• Programmer Reference
• Preface
• Notices
  • Trademarks
• About this book
  • What's new?
    • VAST Platform 2021 (version 10.0.0)
  • Who this book is for
  • Conventions used in this book
  • Tell us what you think
• VAST Base overview
  • Base subsystems
    • Common Language Data Types
    • Common Language Implementation
    • Common Process Model
    • Common File System
    • Common Graphics
    • Common Widgets
    • Extended Widgets
    • Drag and Drop
    • Common Printing
  • Design intent
  • Architecture
  • Industry-standard support
    • ANSI Smalltalk Support
  • Platform support
  • Bitness support
• Common Language Data Types
  • Object behavior
    • Basic dependents mechanism
    • Behavior testing
    • Class identity testing
    • Converting
    • Copying
    • Printing and storing
    • Performing
    • Error handling
    • Primitive accessing
    • Mutating
    • Testing object equality or identity
  • Boolean classes
    • Boolean messages
  • Collection classes
    • Collection protocols
    • Common collection protocols
      • Accessing
      • Adding
      • Byte accessing
      • Converting
      • Copying
      • Creating instances (class methods)
      • Creating dictionaries (class methods)
      • Dictionary accessing
      • Dictionary enumerating
      • Enumerating
      • Ordered enumerating
      • Ordered removing
      • Rehashing
      • Removing
      • String accessing and converting
      • Storing
      • Testing
    • Unique collection protocol
      • Array
      • Bag
      • Interval
      • Interval class
      • OrderedCollection
      • SortedCollection
      • SortedCollection class
      • String and DBString
      • Symbol
  • Magnitude classes
    • Magnitude comparing
    • Association
      • Accessing
      • Creating instances (Association class)
      • Creating instances (Object)
    • Character
      • Accessing
      • Converting
      • Creating instances (Character class)
      • Testing
    • Date
      • Accessing
      • Calculating
      • Creating Instances
      • Querying
    • Time
      • Accessing
      • Calculating
      • Creating instances
      • Querying
    • Number
      • Arithmetic
      • Converting
      • Testing
      • Enumerating
      • Generality
      • Math functions
      • Truncating and rounding
    • Integer
      • Manipulating bits
      • Enumerating
      • Testing
      • Printing
      • Integer math functions
      • Converting
    • Fraction
      • Accessing
      • Creating instances
      • Converting
    • Float
      • Accessing
      • Creating instances
      • Converting
    • ScaledDecimal
      • Converting
      • Accessing
      • Printing
      • Creating instances
  • Graphical classes
    • Point
      • Accessing
      • Arithmetic
      • Creating instances
      • Magnitude comparing
      • Point functions
      • Creating rectangles
      • Truncating and Rounding
    • Rectangle
      • Accessing
      • Geometric functions
      • Creating instances (rectangle class)
      • Truncating and rounding
  • Stream classes
    • Accessing
    • Copying
    • Enumerating
    • Positioning
    • Reading
    • Testing
    • Truncating
    • Writing
    • Creating instances
  • Support classes
    • UndefinedObject
    • Message and DirectedMessage
    • Block
  • Exception handling classes
    • ExceptionalEvent
    • Signal
    • Creating new exceptions
      • Example: creating an end of file exception
      • Example: creating a message not understood exception
    • Signaling an exception
      • Example: signaling end of file
      • Example: signaling message not understood
    • Handling of exceptions
    • ExceptionalEvent collections
    • Completion blocks
    • Default exception handler
    • System exceptions
    • Examples of exception handling
      • Example: printing an object
      • Example: trapping user break
      • Example: growing a stack
      • Example: propagating a different exception
      • Example: top-level loop
      • Example: close stream at end or on error
• Common Language Implementation
  • Object messages
    • Primitive accessing
  • Behavior messages
    • Class queries
    • Compiling
    • Creating instances
    • Enumeration
    • Instance accessing
    • Instance structure testing
    • Method accessing
    • Method adding and deleting
    • Method queries
  • Class messages
    • Class variable accessing
    • Instance variable accessing
    • Shared pool accessing
    • Class accessing
