Inside Macintosh: Programmer's Guide to MacApp / Part 2 - Working With MacApp

Chapter 31 -
Working With the Edition Manager

This chapter provides a recipe and sample code that demonstrate how to

• use MacApp's Edition Manager support in your application to publish and subscribe to data

For a detailed overview of MacApp's Edition Manager support, including definitions of commonly used terms, see "Publish and Subscribe," beginning on page 184.

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Chapter Contents

Overview

Basic Edition Manager Support

Designating an Area in a Document

Publisher and Subscriber Borders

Section Apple Events

Recipes--The Edition Manager

Recipe--Adding Publish and Subscribe Support to Your Application

Include MacApp Header Files for the Edition Manager

Include Edition Manager Resources in Your Resource File

Base Your Document Class on TEditionDocument

Provide a Document Initialization Method

Specify the Data Format for Your Subscriber Sections

GetPublishPreference

GetSubscriberFormatsMask

Override the DoWriteData Method to Publish Data

Override the DoReadData Method to Subscribe to Data

Notify the Edition Manager When the User Selection Changes

Override DoAddBorder to Supply a Border Adorner

Add a Dependency to Trigger Publisher Updates