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Using the Macintosh Toolbox with C 2nd Edition 1989

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Using the Macintosh Toolbox with C, second edition, is a book by Fred A. Huxham, David Burnard and Jim Takatsuka, published by SYBEX in 1989. The first edition was published in 1986. ISBN 0-89588-572-7, Library of Congress card number 89-62280.[1] The Library of Congress record gives the extent as xxix, 525 pages.[2] The acknowledgements thank Steve Rimmer for preparing the revision.[3]

The introduction presents it as a tutorial for C programmers, because the Toolbox was designed for Pascal and Inside Macintosh describes it in Pascal terms. The second edition is based on THINK C. Each chapter covers one part of the user interface with its data structures and Toolbox routines, and several chapters end with a complete sample program.[4] The inside covers carry a "Macintosh Quick Toolbox Reference" listing the C declarations of the QuickDraw, Window, Control and Menu Manager routines.[5]

Contents

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Page numbers are from the book's contents list.[6]

  • Introduction, p. xvi
  • 1 The Macintosh Toolbox and the User Interface, p. 1
  • 2 Using the Event Manager, p. 18
  • 3 An Introduction to the Window Manager, p. 42
  • 4 Using the Menu Manager, p. 76
  • 5 Drawing with QuickDraw, p. 100
  • 6 Memory Management, p. 162
  • 7 Using Multiple Windows, p. 184
  • 8 Text Editing with the Toolbox, p. 208
  • 9 Resources, p. 278
  • 10 Controls, p. 294
  • 11 Alerts and Dialogs, p. 324
  • 12 The Macintosh File System, p. 362
  • 13 Finishing Touches, p. 454
  • Appendix A: C Calling Conventions, p. 472
  • Appendix B: Error Codes and Reserved Resource Types, p. 498
  • Appendix C: ASCII Chart of the Macintosh System Font, p. 510
  • Index, p. 514

What this book does not contain

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It is a programming book. Its only hardware content is the memory map as a program sees it (Chapter 6); it has no service procedures, schematics or electrical data. Apple's repair documentation is in Category:Apple Service Source. The hosted scan is 567 PDF pages, including the covers and the publisher's advertising pages.

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Download: Using the Macintosh Toolbox with C 2nd Edition 1989.pdf (34 MB)

References

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  1. ↑ Fred A. Huxham, David Burnard and Jim Takatsuka, Using the Macintosh Toolbox with C, 2nd ed. (SYBEX, 1989), title page and copyright page (PDF pp. 5-6).
  2. ↑ Open Library, Using the Macintosh toolbox with C, 2nd ed., record OL2223705M, from Library of Congress catalogue data. Retrieved 2026-09-30.
  3. ↑ Huxham, Burnard and Takatsuka, Using the Macintosh Toolbox with C, 2nd ed., Acknowledgments (PDF p. 8).
  4. ↑ Huxham, Burnard and Takatsuka, Using the Macintosh Toolbox with C, 2nd ed., Introduction, pp. xvi-xvii (PDF pp. 15-16).
  5. ↑ Huxham, Burnard and Takatsuka, Using the Macintosh Toolbox with C, 2nd ed., inside covers (PDF pp. 2-3 and 565-566).
  6. ↑ Huxham, Burnard and Takatsuka, Using the Macintosh Toolbox with C, 2nd ed., Contents at a Glance and Table of Contents, pp. ix-xv (PDF pp. 9-14).
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