Inside Macintosh: Cyberdog Programmer's Kit

Part 2 - Programming in Cyberdog

Each of the chapters in this Part Two introduces a sample program that demonstrates ways to use the Cyberdog API and outlines common techniques for using the API.

• Chapter 3, "Adding Cyberdog Features to an OpenDoc Part," uses a button example to show how to create and use Cyberdog items. The chapter also shows how to set up Cyberdog's menus, including the Cyberdog Preferences menu item.
• Chapter 4, "Creating a Cyberdog Display Part," demonstrates how to implement a Cyberdog display part, the part's Cyberdog part extension subclass, and the name-mapping resource. It also shows how to use these techniques with a display part:
  • using streams to download data
  • supporting the Document menu
  • locating a window that displays a Cyberdog item
  • positioning and closing windows.

• Chapter 5, "Embedding a Cyberdog Display Part in a Navigator," outlines how to embed a Cyberdog display part in a Cyberdog navigator, how to open a Cyberdog item from an embedded display part, and how to use a progress broadcaster. It also shows additional techniques for supporting an embedded part's menus.

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Part Contents

Chapter 3 - Adding Cyberdog Features to an OpenDoc Part

Chapter 4 - Creating a Cyberdog Display Part

Chapter 5 - Embedding a Cyberdog Display Part in a Navigator