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Leopard Sample Code: Carbon
User experience encompasses the visual appearance, interactive behavior, and assistive capabilities of software. Carbon provides a number of APIs to implement user interface elements, such as windows, controls, and menus.
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AppleScriptRunner (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
How to send mail and execute other AppleScripts from a Carbon application.
 2006-07-31
BasicDataBrowser (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to create a basic, functional data browser.
2003-05-08
Calculator (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Implements a simple "four-banger" calculator.
 2003-01-30
CarbonCocoa_PictureCursor (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use NSCursor from a Carbon based application.
 2007-01-12
CarbonCustomList (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
How to implement a custom list using Carbon using CreateCustomList.
 2003-01-30
CarbonMDEF (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A Mac OS X-compatible, Appearance-savvy sample menu definition function (MDEF).
2003-01-30
Cocoa_With_Carbon_or_CPP (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to call Carbon routines and C++ code from within an Objective-C Cocoa program.
 2007-02-05
ColoredCheckBox (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to create a colored check box on a gray window backgrounds.
 2003-01-30
ControlBackground (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to affect the background color of a control when drawing it.
 2003-01-30
CustomWindow (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to create a custom window in Mac OS X.
2003-01-30
DTSCarbonShell (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Provides a modern Mac OS X Carbon Application Skeleton
 2007-09-20
FinderDragPro (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Sample file illustrating drag and drop techniques for use with file system objects.
2003-01-14
FinderLaunch (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to open documents by sending Apple Events to the Finder.
2003-10-14
Fragment Tool (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates manipulation of code fragments; combining and separating; viewing and editing information associated with each.
 2003-01-30
GetDragHiliteColor (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to obtain the color that Drag Manager uses to hilite regions when calling ShowDragHilite.
 2003-01-30
GrabBag (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates variety of techniques and features of Carbon. DataBrowser , PBCatalogSearchAsync, Overlay windows, Tab controls, more...
 2003-07-29
HandyScrollingSample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows some ways of implementing scrolling.
 2003-01-30
HideMenuBar (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to hide the menu bar.
 2003-01-30
HIView-NSView (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to embed an NSView within an HIView in a Carbon window.
 2007-05-29
HTMLSample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Illustrates one way to use the HTMLRenderingLib Library.
 2003-01-30
HTMLUserPane (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Shows how to display a HTMLRenderingLib object inside of a user pane control.
 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.
 2003-01-30
Icon Play (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates the use of icon utilities and popup control cdef in a program using modal dialogs.
 2003-01-30
IconUtilCheck (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to determine whether the Icon Utilities are available.
2003-01-30
ictbSample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Shows an example of ictb resource.
 2003-01-30
kcapApp (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates drawing the key caps, given a set of modifiers and KCHR and KCAP resource IDs.
 2003-01-30
KeyMapTest (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Uses Pascal to display a KeyMap representation whenever keys are pressed.
2003-01-30
Live Scroll (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Demonstrates how to implementing live scrolling during the tracking of scroll bar thumbs.
2003-01-30
MoreIsBetter (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Library providing indispensable wrapers and workarounds for many areas of Mac OS programming.
 2003-10-27
MungSaver (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates a simple Screen Saver module for Panther, using the Sequence Grabber DataProc mung technique.
 2003-11-18
NewCCursor (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Shows how to create a black and white 'CURS' and a color 'crsr' cursor resource by hand.
 2003-01-14
NoSound (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Illustrates how to install a procedure to be executed when the user restarts or shuts down.
 2003-01-30
Password (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Illustrates three different ways to implement password fields in dialogs.
 2003-01-30
PopUpMenuWithCurFont (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Demonstrates what must be done to control the font used by MDEF 0 during PopUpMenuSelect.
 2003-01-30
ReadLocation (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Retrieves the Map control panel settings for longitude and latitude and the time offset from GMT.
 2003-01-30
RecentItems (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Implements "Recent items" menu(s)
 2006-10-09
ReKeyTrans (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to patch KeyTrans to ignore dead-key processing so you type fancy accented characters.
 2003-01-30
ROMResourceDump (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Illustrates how to copy all resources in the Macintosh's ROM into a file.
 2003-01-30
SampleCMPlugIn (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A contextual menu plugIn for Mac OS X.
 2006-10-09
Scrap Parsing (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Shows how to parse the in-memory scrap.
 2003-01-30
SetCustomIcon (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to programmatically set a custom icon for a file, folder, or disk.
 2006-08-01
SetIndString (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Implements SetIndString(), which sets a particular STR# string to the passed in string. Similar to GetIndString()
 2003-01-30
SetWindBackColor (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to programmatically set the background color of a window without flicker without the Appearance Manager.
 2003-01-30
SICN LDEF (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Implements an LDEF that displays small icons to the left of text in a list.
 2003-01-30
Simple DrawSprocket (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Simple use of DrawSprocket to set screen resolution and size.
2003-07-22
SimpleList (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A simple illustration of a ListBox Control implementation and its pitfall
2003-01-30
SimpleSpeechRecExample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use the Speech Recognition Manager in a simple application.
 2003-03-26
SimpleTabControl (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use a simple tabbed pane window. This control is often used in preferences.
 2003-02-20
Splasher (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Closes a modal window, such as a splash screen, with a mouse click or key press.
 2003-01-30
stdFilterHacking (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates problems and workarounds for/with the Standard Dialog Filter.
2003-01-30
StickiesExample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Contains sample code and tools used by Sync Services Tutorial to demonstrate debugging syncing applications.
 2006-08-08
Tiler (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Modify your applications tile icon within the Mac OS X dock by using both QuickDraw and Quartz
 2003-10-24
TubeTest (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - The program is a simple demonstration of how to use the Palette Manager in a color program.
 2003-03-12
Vertest (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to access the information from the Vers Resource. Developed for Tech Note #189.
 2003-01-30
WindowFun (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Create window layers and groups. Drawing transparent lines. How to display the "Poof" the toolbar uses.
2005-08-24
YASTControl (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
An application illustrating how to use a user pane control to define MLTE based text fields.
 2003-10-27