    • Initializing and removing
    • Superclass accessing
  • Metaclass messages
    • Accessing
  • Creating new classes
    • Creating fixed classes
    • Creating variable classes
    • Creating variable byte classes
  • Extended classes
    • Multiple instance accessing
    • String converting
  • Compiling and evaluating code
    • Compiling
    • Evaluating
  • CompiledMethod
    • Accessing
    • Testing
  • EmSystemConfiguration
• Common Process Model
  • Creating a process
  • Suspending, resuming, and ending a process
  • Setting and modifying process priorities
  • Synchronization using semaphore and delay
    • Block evaluation methods
      • Protocol synopsis
        • Block evaluation methods
    • Process-related block methods
    • Process methods
    • ProcessorScheduler methods
    • Delay class and instance methods
    • Semaphore class and instance methods
• Common File System
  • Accessing the capabilities of the Common File System
    • Basic file protocols
    • Stream protocols
    • Portability protocols
    • Error handling protocols
    • CfsConstants pool dictionary
    • Basic classes
      • CfsVolumeInfo
      • CfsDirectoryDescriptor
      • CfsDirectoryEntry
      • CfsFileDescriptor
      • CfsStat
      • CfsError
  • Specifying file names and paths
    • Portable file names
    • File system roots
    • Path separators
  • Managing files and directories
    • Current working directory
    • Creating and removing directories
    • Deleting files
    • Renaming files
    • Copying files
    • Setting the timestamps of a file
    • Startup directory
  • Obtaining volume information
    • Volume name and type
    • File names and directory path case
    • File name length
    • Volumes with different file name lengths
  • Searching directories
    • Opening a directory for searching
    • Reading directory entries
      • Using readdir
      • Using readdir:
      • Using readdirName
    • Closing the directory descriptor
  • Using file streams
    • File stream classes
      • CfsReadFileStream
      • CfsWriteFileStream
      • CfsReadWriteFileStream
      • CfsFileStream
    • Opening and closing file streams
    • Reading and writing file streams
    • Characters versus bytes
    • Line delimiters
  • Using low-level file operations
    • Opening files
    • Closing file descriptors
    • Reading and writing data
    • Changing the file offset
    • Other low-level operations
  • Mixing streams and file descriptors
    • Using access modes and flags with file streams
    • Performing low-level file operations on streams
  • File locking and share modes
    • File locking
      • Determining supported lock types
      • Locking and unlocking regions
    • Share modes
      • Selecting valid share modes
      • Opening files using share modes
  • Handling errors
    • Suppressing system error dialogs
  • Testing existence and obtaining other file properties
    • Obtaining a CfsStat instance
  • Mixing platform-specific and Common File System operations
    • Performing a platform-specific call with a CfsFileDescriptor
    • Converting a platform file descriptor into a CfsFileDescriptor
    • Obtaining platform-specific error information
• Common Graphics
  • X Window system graphics library compatibility
  • Core Common Graphics class hierarchy
  • Seldom-used and abstract classes
  • A simplified drawing process overview
    • Before drawing
    • During drawing
    • After drawing
    • A simple example of the drawing process
    • CgConstants pool dictionary
  • Using graphics contexts
    • Basic graphics context methods
    • Creating graphics contexts
      • Creating a graphics context with default values
      • Creating a graphics context using the CgGCValues object
      • Retrieving several values from a graphics context using the CgGCValues object
      • Configuring a graphics context using convenience methods
    • Copying graphics contexts
    • Changing graphics contexts
    • Freeing graphics contexts
    • Using graphics contexts with other drawables
  • Drawing operations
    • Drawing points
    • Drawing lines
    • Drawing rectangles
    • Drawing polygons
    • Drawing arcs and circles
    • Drawing pie slices and chords using filled arcs
  • Using fonts
    • A simplified view of the font process
      • Using fonts
    • Querying the system for fonts
      • Pattern matching
    • Loading fonts
      • Determining whether a font is scalable
      • Parsing a scalable font name
      • Loading a CgFont
