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makeeffectslideshow (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Creates a slide show movie using effects to switch from one video track to the next.
QuickTime Sample Code 2003-02-25
makeeffectslideshow.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Creates a slide show movie using effects to switch from one video track to the next.
QuickTime Sample Code 2003-02-25
qtactiontargets (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to work with wired action targets.
QuickTime Sample Code 2003-02-25
qtactiontargets.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to work with wired action targets.
QuickTime Sample Code 2003-02-25
qtaddeffectseg (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Illustrates how to use add video effects to segments of movies.
QuickTime Sample Code 2003-02-25
qtaddeffectseg.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Illustrates how to use add video effects to segments of movies.
QuickTime Sample Code 2003-02-25
QTEffects Explode (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to create a QuickTime movie with a video effect as a transition .
QuickTime Sample Code 2003-02-25
QTEffects Explode.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to create a QuickTime movie with a video effect as a transition.
QuickTime Sample Code 2003-02-25
qtshoweffect (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Illustrates how to apply a filter or transition to pictures using QuickTime Effects APIs.
QuickTime Sample Code 2003-02-25
qtshoweffect.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Illustrates how to apply a filter or transition to pictures using QuickTime Effects APIs.
QuickTime Sample Code 2003-02-25
qtsprites (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to create a sprite track that contains three sprites: a space ship, an icon, and a world.
QuickTime Sample Code 2003-02-25
qtsprites.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to create a sprite track that contains three sprites: a space ship, an icon, and a world.
QuickTime Sample Code 2003-02-25
qtspritesplus (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to use video overrides and tween tracks with sprite movies.
QuickTime Sample Code 2003-02-25
qtspritesplus.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to use video overrides and tween tracks with sprite movies.
QuickTime Sample Code 2003-02-25
qtwiredactions (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to attach wired actions to text tracks and make sprites bounce and collide.
QuickTime Sample Code 2003-02-25
qtwiredactions.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to attach wired actions to text tracks and make sprites bounce and collide.
QuickTime Sample Code 2003-02-25
qtwiredsprites (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Creates a wired sprite movie with one sprite track that contains two penguins and four buttons.
QuickTime Sample Code 2003-02-25
qtwiredsprites.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Creates a wired sprite movie with one sprite track that contains two penguins and four buttons.
QuickTime Sample Code 2003-02-25
qtwiredspritesjr (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to build a set of sprite "buttons" to control the playback of a linear QuickTime movie.
QuickTime Sample Code 2003-02-25
qtwiredspritesjr.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to build a set of sprite "buttons" to control the playback of a linear QuickTime movie.
QuickTime Sample Code 2003-02-25
samplemakeeffectmovie (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to take video from movies and add effects creating a new movie.
QuickTime Sample Code 2003-02-25
samplemakeeffectmovie.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to take video from movies and add effects creating a new movie.
QuickTime Sample Code 2003-02-25
watchme (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Uses the WatchMe.mov movie from the QuickTime SDK to convert relative URLs to absolute URLs.
QuickTime Sample Code 2003-02-25
watchme.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Uses the WatchMe.mov movie from the QuickTime SDK to convert relative URLs to absolute URLs.
QuickTime Sample Code 2003-02-25
WiredSprites (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates creating a wired sprite movie containing one sprite track.
QuickTime Sample Code 2003-02-25
WiredSprites.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Creates a QuickTime movie containing wired sprites.
QuickTime Sample Code 2003-02-25
WiredSpritesJava (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Creates a QuickTime movie containing wired sprites.
QuickTime Sample Code 2003-02-25
GLUTStereo (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to use stereo with GLUT under Mac OS X v10.2.3 or later.
Graphics & Imaging Sample Code 2003-02-20
SimpleTabControl (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use a simple tabbed pane window. This control is often used in preferences.
Carbon Sample Code 2003-02-20
PIDFromBSDProcessName (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Provides a simple API to do process PID lookup based on BSD process name.
Darwin, Open Source, Tools Sample Code 2003-02-13
CryptoSample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Contains sample code showing symmetric encryption and message digest calculation.
Carbon, Cocoa, Darwin, Security Sample Code 2003-02-06
HICustomLeftRightSwitch (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Illustrates how to create a custom left/right switch using the HIView functions introduced in Mac OS X 10.2.
