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InternetConfig(3)                    User Contributed Perl Documentation                   InternetConfig(3)



NAME
       Mac::InternetConfig - Interface to Peter Lewis' and Quinns Internet Config system

DESCRIPTION
       Access to the original Internet Config documentation is essential for proper use of these functions.

       Constants


       kICRealName
       kICEmail
       kICMailAccount
       kICMailPassword
       kICNewsAuthUsername
       kICNewsAuthPassword
       kICArchiePreferred
       kICArchieAll
       kICUMichPreferred
       kICUMichAll
       kICInfoMacPreferred
       kICInfoMacAll
       kICPhHost
       kICWhoisHost
       kICFingerHost
       kICFTPHost
       kICTelnetHost
       kICSMTPHost
       kICNNTPHost
       kICGopherHost
       kICLDAPServer
       kICLDAPSearchbase
       kICWWWHomePage
       kICWAISGateway
       kICListFont
       kICScreenFont
       kICPrinterFont
       kICTextCreator
       kICBinaryTypeCreator
       kICDownloadFolder
       kICSignature
       kICOrganization
       kICPlan
       kICQuotingString
       kICMailHeaders
       kICNewsHeaders
       kICMapping
       kICCharacterSet
       kICHelper
       kICServices
       kICNewMailFlashIcon
       kICNewMailDialog
       kICNewMailPlaySound
       kICNewMailSoundName
       kICWebBackgroundColour
       kICNoProxyDomains
       kICUseSocks
       kICSocksHost
       kICUseHTTPProxy
       kICHTTPProxyHost
       kICUseFTPProxy
       kICFTPProxyHost
       kICFTPProxyUser
       kICFTPProxyPassword
       kICFTPProxyAccount
           Internet Config settings.

       ICmap_binary
       ICmap_resource_fork
       ICmap_data_fork
       ICmap_post
       ICmap_not_incoming
       ICmap_not_outgoing
       ICservices_tcp
       ICservices_udp
       icNoPerm
       icReadOnlyPerm
       icReadWritePerm
           Various constants.

       Variables


       $ICInstance
           The instance of the Internet Config database.

       %RawInternetConfig
           Access the raw, uninterpreted value of an Internet Config setting.

       %InternetConfig
           Access a sane Perl version of one of the more common Internet Config settings.

       %InternetConfigMap
           Access the Internet Config file map to:

           filename
               Determine the file type and creator for a newly created file:

                   $map = $InternetConfigMap{"output.html"};

           type/creator
               Determine the extension to use for some type/creator combination:

                   $map = $InternetConfigMap{["WDBN", "MSWD"]};

       Types


       ICMapEntry
           An entry in the file map. Fields are:

               short     version;
               OSType    file_type;
               OSType    file_creator;
               OSType    post_creator;
               long      flags;
               Str255    extension;
               Str255    creator_app_name;
               Str255    post_app_name;
               Str255    MIME_type;
               Str255    entry_name;

       Functions


       ICStart
       ICStart CREATOR
           Call this at application initialisation. Set creator to your application creator to allow for
           future expansion of the IC system (Default is MacPerl's creator). Returns a connection to the IC
           system.

       ICStop INST
           It is illegal to call this routine inside a ICBegin/End pair.  Call this at application
           termination, after which INST is no longer valid connection to IC.

       ICGeneralFindConfigFile INST, SEARCH_PREFS, CAN_CREATE, @FOLDERS
       ICGeneralFindConfigFile INST, SEARCH_PREFS, CAN_CREATE
       ICGeneralFindConfigFile INST
           Mac OS only.

           It is illegal to call this routine inside a ICBegin/End pair.  Call to configure this connection
           to IC.  This routine acts as a more general replacement for ICFindConfigFile and
           ICFindUserConfigFile.  Set search_prefs to 1 (default) if you want it to search the preferences
           folder.  Set can_create to 1 if you want it to be able to create a new config.  Set count as the
           number of valid elements in folders.  Set folders to a pointer to the folders to search.  Setting
           count to 0 and folders to nil is OK.  Searches the specified folders and then optionally the
           Preferences folder in a unspecified manner.

       ICChooseConfig INST
           Mac OS only.

           Requires IC 1.2.  It is illegal to call this routine inside a ICBegin/End pair.  Requests the
           user to choose a configuration, typically using some sort of modal dialog. If the user cancels
           the dialog the configuration state will be unaffected.

