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ViewIt™ 2.04 On-Line Help
 Copyrights
 Distribution
 Trademarks
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1. Getting Started
 What Is ViewIt?
 About On-Line Help
 Read Startup Topics
 Recompiling Demos
 Shareware Limits
2. What is FaceWare?
3. What is a module?
4. Where do they live?
5. How do I meet one?
6. Minimum Code
 • Pascal
 • C
 • Fortran
7. Include Files
 FaceStorXY File
 FaceProcXY File
 Other Include Files
8. Resource Files
 Shared vs. Program-Specific
 Temporary Res Files
 More About LoadIt
 The FaceWare File
 Resource Numbering
9. Initializations
 FaceWare Initialization
 More About Stack Space
 Record Initialization
10. Event Handling
11. Summary
 New Programs
 Existing Programs

V1. ViewIt 2.0 Guide
 No License Fees
 Do Your Own Thing
 Simpler Resources
 On-Line Editing
 Built-In Help
 Backward Compatible
 Powerful Controls
 View Hierarchy
 Data Linking
 Source Available
V2. Editing
 Windows/Views/Controls
 Editing Resources
 Selecting Controls
 The Controls Bar
 The Icon Menu Bar
 • File Menu
 • Edit Menu
 • Import Menu
 • Info Menu
 • Style Menu
 • Align Menu
 • Grid Icon
 Outline Mode
 Saving Changes
 Getting Into Trouble
V3. Windows
 Modal vs. Modeless
 Adding Windows
 Modal Windows
 • Item Events
 • Editable Items
 • Menu Events
 • Module Messages
 • Other Modal Events
 • Event Summary
 • Loop Options
 Modeless Windows
 • Modeless Events
 • Modeless-to-Modal
 Closing Windows
 Miscellaneous Notes
V4. Views
 About Control Drivers
 The View Driver
 • Operation
 • Scrolling
 • Instructions
 • Common Uses
 • Limitations
 • Source Code
V5. Controls
 Getting Info
 Toolbox Calls
 Rectangles
 Scrolling
 Growing
 Floating
 Styles
 Colors
 Best Colors
V6. Data Links
 Data Types
 Choosing Controls
 Linking A Record
 Linking A Variable
 Using Links
 Special Cases
V7. Balloons (System 7)
 Help Command Format
 Example Commands
V8. Override (Advanced)
 Direct Installation
 vs. Proc ID Table
 Procedure Format
 Procedure Execution
 • Posting Commands
 • Stealing Messages
 • Tweaking Messages
 • Major Action Before
 • Major Action After
 Control Message Documentation
 Program-Controlled Regions
 Limitations & Warnings
V9. ViewIt Commands
 NewWnd,EndWnd,MdlWnd,SizWnd,MovWnd,ShoWnd,
 HidWnd,SavWnd,HlpWnd,GetWnd,GetCtl,GetWVC,
 ShoCtl,ActCtl,SelCtl,SavCtl,DspCtl,GetVal,
 SetVal,AddVew,AddCtl,LnkCtl,OvrCtl,DrwCtl,
 ScrCtl,StlCtl
V10. fRec Record
V11. Resources
 Shared FaceWare File
 Customizing Resources
 Moving Modules
 Removing Resources
V12. Odds & Ends
 INIT Problems
 Clobbered Variables
 Program Drawing
 The Help Key
 Spurious Events
V13. 2.0 -> 2.04

F1. FaceIt 2.0 Guide
 Brief History
 Mixing Window Types
 FaceIt Command Format
 Program Resources
F2. Initializations
 Menu Initialization
 • Auto-Loaded Menus
 • Hierarchical Menus
 • Pop-Up Menus
 Window Initialization
 Palette Initialization
F3. The Main Loop
 Message Types
 Module Messages
 Apple Events
 Foreign Windows
F4. Menu Handling
 Menu Item Types
 • Unlabeled Program Items
 • Labeled Program Items
 • Program-Wide Standard Items
 • Shared Standard Items
 • Module-Specific Standard Items
 Font/Size/Style/Color Items
 Managing Menu Items
 Custom Standard Items
 Balloon Help
F5. Palette Menus
 Custom MDEF & WDEF
 Palette Events
 Creating Palettes
 Installing Palettes
 Managing Palettes
 Saving Settings
 Palette Titles
 Patterns & Colors
 Torn-Off Behavior
 Errors & Memory
F6. Background Processing (Advanced)
 What To Do
 When To Do It
 FaceIt's Role
 An Example
 Other Events
 WaitNextEvent?
F7. Finder Resources
 Adding File Icons
 Opening From Finder
 • Optional Help
 • Technical Details
 Size and Behavior
 Program File Help
F8. Hybrid Programs
 What Is FaceSt?
 When To Use FaceSt
 When NOT To Use It
 What You GAIN
 What You LOSE
 Initializations Done
 Installing FaceStub
 Using FaceStub
 • Main Menus
 • Menu Events
 • Raw Event Loop
 • Switching
 • Window Kind
 • Cursor Management
 • Program Termination
 • Custom Procedures
 • FSSC Menus
F9. FaceIt Commands
 DoInit,DoAuto2,DoLoop,DoEvnt,DoMenu,DoUpdt2,
 GetMsg,GetFWs

U1. UtilIt 2.0 Guide
 UtilIt Command Format
 UtilIt Resources
U2. Menus
 Labeled Items
 FSSC Menus
 PopMen,SetItm2,GetItm,FixFSC,SelFSC
U3. Files
 StdOpn,StdSav,GetRef,SetRef,SetTyp
U4. Windows
 SetFSS,SndBhd,GetNam,SetNam,
 MovRec,MovAlt,MovDlg,MovWin,
 DrgWnd,GetStd,SetStd,SavDlg,SavWin
U5. Colors
 GetFgC,GetBkC,SetFgC,SetBkC,SetPal2
U6. Alerts
 ShoAlt,StpAlt,NotAlt,CtnAlt,
 ShoStr,StpStr,NotStr,CtnStr
U7. Strings
 SetSub,TrmStr,SetPrm,CnvStr,FndTxt,
 NumToS,SToNum
U8. String Lists
 GetStr,SetStr,SrtLst,DupLst,
 GetI2,GetI4,GetR4,GetR8,GetR10,GetR12
U9. Memory
 ChkMem,NewBlk,PrgCmd,DoUnld
U10. Other Commands
 ChgCur,PstEvt,PstNot,SetIdl,EndIdl