Carbon Sample Code 2003-02-06
HIFramework (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Contains C++ classes which are used by other HIToolbox sample code releases.
Carbon Sample Code 2003-02-06
Calculator (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Implements a simple "four-banger" calculator.
Carbon Sample Code 2003-01-30
CalendarView (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to subclass HIView using C, as well as drawing and hit testing.
Carbon Sample Code 2003-01-30
CarbonCustomList (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
How to implement a custom list using Carbon using CreateCustomList.
Carbon Sample Code 2003-01-30
CarbonMDEF (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A Mac OS X-compatible, Appearance-savvy sample menu definition function (MDEF).
Carbon Sample Code 2003-01-30
ClockView (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
An HIView sample that uses the HIFramework to implement a scalable analog clock.
Carbon Sample Code 2003-01-30
ColoredCheckBox (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to create a colored check box on a gray window backgrounds.
Carbon Sample Code 2003-01-30
ColorSwatchView (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Implements a color well control as an HIView using HIFramework C++ Carbon Event wrapper classes.
Carbon Sample Code 2003-01-30
ControlBackground (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to affect the background color of a control when drawing it.
Carbon Sample Code 2003-01-30
CustomWindow (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to create a custom window in Mac OS X.
Carbon 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.
Carbon Sample Code 2003-01-30
Fragment Tool (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates manipulation of code fragments; combining and separating; viewing and editing information associated with each.
Carbon 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.
Carbon Sample Code 2003-01-30
HandyScrollingSample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows some ways of implementing scrolling.
Carbon Sample Code 2003-01-30
HexEditorView (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
HIView subclass which implements a hex editor similar to those found in resource editors.
Carbon Sample Code 2003-01-30
HideMenuBar (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to hide the menu bar.
Carbon Sample Code 2003-01-30
HIViewTest (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
An HIView with rudimentary drawing and hit testing.
Carbon Sample Code 2003-01-30
HTMLSample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Illustrates one way to use the HTMLRenderingLib Library.
Carbon Sample Code 2003-01-30
HTMLUserPane (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Shows how to display a HTMLRenderingLib object inside of a user pane control.
Carbon 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.
Carbon, Graphics & Imaging, Performance 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.
Carbon Sample Code 2003-01-30
IconUtilCheck (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to determine whether the Icon Utilities are available.
Carbon Sample Code 2003-01-30
ictbSample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Shows an example of ictb resource.
Carbon Sample Code 2003-01-30
Image Difference (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates a way to use Quartz's compositing capability to find the difference between two images.
Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging Sample Code 2003-01-30
kcapApp (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates drawing the key caps, given a set of modifiers and KCHR and KCAP resource IDs.
Carbon Sample Code 2003-01-30
KeyMapTest (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Uses Pascal to display a KeyMap representation whenever keys are pressed.
Carbon Sample Code 2003-01-30
Live Scroll (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Demonstrates how to implementing live scrolling during the tracking of scroll bar thumbs.
Carbon Sample Code 2003-01-30
LocalServer (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Sample demonstrates how a Classic process can communicate with a Mac OS X process using IP networking protocols.
Carbon, Core Foundation, Internet & Web, Networking, Porting Sample Code 2003-01-30
NoSound (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Illustrates how to install a procedure to be executed when the user restarts or shuts down.
Carbon Sample Code 2003-01-30
Password (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Illustrates three different ways to implement password fields in dialogs.
Carbon 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.
Carbon Sample Code 2003-01-30
ReadLocation (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Retrieves the Map control panel settings for longitude and latitude and the time offset from GMT.
Carbon Sample Code 2003-01-30
ReKeyTrans (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to patch KeyTrans to ignore dead-key processing so you type fancy accented characters.
Carbon Sample Code 2003-01-30
ROMResourceDump (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Illustrates how to copy all resources in the Macintosh's ROM into a file.
Carbon Sample Code 2003-01-30
Scrap Parsing (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Shows how to parse the in-memory scrap.
Carbon Sample Code 2003-01-30
SetIndString (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Implements SetIndString(), which sets a particular STR# string to the passed in string. Similar to GetIndString()
Carbon 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.