       ICChooseNewConfig INST
           Mac OS only.

           Requires IC 1.2.  It is illegal to call this routine inside a ICBegin/End pair.  Requests the
           user to choose a new configuration, typically using some sort of modal dialog. If the user
           cancels the dialog the configuration state will be unaffected.

       ICGetConfigName INST, LONGNAME
       ICGetConfigName INST
           Requires IC 1.2.  You must specify a configuration before calling this routine.  Returns a string
           that describes the current configuration at a user level. Set longname to 1 if you want a long
           name, up to 255 characters, or 0 (default) if you want a short name, typically about 32
           characters.  The returned string is for user display only. If you rely on the exact format of it,
           you will conflict with any future IC implementation that doesn't use explicit preference files.

       ICGetConfigReference INST
           Mac OS only.

           Requires IC 1.2.  You must specify a configuration before calling this routine.  Returns a self-contained selfcontained
           contained reference to the instance's current configuration.

       ICSetConfigReference INST, REF, FLAGS
       ICSetConfigReference INST, REF
           Mac OS only.

           Requires IC 1.2.  It is illegal to call this routine inside a ICBegin/End pair.  Reconfigures the
           instance using a configuration reference that was got using ICGetConfigReference reference. Set
           the icNoUserInteraction_bit in flags if you require that this routine not present a modal dialog.
           Other flag bits are reserved and should be set to zero.

       ICGetSeed INST
           You do not have to specify a configuration before calling this routine.  You do not have to be
           inside an ICBegin/End pair to call this routine.  Returns the current seed for the IC prefs
           database.  This seed changes each time a non-volatile preference is changed.  You can poll this
           to determine if any cached preferences change.

       ICGetComponentInstance INST
           Mac OS only.

           Requires IC 1.2.  You do not have to specify a configuration before calling this routine.  You do
           not have to be inside an ICBegin/End pair to call this routine.  Returns the connection to the IC
           component.

       ICBegin INST, PERM
           You must specify a configuration before calling this routine. It is illegal to call this routine
           inside a ICBegin/End pair. Starting reading or writing multiple preferences. A call to this must
           be balanced by a call to ICEnd. Do not call WaitNextEvent between these calls. The perm specifies
           whether you intend to read or read/write. Only one writer is allowed per instance. Note that this
           may open resource files that are not closed until you call ICEnd.

       ICGetPref INST, KEY
           You must specify a configuration before calling this routine.  If you are getting or setting
           multiple preferences, you should place these calls within an ICBegin/ICEnd pair.  If you call
           this routine outside of such a pair, it implicitly calls ICBegin(inst, icReadOnlyPerm).  Reads
           the preference specified by key from the IC database to the buffer pointed to by buf and size.
           key must not be the empty string.  If called in a scalar context, return the preference. If
           called in a list context, additionally returns the attributes.  Returns icPrefNotFound if there
           is no preference for the key.

       ICSetPref INST, KEY, VALUE =item ICSetPref INST, KEY, VALUE, ATTR
           You must specify a configuration before calling this routine.  If you are getting or setting
           multiple preferences, you should place these calls within an ICBegin/ICEnd pair.  If you call
           this routine outside of such a pair, it implicitly calls ICBegin(inst, icReadWritePerm).  Sets
           the preference specified by KEY from the IC database to the VALUE. If attr is ICattr_no_change
           (the default) then the preference attributes are not set. Otherwise the preference attributes are
           set to attr.  Returns icPermErr if the previous ICBegin was passed icReadOnlyPerm.  Returns
           icPermErr if current attr is locked, new attr is locked.

       ICCountPref INST
           You must specify a configuration before calling this routine.  You must be inside an ICBegin/End
           pair to call this routine.  Counts the total number of preferences.

       ICGetIndPref   INST, N
           You must specify a configuration before calling this routine.  You must be inside an ICBegin/End
           pair to call this routine.  Returns the key of the Nth preference.  n must be positive.  Returns
           icPrefNotFoundErr if n is greater than the total number of preferences.

       ICDeletePref INST, KEY
           You must specify a configuration before calling this routine.  You must be inside an ICBegin/End
           pair to call this routine.  Deletes the preference specified by KEY.  KEY must not be the empty
           string.  Returns icPrefNotFound if the preference specified by key is not present.

