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'''''Easy Object Programming for the Macintosh Using AppMaker and THINK C''''' by '''Richard O. Parker'''. '''Prentice Hall''', Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, '''© 1993''', '''ISBN 0-13-092966-2'''. '''515 pages''' in this scan.
'''''Easy Object Programming for the Macintosh Using AppMaker and THINK C''''' is a book by Richard O. Parker, published by Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, in 1993 (ISBN 0-13-092966-2).<ref name="b">Richard O. Parker, ''Easy Object Programming for the Macintosh Using AppMaker and THINK C'', Prentice Hall, 1993, ISBN 0-13-092966-2: cover, title and copyright pages, contents (pp. v–xv). Hosted as [[:File:Easy Object Programming 1993.pdf]].</ref> It teaches object programming in THINK C through a single example application, Ensemble, built up with the AppMaker interface builder over sixteen chapters: a text editor, a worksheet window, a format dialog, a graph window and printing. The book shipped with an 800K disk; the scan includes the disk's label page but not its contents.<ref name="b" />


AppMaker was a Macintosh interface builder that generated THINK C or THINK Pascal source from a drawn interface; this book teaches object programming through it. A disk was included with the printed book and is '''not''' part of this scan.
The printed text runs to p. 502 after the front matter; the scan has 515 PDF pages.<ref name="b" />


'''Not a repair source.''' This is a software book: no schematic, no parts list, no component value, no voltage and no fault-finding procedure for any machine. Nothing on this wiki should cite it for a hardware figure.
== Contents ==
From the book's contents pages:<ref name="b" />
# Introducing the Tools (p. 1)
# Examining Ensemble's Structure (p. 21)
# Creating the Ensemble Application (p. 47)
# Examining the EditText Code (p. 67)
# Customizing the EditText Code (p. 89)
# Adding a Worksheet Window (p. 127)
# Examining the CalcWindow Code (p. 167)
# Customizing the Worksheet Code (p. 185)
# Adding a Format Worksheet Dialog (p. 247)
# Examining the Format Worksheet Code (p. 265)
# Customizing the Format Worksheet Code (p. 285)
# Adding a Graph Window to Ensemble (p. 343)
# Examining the GraphWindow Code (p. 361)
# Customizing the Graphing Code (p. 381)
# Printing Ensemble's Windows (p. 453)
# Completing the Ensemble Application (p. 473)
 
It is a programming book, with no hardware information.


== Related pages ==
== Related pages ==
* [[:Category:Apple Programming Documentation]] — the rest of the collection
* [[Mastering the Think Class Library 1995]]
* [[:Category:Apple Documentation]] · [[:Category:Apple Vintage Computers]]
* [[:Category:Apple Programming Documentation]]
* [[Maintenance Guides]] — for the hardware side


<pdf>File:Easy_Object_Programming_1993.pdf</pdf>
<pdf>File:Easy_Object_Programming_1993.pdf</pdf>


Download here: [[:File:Easy_Object_Programming_1993.pdf|Easy_Object_Programming_1993.pdf]]
Download: [[:File:Easy_Object_Programming_1993.pdf|Easy_Object_Programming_1993.pdf]]
 
== References ==
<references />


[[Category:Apple Programming Documentation]]
[[Category:Apple Programming Documentation]]

Latest revision as of 13:48, 1 October 2026

Easy Object Programming for the Macintosh Using AppMaker and THINK C is a book by Richard O. Parker, published by Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, in 1993 (ISBN 0-13-092966-2).[1] It teaches object programming in THINK C through a single example application, Ensemble, built up with the AppMaker interface builder over sixteen chapters: a text editor, a worksheet window, a format dialog, a graph window and printing. The book shipped with an 800K disk; the scan includes the disk's label page but not its contents.[1]

The printed text runs to p. 502 after the front matter; the scan has 515 PDF pages.[1]

Contents

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From the book's contents pages:[1]

  1. Introducing the Tools (p. 1)
  2. Examining Ensemble's Structure (p. 21)
  3. Creating the Ensemble Application (p. 47)
  4. Examining the EditText Code (p. 67)
  5. Customizing the EditText Code (p. 89)
  6. Adding a Worksheet Window (p. 127)
  7. Examining the CalcWindow Code (p. 167)
  8. Customizing the Worksheet Code (p. 185)
  9. Adding a Format Worksheet Dialog (p. 247)
  10. Examining the Format Worksheet Code (p. 265)
  11. Customizing the Format Worksheet Code (p. 285)
  12. Adding a Graph Window to Ensemble (p. 343)
  13. Examining the GraphWindow Code (p. 361)
  14. Customizing the Graphing Code (p. 381)
  15. Printing Ensemble's Windows (p. 453)
  16. Completing the Ensemble Application (p. 473)

It is a programming book, with no hardware information.

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Download: Easy_Object_Programming_1993.pdf

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Richard O. Parker, Easy Object Programming for the Macintosh Using AppMaker and THINK C, Prentice Hall, 1993, ISBN 0-13-092966-2: cover, title and copyright pages, contents (pp. v–xv). Hosted as File:Easy Object Programming 1993.pdf.
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