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| The Benefits of HIToolbox: the Evolving Widget Set
(HTML) Learn how to get started working with HIView control types. | Articles | 2004-06-14 | 
| HIView Programming Guide
(HTML)
(PDF) Describes view-based controls and how to implement them in Carbon applications. | Guides | 2007-10-31 | 
| Data Browser Programming Guide
(HTML)
(PDF) Explains how to present data in lists similar to the list and column views in the Finder.  | Guides | 2007-08-07 | 
| HIArchive Programming Guide
(HTML)
(PDF) Describes how to store data objects using HIArchive. Also includes information to make custom HIObjects archivable. | Guides | 2005-08-11 | 
| Handling Carbon Windows and Controls
(HTML)
(PDF) A guidebook for implementing windows and controls in Carbon applications. | Guides | 2005-07-07 | 
| HIToolbar Programming Guide
(HTML)
(PDF) Explains how to create toolbars in Carbon applications. | Guides | 2005-07-07 | 
| Upgrading to the Mac OS X HIToolbox
(HTML)
(PDF) A porting guide for Carbon developers seeking to adopt Mac OS X HIToolbox features such as nib-based windows and HIViews.  | Guides | 2004-06-28 | 
| Creating Carbon Menus
(HTML)
(PDF) Describes how to create menus in Carbon applications. | Guides | 2004-02-23 | 
| Obtaining and Using Icons With Icon Services
(HTML)
(PDF) Explains how to obtain and display icons for a Carbon application or extension. | Guides | 2003-02-01 | 
| Programming with the Appearance Manager
(HTML) Explains how to make an application's user interface look like the Mac OS user interface. | Guides | 2001-11-20 | 
| Data Browser Reference
(HTML)
(PDF) Describes the C API used to display data in list or column views similar to the Finder. | Reference | 2008-04-08 | 
| List Manager Reference
(HTML)
(PDF) Deprecated - Describes the legacy C API for managing and displaying elements in a scrollable list. Replaced by the Data Browser. | Reference | 2007-12-11 | 
| Application Manager Reference
(HTML)
(PDF) Describes the C API for performing various application-level tasks in a Carbon application. Formerly titled Dock Manager Reference. | Reference | 2007-10-31 | 
| Dialog Manager Reference
(HTML)
(PDF) Describes the C interface for implementing alerts and dialog boxes. | Reference | 2007-10-31 | 
| Window Manager Reference
(HTML)
(PDF) Describes the C API for creating and manipulating Carbon windows. | Reference | 2007-10-31 | 
| HIGeometry Reference
(HTML)
(PDF) Describes the C API that defines basic geometric objects for HIToolbox. | Reference | 2007-06-11 | 
| HIView Reference
(HTML)
(PDF) Describes the C API for creating and manipulating view-based controls and menus in Carbon applications. | Reference | 2007-04-13 | 
| Icon Services and Utilities Reference
(HTML)
(PDF) Describes the C API for manipulating and drawing icons in Carbon applications. | Reference | 2007-04-06 | 
| Control Manager Reference
(HTML)
(PDF) Describes the C API for creating and manipulating Carbon controls. | Reference | 2007-03-26 | 
| Appearance Manager Reference
(HTML)
(PDF) Describes the C API for coordinating the look of the standard Mac OS human interface. | Reference | 2007-01-23 | 
| Finder Interface Reference
(HTML)
(PDF) Describes several C data types used by the Finder to contain information about file system objects. | Reference | 2006-10-31 | 
| Menu Manager Reference
(HTML)
(PDF) Describes the C API for creating and managing an application's menus. | Reference | 2006-09-15 | 
| HIToolbar Reference
(HTML)
(PDF) Describes the C API for creating and manipulating toolbars in Carbon applications. | Reference | 2005-09-08 | 
| HIArchive Reference
(HTML)
(PDF) Describes the C API for storing and retrieving data in HIArchives. | Reference | 2005-08-11 | 
| HIObject Reference
(HTML)
(PDF) Describes the C API for creating and manipulating human interface objects in Carbon applications. | Reference | 2005-08-11 | 
| HIShape Reference
(HTML)
(PDF) Describes the Carbon API for manipulating HIShape objects.  | Reference | 2004-06-28 | 
| High Level Toolbox Release Notes (10.5.2)
(HTML) Describes HIToolbox enhancements for Mac OS X v10.5.2. | Release Notes | 2008-03-11 | 
| High Level Toolbox Release Notes (10.5)
(HTML) Describes new HIToolbox features and enhancements for Mac OS X v10.5. | Release Notes | 2007-10-31 | 
| Carbon Reference Update
(HTML)
(PDF) Summarizes the symbols added to the Carbon framework. | Release Notes | 2007-07-18 | 
| High Level Toolbox Release Notes (10.4)
(HTML) | Release Notes | 2006-01-10 | 
| High Level Toolbox Release Notes (10.4.2)
(HTML) | Release Notes | 2006-01-10 | 
| High Level Toolbox Release Notes (10.4.3)
(HTML) | Release Notes | 2006-01-10 | 
| DTSCarbonShell
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Provides a modern Mac OS X Carbon Application Skeleton | Sample Code | 2007-09-20 | 
| HIView-NSView
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Demonstrates how to embed an NSView within an HIView in a Carbon window. | Sample Code | 2007-05-29 | 
| StarMenu
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Shows how to create a Custom Star Shape menu using the new HIMenuView class. | Sample Code | 2007-05-24 | 
| HIFleetingControls
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Implements fleeting controls such as seen in QuickTime Player full screen mode or iPhoto slideshow | Sample Code | 2007-05-08 | 
| CarbonCocoa_PictureCursor
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Demonstrates how to use NSCursor from a Carbon based application. | Sample Code | 2007-01-12 | 
| LittleArrowsShowcase
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) How to increment and decrement the LittleArrows value when the user clicks on the up and down buttons. | Sample Code | 2006-11-09 | 
| RecentItems
