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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