Programming For System 7 1991
Programming for System 7 is a book by Gary Little and Tim Swihart, with a foreword by Scott Knaster, published by Addison-Wesley in its Macintosh Inside Out series, first printing September 1991, ISBN 0-201-56770-9, Library of Congress card number 91-18050. Jim Luther was the technical reviewer. The text and index are numbered to p. 359; the scan has 371 PDF pages, including the publisher's list of titles in the series at the back.[1]
The book covers the programming interfaces that were new in System 7, released in May 1991, as a companion to Apple's Inside Macintosh Volume VI. Knaster's foreword describes it as a guide to the new features, not a replacement for Volume VI.[1]
Contents
[edit | edit source]- Preparing for System 7 (1): checking for System 7 with Gestalt, and a skeleton application
- Dealing with Files (43): identifying files, file I/O, searching volumes, special folders, alias records and alias files, the Standard File Package and custom Open and Save dialogs
- Cooperative Multitasking (87): WaitNextEvent, the Notification Manager, launching applications, temporary memory, process information
- Apple Events (115)
- Edition Manager (161): publish and subscribe
- Communications Toolbox (211): connection tools and terminal emulation tools
- Font Manager (259): TrueType
- Balloon Help (277)
- Fit and Finish (307): icon families, signatures and bundles, version information, Finder help balloons, file comments
Appendices: A A Rez Primer (329); B The 'SIZE' Resource (335); C Support for Macintosh Programmers (341); D Bibliography for Macintosh Programmers (345); Index (349).[1]
Related pages
[edit | edit source]- Programming QuickDraw 1992
- MacsBug Reference and Debugging Guide
- Category:Apple Programming Documentation
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