      • Loading a CgFontStruct
      • More about CgFont and CgFontStruct
      • More about CgCharStruct
    • Assigning fonts for use in drawing operations
    • String drawing operations with fonts
      • Drawing a string
      • Drawing an image string
      • Drawing multifont strings using CgTextItem objects
    • Releasing CgFonts and CgFontStructs from memory
    • Obtaining the current font from a graphics context
  • Using cursors
    • The process for using cursors
    • Font cursors
    • Glyph cursors
    • Pixmap cursors
    • Changing the color of a cursor
    • Platform cursors
  • Using pixmaps
    • Creating a pixmap using createPixmap:
      • Freeing pixmaps
    • Creating a pixmap using createPixmapFromBitmapData:
    • Copying pixmaps to and from windows
    • Getting pixmap geometry
    • Creating a bitmap from bitmap data
    • Creating stipples using bitmaps
    • Writing bitmaps to files
    • Reading bitmaps from files
    • Displaying bitmaps
  • Common Graphics image support
  • Specifying colors
    • Specifying colors as RGB intensities
    • Specifying colors by name
    • Parsing a color-specification string
  • Using palettes
    • The default palette
    • Creating indexed palettes
    • From pixel values to colors and back
    • Selecting and drawing with palettes
      • Selecting a palette
      • Retrieving the selected palette
      • Drawing with palettes
      • Drawing in black and white
      • Drawing in pixmaps using palettes
    • Direct palettes
  • Device-independent images
    • Creating and manipulating images
    • Displaying images
    • Direct color images
    • Copying images from a drawable
  • Icons
    • Creating icons
    • Drawing icons
    • Loading icons from DLLs
    • Using operating system icons
  • Image and icon file formats
    • Loading images from files
    • Handling errors
    • Loading icons from files
    • Unloading images into files
    • Unloading icons into files
    • Unloading images and icons into ByteArrays
    • Loading images and icons from ByteArrays
    • Determining the format of a file
    • Extra file format information
      • GIF
      • JPEG
      • PCX
      • PM BMP
      • TIFF
      • Windows BMP
      • Example
  • Resource management summary
• Common Widgets
  • OSF/Motif compatibility
  • Common Widgets class hierarchy
  • Common Widgets class hierarchy
  • Overview of Common Widgets user interface concepts
    • The parent-child widget tree
    • The widget lifecycle
      • 1. Creating a widget
      • 2. Managing a widget
      • 3. Mapping a widget
      • 4. Realizing a widget
      • 5. Destroying a widget
    • Mapping and unmapping widgets
    • Managing and unmanaging widgets
    • Widget resources and functions
      • Resources
      • Function methods
    • CwConstants pool dictionary
    • Example code to create a widget tree
    • Widget event handling and callbacks
    • Example of using an event handler and a callback
  • Creating and using widgets
    • Widget creation convenience methods
    • Callbacks
    • Event handlers
      • Registering an Event
      • Running an Event
      • Example
  • Shell widgets
  • Top-level shell widgets
  • Scrolled-window widgets
  • Main-window widgets
    • Main windows and geometry management
  • Text widgets
  • Drawing area widgets
    • Adding an event handler to a drawing area
  • Layout widgets
    • Form widgets
    • Row-column widgets
  • Button and label widgets
    • Static label widgets
    • Push-button widgets
    • Toggle-button widgets
    • Radio-button groups
    • Check boxes
    • Icon and pixmap label and button widgets
    • Application-drawn buttons
  • Menus
    • Greying out buttons
    • Simple menus and menu bars
    • Creating a menu bar and pull-down menu using simple menu protocol
    • Creating a secondary menu using simple menu protocol
    • Creating a pop-up menu using simple menu protocol
    • Non-simple menus and menu bars
    • Non-simple menu example
  • List widgets
    • Single selection lists
    • Multiple selection lists
    • Scrolled lists
  • Combo-box widgets
  • Composite-box widgets
    • MessageBox widgets
    • SelectionBox widgets
    • Dialog convenience methods
  • Creating and using prompters
    • Message prompter
    • Text prompter
    • File selection prompter
  • Extended widgets
    • Writing an extended widget
      • Defining the extended widget class
      • Initialization
      • Resources
      • Callbacks
      • Widget-specific methods
