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Chapter 6 - Picture Shapes

This chapter describes picture shapes and the functions you use to manipulate them. It also discusses the functions described in other chapters that you can apply to picture shapes.

In particular, this chapter shows you how you can create and draw picture shapes; edit a picture shape's list of items; override style, ink, and transform information for items in a picture; create picture hierarchies; and hit-test picture shapes.

You should be familiar with the information in the chapter "Shape Objects" of Inside Macintosh: QuickDraw GX Objects before you read this chapter, and you will probably want to be familiar with the information in the chapter "Transform Objects" of that book. You might also want to be familiar with the other shape types, which are described in Chapter 2, "Geometric Shapes," and Chapter 5, "Bitmap Shapes," of this book, as well as in the chapter "Typographic Shapes" of Inside Macintosh: QuickDraw GX Typography.


Chapter Contents
About Picture Shapes
Overriding Styles, Inks, and Transforms
Multiple References
Unique Items Shape Attribute
Picture Hierarchies
Transform Concatenation
About Hit-Testing Picture Shapes
Using Picture Shapes
Creating and Drawing Picture Shapes
Getting and Setting Picture Geometries
Adding Items to a Picture
Removing and Replacing Items in a Picture
Using Overriding Styles, Inks, and Transforms
Adding Multiple References
Adding Items With the Unique Items Attribute Set
Creating Picture Hierarchies
Hit-Testing Pictures
Applying Functions Described Elsewhere to Picture Shapes
Functions That Post Errors or Warnings When Applied to Pictures
Shape-Related Functions Applicable to Pictures
Geometric Operations Applicable to Pictures
Style-Related Functions Applicable to Pictures
Ink-Related Functions Applicable to Pictures
Transform-Related Functions Applicable to Pictures
Picture Shapes Reference
Functions
Creating Picture Shapes
Getting and Setting Picture Geometries
Editing Picture Parts
Drawing Pictures
Hit-Testing Pictures
Summary of Picture Shapes
Functions
Creating Picture Shapes
Getting and Setting Picture Geometries
Editing Picture Parts
Drawing Pictures
Hit-Testing Pictures

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