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Implements "Recent items" menu(s) | Sample Code | 2006-10-09 | 
| SampleCMPlugIn
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) A contextual menu plugIn for Mac OS X. | Sample Code | 2006-10-09 | 
| HIToolboxSOU-Delegates
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Shows how to use the HIObject Delegate API. | Sample Code | 2006-08-04 | 
| HIToolboxSOU-MenuItemViews
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Shows how to use the Menu Item View API. | Sample Code | 2006-08-04 | 
| CarbonCocoaCoreImageTab
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Carbon-based application creates a Cocoa-based web window which used CoreImage filters to transition between tabbed WebViews | Sample Code | 2006-07-25 | 
| HISimpleList
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Illustrates how to create a simple list using the HIView APIs introduced in Mac OS X 10.2. | Sample Code | 2006-03-03 | 
| TabsShowcase
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Shows how to instantiate and use the Tab control both programmatically and from a nib file. | Sample Code | 2005-10-28 | 
| HICustomPushButton
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Illustrates how to create a simple custom push button using the HIView functions introduced in Mac OS X 10.2. | Sample Code | 2005-10-17 | 
| ImageMapView
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Demonstrates how to add Accessibility to a complex custom HIView and the related parts of an application.
 | Sample Code | 2005-10-17 | 
| ComboBoxPrefs
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Use CFPrefs to store URLs to images for use in a browser style combo box. | Sample Code | 2005-10-04 | 
| DialogsToHIViews
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Shows how to convert from an old-style resource-based dialog to a modern nib-based window with HIViews. | Sample Code | 2005-08-24 | 
| WindowFun
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Create window layers and groups. Drawing transparent lines.  How to display the "Poof" the toolbar uses.  | Sample Code | 2005-08-24 | 
| CarbonTransparentWindow
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Shows how to handle window transparency for compositing, non-compositing, and custom HIView-based Carbon windows. | Sample Code | 2005-08-10 | 
| HIObjectThreadController
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Shows how threads can interact with the User Interface handled by the main thread of the application. | Sample Code | 2005-08-10 | 
| ScrollAndZoom
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) An illustration of the use of the Context Transformation Matrix (CTM) for zooming and scrolling a HIView. | Sample Code | 2005-08-10 | 
| TypeServicesForUnicode
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Shows how to use various ATSUI functions and features going from simple to very complex. | Sample Code | 2005-08-10 | 
| Custom_HIView_Tutorial
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Tutorial presenting a step-by-step custom HIView development. All steps are documented and provided as standalone projects. | Sample Code | 2005-06-01 | 
| HITextViewDemo
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Overview of basic HITextView functionality, including Tiger's new font & spelling panel support. | Sample Code | 2005-06-01 | 
| ImageBrowserView
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Implementing a simple HIView subclass | Sample Code | 2005-06-01 | 
| MLTE_CustomScrolling
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Shows how to implement MLTE's custom scrolling functionality | Sample Code | 2004-10-15 | 
| AddNibToNav
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Shows how to create a custom area, instantiated from a nib file, in a Navigation Services dialog. | Sample Code | 2004-01-22 | 
| HIEmbedder
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Shows how to write a custom embedding HIView which can scroll if set in an HIScrollView. | Sample Code | 2003-11-13 | 
| HIScrollingTextBox
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Offers replacement custom HIViews for the Scrolling TextBox control which does not work in compositing windows. | Sample Code | 2003-11-06 | 
| HITextViewShowcase
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Shows how to create a HITextView using Interface Builder and using programming functions only. | Sample Code | 2003-10-30 | 
| HIDoubleSlider
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Illustrates how to create a double slider using the Appearance and HIView functions introduced in Mac OS X 10.2. | Sample Code | 2003-10-27 | 
| HITextShowcase
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Illustrates some of the different text-related controls, non-controls, and HIViews that are available in Mac OS X 10.3. | Sample Code | 2003-10-27 | 
| MoreIsBetter
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Library providing indispensable wrapers and workarounds for many areas of Mac OS programming. | Sample Code | 2003-10-27 | 
| FloatingWindow
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Demonstrates that floating windows are very easy to implement on Mac OS X using Nib files.  | Sample Code | 2003-10-24 | 
| MenuViews
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Demonstrates a variety of interesting uses of HIView-based menus in Mac OS X 10.3. | Sample Code | 2003-10-24 | 
| Sheets
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Demonstrates how to create a sheet both in code and through the use of a Nib file.  | Sample Code | 2003-10-24 | 
| Tiler