      • Using an extended widget
    • Example: a primitive extended widget
      • Using the CewEntryField primitive extended widget
    • Example: a composite extended widget
      • Using the CewTitleFrame composite extended widget
  • Fonts
    • Using the system browser font
  • Colors
  • Clipboard operations
    • Examples for using the clipboard
      • Example 1: copying data to the clipboard
      • Example 2: retrieving data from the clipboard
  • Platform-integrated drag and drop
    • Target types
    • Transferring data
    • Drag and drop objects
    • Procs
    • Common Widgets drag and drop classes
    • Drag source widgets and the CwDragContext object
      • Starting the drag--CwDragContext
    • Drop site widgets and CwDropSite objects
      • Preparing to accept drops: CwDropSite
      • The drag proc
      • The drop proc
    • Data transfer and the CwDropTransfer object
      • Starting the data transfer--CwDropTransfer
      • The convert proc
      • The transfer proc
  • The user interface process model
    • The system view
    • The application programmer's view
      • Background user-interface requests
      • Work procs and timer procs
    • Examples of applications with long-running operations
      • Example 1: a simple text editor
      • Example 2: a program development environment
      • Example 3: a complex drawing editor
  • Windows Common Controls
    • CwDateTimePicker
      • Protocol
        • Value getters and setters
        • Look and Feel
        • Date and Time Format Strings
      • Callbacks and Events
      • Example
    • CwMonthCalendar
      • Protocol
        • Manipulating Value
        • Look and Feel
      • Callbacks and Events
      • Example
    • CwProgressBar
      • Protocol
      • Callbacks and Events
      • Example
    • CwRebar
      • Protocol
        • creation
        • rebar
        • Pertaining to bands in the rebar
      • Callbacks and Events
      • Example
    • CwStatusBar
      • Protocol
      • Callbacks and Events
      • Example
    • CwTabStrip
      • Protocol
        • creation
        • tab strip
        • tab
      • Callbacks and Events
      • Example
    • CwTrackBar
      • Protocol
      • Callbacks and Events
      • Example
    • CwTreeView
      • Protocol
        • Creation
        • Tree View
      • Nodes
      • Callbacks and Events
      • Example
    • CwToolBar
      • Protocol
        • creation
        • tool bar
        • Pertaining to the buttons in the tool bar
      • Callbacks and Events
      • Example
• Extended Widgets
  • Extended Widgets class hierarchy
  • EwConstants pool dictionary
  • Creation convenience methods
  • Extended list widgets
  • Common resources
  • Scrolled lists
  • Drawn list widget
  • Icon list widgets
    • Renderables
    • Direct editing of labels
  • Flowed icon list widget
  • Icon area widget
  • Table list widget
    • Table list resources
    • Table columns
    • Direct editing of cell values
    • Edit policies
  • Tree widgets
    • Icon trees
    • Table trees
  • Notebook widgets
    • Creating pages
    • Callbacks
    • PM notebook widget
    • WIN notebook widget
  • Progress bar widget
  • Slider widget
  • Spin button widget
  • Split window widget
  • Tool bar widget
    • Creating tools
    • Using tools
      • Using primitive tools
      • Using widget tools
      • Using groups
• Drag and Drop
  • Drag and drop adapters
  • Sequence of events
    • Voting and cursors
    • Source vote and image changes
    • Leaving a target
    • Dropping
    • Canceling a drag
  • System configuration
  • Simple drag and drop
  • Widget limitations
• Common Printing
  • Common Printing classes
  • Printing process overview
    • Selecting a printer
    • Configuring print job attributes
    • Creating a print job
  • Using the printer prompter
    • Print job attributes
  • Using a printer shell
    • Creating a shell
    • Adding callbacks
    • Starting a job
    • Producing a page
    • Ending a job
    • CwPrinterShell resources and convenience methods
  • Printing with Common Graphics
  • A complete example
  • Setting up printers and queues on UNIX platforms
    • Configuring printer setup options
    • Printer configuration information
• Pragmas
  • Namespace pragmas
    • Namespaces
      • Scope rules
      • Namespace management
    • Declarations
      • Declaration methods
      • Declaration syntax
    • Working with declaration methods
      • Why use declaration methods?
      • Where to declare?