       ICEnd INST
           You must specify a configuration before calling this routine.  You must be inside an ICBegin/End
           pair to call this routine.  Terminates a preference session, as started by ICBegin.  You must
           have called ICBegin before calling this routine.

       ICEditPreferences   INST, KEY
           Requires IC 1.1.  You must specify a configuration before calling this routine.  You do not have
           to be inside an ICBegin/End pair to call this routine.  Instructs IC to display the user
           interface associated with editing preferences and focusing on the preference specified by key.
           If key is the empty string then no preference should be focused upon.  You must have specified a
           configuration before calling this routine.  You do not need to call ICBegin before calling this
           routine.  In the current implementation this launches the IC application (or brings it to the
           front) and displays the window containing the preference specified by key.  It may have a
           radically different implementation in future IC systems.

       ICParseURL INST, HINT, DATA, START, END
       ICParseURL INST, HINT, DATA
           Requires IC 1.1.  You must specify a configuration before calling this routine.  You do not have
           to be inside an ICBegin/End pair to call this routine.  Parses a URL out of the specified text
           and returns it in a canonical form in a handle.  HINT indicates the default scheme for URLs of
           the form "name@address".  If HINT is the empty string then URLs of that form are not allowed.
           DATA contains the text.  START and END should be passed in as the current selection of the text.
           This selection is given in the same manner as TextEdit, ie if START == END then there is no
           selection only an insertion point. Also START X END and 0 X START X length(DATA) and 0 X END X
           length(DATA).  If START and END are omitted, the whole of DATA is assumed.  In a scalar context,
           returns URL. In an array context, returns URL, START, END.

       ICLaunchURL INST, HINT, DATA, START, END
       ICLaunchURL INST, HINT, DATA
           Requires IC 1.1.  You must specify a configuration before calling this routine.  You do not have
           to be inside an ICBegin/End pair to call this routine.  Parses a URL out of the specified text
           and feeds it off to the appropriate helper.  HINT indicates the default scheme for URLs of the
           form "name@address".  If HINT is the empty string then URLs of that form are not allowed.  DATA
           contains the text.  START and END should be passed in as the current selection of the text. This
           selection is given in the same manner as TextEdit, ie if START == END then there is no selection
           only an insertion point. Also START X END and 0 X START X length(DATA) and 0 X END X
           length(DATA).  If START and END are omitted, the whole of DATA is assumed.  In a scalar context,
           returns URL. In an array context, returns URL, START, END.

       ICMapFileName INST, NAME
           Returns the "ICMapEntry" matching best the given name.

       ICMapTypeCreator INST, TYPE, CREATOR [, NAME]
           Takes the type and creator (and optionally the name) of an outgoing file and returns the most
           appropriate "ICMapEntry".

       ICMapEntriesFileName INST, ENTRIES, NAME
           Returns the "ICMapEntry" matching best the given name.

       ICMapEntriesTypeCreator INST, ENTRIES, TYPE, CREATOR [, NAME]
           Takes the type and creator (and optionally the name) of an outgoing file and returns the most
           appropriate "ICMapEntry".

       ICCountMapEntries   INST, ENTRIES
           Counts the number of entries in the map.

       ICGetIndMapEntry INST, ENTRIES, INDEX
           Returns the position of a map entry and the entry itself.

               $map = ICGetIndMapEntry $inst, $entries, 5;
               ($pos, $map) = ICGetIndMapEntry $inst, $entries, 5;

       ICGetMapEntry INST, ENTRIES, POS
           Returns the entry located at position pos in the mappings database.

       ICSetMapEntry INST, ENTRIES, POS, ENTRY
           Replace the entry at position pos

       ICDeleteMapEntry INST, ENTRIES, POS
           Delete the entry at position pos

       ICAddMapEntry INST, ENTRIES, ENTRY
           Add an entry to the database.

       GetURL URL
           Launch helper app with URL.  Returns undef on error.

       GetICHelper PROTOCOL
           Return list of creator ID and name for helper app assigned to PROTOCOL.  Returns only creator ID
           in scalar context.  Returns undef on error.

AUTHOR
       Written by Matthias Ulrich Neeracher <neeracher@mac.com>.  Currently maintained by Chris Nandor
       <pudge@pobox.com>.



perl v5.8.8                                      2007-09-23                                InternetConfig(3)

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