Road Map to QuickTime 3

Movie Toolbox: Access Keys

Access keys make it possible to protect data. They allow an application that supplies data to register a password for the data with QuickTime and allows a user to enter the password to gain access to the data. For example, a codec can protect data it compresses with a password, so that it is available only to someone with the password. Similarly, the creator of a movie can require a password to view the movie.

In order to gain access to protected data, the user enters the access key in the QuickTime Settings control panel.

• QuickTime 3 Reference presents general information about access keys and how applications use them.
• System and Application Access Keys
• Access Key Types

• QuickTime 3 Reference explains how to use access keys in your application.
• Registering an Access Key
• Getting Access Keys
• Unregistering an Access Key

• QuickTime 3 Reference describes the constants and functions of the Access Key Manager.
• Constants
• Access Key Manager Functions
• QTGetAccessKeys
• QTRegisterAccessKey
• QTUnregisterAccessKey