolbox features a new Q&A on Playing QuickTime 3 Movie Sound Data.
Thanks to Scott Kuechle.

November 2, 1998

Files features a new Q&A on Ejecting the Volume on Which Your Program Resides.
Thanks to Jim Luther.
Overviews features a new Q&A on Test What You Ship.
Thanks to Pete Gontier.

October 19, 1998

OS Utilities features a new Q&A on Detecting Control Strip at Startup.
Thanks to Mark Cookson.
QuickTime Components features a new Q&A on Decompressing IMA WAVE files.
Thanks again to Mark Cookson.
QuickTime Movie Toolbox features a new Q&A on SetSoundMediaBalance balance parameter clarification.
Thanks to Scott Kuechle.
Hardware features a new Q&A on why UpTime's values are consistently slow.
Thanks to Timothy Carroll.

October 5, 1998

High-Level Toolbox features an updated Q&A on Appearance Versions.
Thanks to Pete Gontier.

September 28, 1998

Universal Serial Bus features four new Q&As on the following topics:
- Composite Class Driver loads via both Driver/InterfaceInitialize entry point
- USBGetNextDeviceByClass Requires deviceRef
- Supporting multiple USB devices with a single class driver file
- Using Custom creator code for USB Class Drivers
Many thanks to Rich Kubota.

September 21, 1998

QuickTime Windows features nine new Q&As on the following topics:
- Using Mac-style Resources.
- Using Mac Toolbox Routines Under Windows 98/95/NT
- Checking For Presence of QuickTime 3 for Windows
- Calling InitializeQTML from DLL Main
- QuickTime MCI driver
- CreatePortAssociation And WM_QUERYNEWPALETTE Message
- 2GB File Size Limit
- Using Custom Color Tables
- MSVC++ Link Error LNK4098 When Building QuickTime 3 for Windows Apps.
Many thanks to Scott Kuechle.

Devices features an updated Q&A on Calling ataManager on a Power Macintosh
Thanks to Quinn "The Eskimo!"

September 14, 1998

Files features an updated Q&A on Determining Volume Size.
Thanks to Mark Cookson.

September 7, 1998

QuickDraw features a new Q&A on Text Mask Mode and QuickDraw.
Thanks to Ingrid Kelly.

August 31, 1998

Files features an updated Q&A on Determining Volume Size.
Thanks to Mark Cookson.

August 24, 1998

Human Interface Toolbox features an updated Q&A on Appearance Versions.
Thanks to Pete Gontier.
Memory features a new Q&A on Temporary Memory.
Thanks to Quinn "The Eskimo!"

July 30, 1998

Files features an updated Q&A on PBXGetVolInfo Glue.
Thanks to Quinn "The Eskimo!"
Human Interface Toolbox features a new Q&A on Pop-up Menu CDEFs.
Thanks to Pete Gontier.
Human Interface Toolbox also contains a new Q&A on Reserved Key Combinations.
Thanks again to Pete Gontier.

July 20, 1998

Networking features an updated Q&A on a Workaround for PLookupName Bug.
Thanks to Rich Kubota.

July 13, 1998

Networking features a new Q&A on a Workaround for PLookupName Bug.
Thanks to Rich Kubota.
Hardware features an updated Q&A on Gestalt Values for Recent Macintosh Models.
Thanks again to Rich Kubota.

July 6, 1998

Toolbox features a new Q&A on Navigation Services and memFullErr.
Thanks to Pete Gontier.
Files features a new Q&A on Ejecting the Volume on Which Your Program Resides.
Thanks again to Pete Gontier.
Text features a new Q&A on IsCmdChar.
Thanks to Mark Cookson.

June 29, 1998

Toolbox features a new Q&A on Appearance Versions.
Thanks to Pete Gontier.

June 15, 1998

Toolbox features a new Q&A on Navigation Services Versions.
Thanks to Pete Gontier.
Hardware features an updated Q&A on Gestalt Values for Recent Macintosh Models.
Thanks to Rich Kubota.

June 8, 1998

Devices features a new Q&A on PrepareMemoryForIO and Execution Levels.
Thanks to Quinn "The Eskimo!"
Sound features a new Q&A on MACE Restrictions.
Thanks to Mark Cookson.

June 1, 1998

Networking features an updated Q&A on Determining if a Volume is a Network Volume.
Thanks to Quinn "The Eskimo!"

May 25, 1998

QuickDraw features a new Q&A on LaserWriter 8 Support for *JCL/PCL.
Thanks to Ingrid Kelly.
Networking features an updated Q&A on Numerous Small Packet Exchanges Result in Poor TCP Performance.
Thanks to Quinn "The Eskimo!"

May 18, 1998

Sound features a new Q&A on Capturing Speech Manager Output.
Thanks to Mark Cookson.

May 11, 1998

Hardware features a new Q&A on Making the ADBOp call from CFM-68K.
Thanks to Rich Kubota.

May 4, 1998

Networking features an updated Q&A on Using Open Transport with CFM-68K.
Thanks to Quinn "The Eskimo!"

April 20, 1998

QuickDraw 3D features 8 new Q&A's on the subject of RAVE, plus new Q&A's on Triangle Strips, and errors in QADrawContextNew.
Thanks to Timothy Carroll.

April 13, 1998

Files features two new Q&A's on PBXGetVolInfo.
Thanks to Mark Cookson.
Text features a new Q&A on large 'sfnt' fonts.
Thanks to Ingrid Kelly.
Toolbox features a new Q&A on the AppendDialogItemList function.
Thanks to Pete Gontier.
Sound features three new Q&A's. Subjects are siOSTypeInput selectors, the siMonitorSource selector and recording compressed sounds.
Thanks again to Mark Cookson.
Networking features a new Q&A on Open Transport errors -3151 and -3160.
Thanks to Rich Kubota.

February 10, 1998

Memory features one new Q&A: Finding the VM Backing Store.
Thanks to Quinn "The Eskimo!"
Quickdraw features another new Q&A: Parsing the PICT File Format.
Thanks to Ingrid Kelly
Text features another new Q&A: Creating Double-byte Bitmap Fonts.
Thanks to Ingrid Kelly
Toolbox features another new Q&A: The Improper use of FSClose.
Thanks to Mark Cookson
Sound features the last of our new Q&A's: Setting Audio Input Gain.
Thanks to Mark Cookson.

Technical Q&As