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- # Copyright ©1994 Apple Computer, Inc. All rights reserved.
- # Author: John R. Powers, III
- # Date: 23-Mar-94
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- AGFile is a C library for accessing information about guide databases.
- It does not use or require the Apple Guide extension.
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- A guide database may have any creator, but the file type
- must be kAGFileMain or kAGFileMixin.
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- It provides the following services:
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- Given a directory, count the guide databases of a
- particular database type and main/mixin combination.
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- Given a directory, return the FSSpec for the i-th
- guide database of a particular database type and main/mixin combination.
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- Given an FSSpec, return the following information:
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- • The database type (Help, Tutorial, Other, etc.)
- • Menu item name
- • Database software version
- • The number of selectors
- • The i-th selector and value
- • Whether or not the database is a Mixin database
- • The Help menu application creator selector
- • The mixin-match selector
- • The Help menu item balloon text
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- To use, build AGFileLib and link into your application.