Code_from_Macintosh_Programming_Secrets_1992

Code from the book "Macintosh Programming Secrets", 2nd Edition, by Scott Knaster

Chapters:

• Chapter 3 - Standard Stuff
• Chapter 4 - Dialogs
• Chapter 5 - Quick Draw
• Chapter 6 - Mouse
• Chapter 7 - Windows
• Chapter 8 - Files
• Chapter 9 - Standalone
• Chapter 10 - Various Adventures

Note: Two directories are provided, both of which contain the same source code. One (with_LF/) contains source files using line feeds (LF) for reading on macOS/OS X, the other (with_CR/) uses carriage returns (CR) for Macintosh.

Note on StandardStuff.c

Each chapter's changes to Standard_Stuff.c are enclosed by pre-processor conditionals (#ifdef and #endif). So to activate a particular chapter's changes to Stabdard_Stuff.c you need to include

#define __chapter<X>__

So, for chapter 4,

#define __chapter4__

Note on filenames

As all of the filenames in the varius chapters are the same, i.e. Standard_Stuff.c or Neat_Stuff.c, in order to distinguish the files, a suffix of _Ch<X> has been included, i.e. Standard_Stuff_Ch7.c or Neat_Stuff_Ch4.c

Also, instead of spaces in filenames, Standard Stuff.c, we use an underscore Standard_Stuff.c.

The resource definitions would not be parsed, when compiling .r files, if included with function declarations in the header file Standard_Stuff.h. To remedy this, a Standard_Stuff_ResDefs.h file was created to seperate the resource definitions from the function declarations. This file should be #included in the Standard Stuff header file and the resource defintiions commented out (or deleted) from the header file Standard_Stuff.h

As the resoure file Standard_Stuff.r is the same name for each chapter, but the contents differ wildly, a file name suffix _Ch<X>, has been used, i.e. Standard_Stuff_Ch7.r.

As the resoure file definitions Standard_Stuff_ResDefs.r is the same name for each chapter, but the contents differ wildly, a file name suffix _Ch<X>, has been used, i.e. Standard_Stuff_ResDefs_Ch7.r.

See also

• Source code for Macintosh Programming Secrets - Second Edition (1992)
• Errata - Macintosh Programming Secrets (1992)

Useful resources

• Inside Macintosh Links
• Source code for Macintosh Programming Secrets - First Edition (1998)

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