Carbon Sample Code 2003-01-30
SICN LDEF (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Implements an LDEF that displays small icons to the left of text in a list.
Carbon Sample Code 2003-01-30
SimpleList (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A simple illustration of a ListBox Control implementation and its pitfall
Carbon Sample Code 2003-01-30
Splasher (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Closes a modal window, such as a splash screen, with a mouse click or key press.
Carbon Sample Code 2003-01-30
SplitView (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
An HIView sample that uses the HIFramework and implements a scalable split view.
Carbon Sample Code 2003-01-30
stdFilterHacking (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates problems and workarounds for/with the Standard Dialog Filter.
Carbon Sample Code 2003-01-30
TickerView (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
HIView subclass which implements a scrolling, live stock ticker.
Carbon Sample Code 2003-01-30
URLTextView (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
An HIView subclass which uses LaunchServices to open the URL attached to the view.
Carbon Sample Code 2003-01-30
Vertest (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to access the information from the Vers Resource. Developed for Tech Note #189.
Carbon Sample Code 2003-01-30
qtdataref (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to work with data references and data handlers.
QuickTime Sample Code 2003-01-24
qtdataref.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to work with data references and data handlers.
QuickTime Sample Code 2003-01-24
PDFView (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to display or print a multi-page PDF document and scroll an NSscrollview's contents by dragging.
Cocoa Sample Code 2003-01-23
AddFrameToMovie (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to add an additional frame to the end of an existing movie.
QuickTime Sample Code 2003-01-14
AddressBookCarbon (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates some basic manipulations of the Mac OS X 10.2.x (and beyond) Address Book API.
Apple Applications, Carbon Sample Code 2003-01-14
AddressBookCocoa (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates some basic manipulations of the Mac OS X 10.2.x (and beyond) Address Book API.
Apple Applications, Carbon, Cocoa Sample Code 2003-01-14
AddTextMovie.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to Add a text track to a Movie.
Java, QuickTime Sample Code 2003-01-14
addvractions (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Illustrates how to add wired actions to a QuickTime VR movie.
QuickTime Sample Code 2003-01-14
addvractions.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Illustrates how to add wired actions to a QuickTime VR movie.
QuickTime Sample Code 2003-01-14
AESendandReceive (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Sending and receiving Apple Events with JDK 1.3.1 on Mac OS X.
Java Sample Code 2003-01-14
aglClipBufferRect (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows the use of clip regions and buffer rects in AGL.
Carbon, Games, Graphics & Imaging Sample Code 2003-01-14
AIFFWriter (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - A Sound Manager sound output device component.
QuickTime Sample Code 2003-01-14
aiffwriter.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - A Sound Manager sound output device component.
QuickTime Sample Code 2003-01-14
AlwaysPreview (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to force the preview enabled mode by install a modal dialog filter proc in CustomGetFilePreview.
QuickTime Sample Code 2003-01-14
AnimatedSlider (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates the use of an NSTimer to animate a control in Cocoa.
Cocoa Sample Code 2003-01-14
ATSUICurveAccessDemo (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates low-level ATSUI APIs which allow access to raw glyph curve data.
Carbon, Internationalization Sample Code 2003-01-14
ATSUIDirectAccessDemo (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates some basic manipulations of the ATSUI DirectAccess api.
Carbon, Internationalization, Text & Fonts Sample Code 2003-01-14
audioburntest (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Uses the DRTrackCallbackProc and track properties to create a RedBook audio CD from AIFF files.
Carbon Sample Code 2003-01-14
audiocodec (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A Sound Manager compressor and decompressor example supporting the uLaw format.
QuickTime Sample Code 2003-01-14
audiocodec.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
An example codec, a compressor and decompressor supporting the uLaw format.
QuickTime Sample Code 2003-01-14
audioconverter.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
SoundConverter routines to convert AIFF and AIFC files into AIFF/AIFC or QuickTime. Parse AIFF/AIFC files.
QuickTime Sample Code 2003-01-14
BasicInputMethod (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
An input method implemented as a text service component for Mac OS X.
Carbon, Text & Fonts, User Experience Sample Code 2003-01-14
BlitNoVBL (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to draw directly to the screen without syncing to the VBL of the monitor.
Graphics & Imaging, Performance Sample Code 2003-01-14