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Learning Carbon

Release Date: May 2001

Pages: 360

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Learning Carbon is designed to get you programming right away in Carbon™, one of two APIs (Application Programmer Interfaces) Macintosh® programmers can use to write applications that run native in Mac® OS X. Using Carbon, you don't have to rewrite your Mac OS programs entirely to get them to take advantage of the new features in Mac OS X. Instead, all you have to rewrite is the 10 to 20 percent of the code that can't be translated to OS X. For C programmers, Apple's Carbon is the essential building block for applications on Mac OS X. With Carbon, you can use simple, traditional C interfaces to create world-class applications for a world-class operating system. After orienting you with a detailed tour of a Carbon application, Learning Carbon walks you through the entire process of designing and creating a complete Carbon application called Moon Travel Planner. Along the way, you'll be introduced to two pivotal development tools: Project Builder and Interface Builder. You'll learn key concepts about Carbon and Mac OS X programming, including event management, resource handling, and bundle anatomy. And you'll get direct, hands-on instruction on how to implement essential application tasks, such as managing windows, printing documents, opening and saving files, creating and responding to menu commands, providing user help, and organizing your application for easy localization in multiple countries and languages. After finishing this book, you'll be ready to start writing your own Carbon applications. Written by Apple insiders with access to engineers deeply involved in creating Mac OS X, Learning Carbon brings you information that's not available anywhere else, to get you in on the ground floor of the exciting new Mac OS X application development market.

Chapter 1 Introduction to Carbon
1. Carbon and Mac OS X
2. What’s in Carbon?
3. Building Carbon Applications
4. The Carbon Factory Tour
5. Recap
Chapter 2 Specifying a Carbon Application: Moon Travel Planner
1. The Moon Travel Planner Window
2. The Menu Bar
3. The About Window
4. The Facts for the Traveler Window
5. The Itinerary Window
6. Recap
Chapter 3 Project Builder Projects
1. A Carbon Application Project
2. Moon Travel Planner: Creating a Project
3. Recap
Chapter 4 Interface Builder: Nibs and Windows
1. A Carbon Nib File
2. Moon Travel Planner: Modifying the Default Window
Chapter 5 Interface Builder: Toolsand Controls
1. Palettes and Layout Tools
2. Moon Travel Planner: Adding Objectsto the Main Window
Chapter 6 Carbon Events
1. Carbon Event Handling
2. MoonTravel Planner: Writing an Event Handler
Chapter 7 Interface Builder: Menus
1. The Menu Bar
2. Moon Travel Planner: Modifying the Menu Bar
Chapter 8 Text and Localization
1. Language-Specific Folders
2. Moon Travel Planner: Displaying Localized Text
Chapter 9 Printing
1. The Carbon Printing Manager
2. Moon Travel Planner: Adding Printing to the Moon Facts Window
Chapter 10 Property Lists
1. The Information Property List: Info.plist
2. Moon Travel Planner: Modifying and Using Properties
Chapter 11 Files
1. Managing Files on the Mac
2. Moon Travel Planner: Handling Files
3. Recap
Chapter 12 Providing Help
1. Help on Mac OS X
2. Moon Travel Planner: Adding Help
3. Recap
Chapter 13 Desktop Icons
1. Icon Basics
2. Moon Travel Planner: Adding Icons
3. Recap
Chapter 14 Beyond Moon Travel: Advanced Topics
1. Scriptable Applications
2. Threads and Multiprocessing
3. Tab Controls
4. Epilogue

Appendix Additional Resources
1. Building Your Mac OS X Library
2. Tapping the Carbon Developer Community
3. Keeping Current
4. Getting Sample Code
5. Registering Creator Codes
6. Partnering with Apple
Appendix Carbon Event Classesand Kinds
Appendix Parameter Names and Typesfor Common Event Kinds
1. Apple Events
2. Control Events
3. Command Events
4. Menu Events
5. Mouse Events
6. Text Input Events
7. Window Events
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Learning Carbon

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction to Carbon

Carbon and Mac OS X

What’s in Carbon?

Building Carbon Applications

The Carbon Factory Tour

Recap

Chapter 2 Specifying a Carbon Application: Moon Travel Planner

The Moon Travel Planner Window

The Menu Bar

The About Window

The Facts for the Traveler Window

The Itinerary Window

Recap

Chapter 3 Project Builder Projects

A Carbon Application Project

Moon Travel Planner: Creating a Project

Recap

Chapter 4 Interface Builder: Nibs and Windows

A Carbon Nib File

Moon Travel Planner: Modifying the Default Window

Chapter 5 Interface Builder: Toolsand Controls

Palettes and Layout Tools

Moon Travel Planner: Adding Objectsto the Main Window

Chapter 6 Carbon Events

Carbon Event Handling

MoonTravel Planner: Writing an Event Handler

Chapter 7 Interface Builder: Menus

The Menu Bar

Moon Travel Planner: Modifying the Menu Bar

Chapter 8 Text and Localization

Language-Specific Folders

Moon Travel Planner: Displaying Localized Text

Chapter 9 Printing

The Carbon Printing Manager

Moon Travel Planner: Adding Printing to the Moon Facts Window

Chapter 10 Property Lists

The Information Property List: Info.plist

Moon Travel Planner: Modifying and Using Properties

Chapter 11 Files

Managing Files on the Mac

Moon Travel Planner: Handling Files

Recap

Chapter 12 Providing Help

Help on Mac OS X

Moon Travel Planner: Adding Help

Recap

Chapter 13 Desktop Icons

Icon Basics

Moon Travel Planner: Adding Icons

Recap

Chapter 14 Beyond Moon Travel: Advanced Topics

Scriptable Applications

Threads and Multiprocessing

Tab Controls

Epilogue

Appendix Additional Resources

Building Your Mac OS X Library

Tapping the Carbon Developer Community

Keeping Current

Getting Sample Code

Registering Creator Codes

Partnering with Apple

Appendix Carbon Event Classesand Kinds

Appendix Parameter Names and Typesfor Common Event Kinds

Apple Events

Control Events

Command Events

Menu Events

Mouse Events

Text Input Events

Window Events

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