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Modify your applications tile icon within the Mac OS X dock by using both QuickDraw and Quartz | Sample Code | 2003-10-24 | 
| GrabBag
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Demonstrates variety of techniques and features of Carbon. DataBrowser , PBCatalogSearchAsync, Overlay windows, Tab controls, more... | Sample Code | 2003-07-29 | 
| QISA
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Demonstrates the basics of writing an Internet setup assistant for traditional Mac OS and Mac OS X. | Sample Code | 2003-05-15 | 
| BasicDataBrowser
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Shows how to create a basic, functional data browser.  | Sample Code | 2003-05-08 | 
| SimpleTabControl
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Demonstrates how to use a simple tabbed pane window. This control is often used in preferences. | Sample Code | 2003-02-20 | 
| HICustomLeftRightSwitch
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Illustrates how to create a custom left/right switch using the HIView functions introduced in Mac OS X 10.2. | Sample Code | 2003-02-06 | 
| HIFramework
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Contains C++ classes which are used by other HIToolbox sample code releases. | Sample Code | 2003-02-06 | 
| CalendarView
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Shows how to subclass HIView using C, as well as drawing and hit testing.  | Sample Code | 2003-01-30 | 
| CarbonMDEF
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) A Mac OS X-compatible, Appearance-savvy sample menu definition function (MDEF).  | Sample Code | 2003-01-30 | 
| ClockView
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) An HIView sample that uses the HIFramework to implement a scalable analog clock.  | Sample Code | 2003-01-30 | 
| ColoredCheckBox
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Demonstrates how to create a colored check box on a gray window backgrounds. | Sample Code | 2003-01-30 | 
| ColorSwatchView
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Implements a color well control as an HIView using HIFramework C++ Carbon Event wrapper classes. | Sample Code | 2003-01-30 | 
| ControlBackground
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Shows how to affect the background color of a control when drawing it. | Sample Code | 2003-01-30 | 
| CustomWindow
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Demonstrates how to create a custom window in Mac OS X.  | Sample Code | 2003-01-30 | 
| CustomWindowWidget
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Demonstrates two ways of adding a custom window widget to the window frame of a standard document window. | Sample Code | 2003-01-30 | 
| GetDragHiliteColor
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Shows how to obtain the color that Drag Manager uses to hilite regions when calling ShowDragHilite. | Sample Code | 2003-01-30 | 
| HexEditorView
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) HIView subclass which implements a hex editor similar to those found in resource editors.  | Sample Code | 2003-01-30 | 
| HideMenuBar
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Shows how to hide the menu bar. | Sample Code | 2003-01-30 | 
| HIViewTest
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) An HIView with rudimentary drawing and hit testing.  | Sample Code | 2003-01-30 | 
| icon cache demo
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Demonstrates the use of an icon cache to limit the search for icon resource to one resource file. | Sample Code | 2003-01-30 | 
| Icon Play
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Demonstrates the use of icon utilities and popup control cdef in a program using modal dialogs. | Sample Code | 2003-01-30 | 
| IconUtilCheck
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Shows how to determine whether the Icon Utilities are available.  | Sample Code | 2003-01-30 | 
| Password
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Deprecated - Illustrates three different ways to implement password fields in dialogs. | Sample Code | 2003-01-30 | 
| PopUpMenuWithCurFont
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Deprecated - Demonstrates what must be done to control the font used by MDEF 0 during PopUpMenuSelect. | Sample Code | 2003-01-30 | 
| SetWindBackColor
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) Demonstrates how to programmatically set the background color of a window without flicker without the Appearance Manager. | Sample Code | 2003-01-30 | 
| SplitView
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) An HIView sample that uses the HIFramework and implements a scalable split view.  | Sample Code | 2003-01-30 | 
| TickerView
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) HIView subclass which implements a scrolling, live stock ticker.  | Sample Code | 2003-01-30 | 
| URLTextView
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP) An HIView subclass which uses LaunchServices to open the URL attached to the view.  | Sample Code | 2003-01-30 | 
| Multilingual Text Engine Frequently Asked Questions
(HTML)
(  ) TN2026: A list of frequently asked questions for the Multilingual Text Engine (MLTE). | Technical Notes | 2005-09-12 | 
| Mac OS X 10.3 Navigation Services Changes
(HTML)
(  ) TN2105: Explains Navigation Services changes in Mac OS X 10.3 Panther | Technical Notes | 2004-01-30 | 
| HIView APIs vs. Control Manager APIs
(HTML) TN2074: Provides some clarification on the similar APIs and similar behaviors found in the HIView and Control Managers. | Technical Notes | 2003-10-29 | 
| Guide to Creating Kiosks on Mac OS X
(HTML)
(  ) TN2062: Discusses techniques used in creating applications which require kiosk-like functionality on Mac OS X. | Technical Notes | 2003-02-24 |