      • When several applications contribute to a pool
      • Placement of declarations
      • Platform-dependent declarations
      • Adding, deleting, and changing declarations
      • Finding declaration methods
      • Correcting declaration errors
      • Loading previous editions of applications that do not have declaration methods
      • File-out format
  • Annotation pragmas
    • Including an Annotation Pragma in a Method
    • Processing Annotation Pragmas
      • Collecting Annotation Pragmas
      • Performing Operations with Annotation Pragmas
      • Accessing Annotation Pragma Components
• VAST Virtual Machine API
  • Who should read this chapter
    • Conventions
  • VAST C programming model
    • Defined types
    • Object types
      • Immediate objects
      • Pointer objects
      • Byte, word, and long objects
      • Read-only objects
      • Fixed objects
    • Macros versus functions
  • External language interface
    • Parameter types
      • Passed parameters
    • Calling a PlatformFunction
      • Error cases
    • Inline external function calls
    • PlatformFunction protocols
      • Instance methods: accessing
      • Instance methods: calling
      • Class methods: instance creation
    • PlatformLibrary protocols
      • Creating PlatformLibrary instances
      • Closing PlatformLibrary instances
      • Class methods: mapping logical names to physical names
      • Class methods: instance creation
      • Class methods: miscellaneous
      • Instance methods: accessing
      • Instance methods: library operations
  • Entry points
    • Parameter types and return types
      • Returned parameters
    • Calling an EsEntryPoint
      • Error cases
      • EsEntryPoint failure
    • EsEntryPoint protocols
      • Instance methods: accessing
      • Instance methods: miscellaneous
      • Class methods: instance creation
  • Asynchronous callouts
    • Calling a Platform Function asynchronously
      • Standard asynchronous calls
      • Resource future calls
      • Static future calls
        • Allocating resources for static futures
    • Locking resources for an asynchronous call
    • ACO errors and error cases
    • Walkbacks
    • ACO errors
    • Parameter types and return types
      • Parameters passed with asynchronous calls
    • Managing resources
      • Minimum required resources
      • ACO resource manager
      • Resource limitations
      • Maintaining a thread
    • Extensions to platform function protocols
      • Instance methods: standard asynchronous
      • Instance methods: resource future
      • Instance methods: static future
    • ACO resource manager protocols
      • Class methods: resource control protocols
      • Instance methods: static resource management protocols
    • Resource future protocols
      • Instance methods
    • Static future protocols
      • Instance methods
    • ACO error protocols
      • Instance methods
  • OSObjects
    • OSObject subclasses
      • OSImmediate
      • OSBaseType
      • OSStructure
      • OSUnion
      • OSVariableStructure
      • OSObjectPointer
    • OSObject protocols
      • Instance methods
      • Class methods: initialization
      • Class methods: instance creation
    • OSImmediate protocols
      • Instance methods
      • Class methods
    • OSBaseType, OSObjectPointer, and OSStructure protocols
      • Instance methods: pointer arithmetic
      • Instance methods: low-level storage access
      • Instance methods: freeing
      • Instance methods: testing
      • Class methods: instance creation
    • OSStructure protocols
      • Class methods: layout info
      • Class methods: query
      • Class methods: initialization
      • Protocol Usage Examples
        • Base Types
        • Arrays
        • Nested
        • Anonymous Structs
        • Anonymous Unions
        • Manual Padding
        • Packing
    • OSVariableStructure protocols
      • Class methods: initialization
      • Class methods: instance creation
    • OSBaseType protocols
    • ObjectPointer protocols
      • Class methods: initialization
      • Class methods: instance creation
      • Instance methods: accessing
    • Methods available in other classes
  • User primitives
    • User primitive tables
    • Functions available in user primitives
      • Object allocation
      • Sending messages
      • Testing objects
        • Testing for classes
        • Testing for types
      • Converting Smalltalk objects to C values
      • Converting C values to Smalltalk objects
      • Accessing objects
      • Protecting objects from garbage collection
      • Miscellaneous
      • Classes available in user primitives
  • Asynchronous messages (interrupts)
  • Using user primitive functions outside user primitives
  • Sample user primitives for VAST
  • Sample callback for Microsoft Windows
    • Example callback code
    • Smalltalk code that uses the primitive above
      • The primitive declaration
      • Sample use of the primitive
  • Platform requirements
    • Microsoft Windows
      • Required software
      • User primitives
      • PlatformFunction calling convention
    • UNIX platforms
      • Required software
      • User primitives
      • PlatformFunction calling convention
  • Primitive error codes
• Cryptography
  • Introduction
  • Getting Started
  • Architectural Overview
    • OpenSSLCryptoInterfaceApp
      • Compatibility
      • Separation of Concerns
      • Performance
      • Safety
    • OpenSSLCryptoInterfaceExamplesApp
  • Modules
  • Core
    • Thread-Support
    • Low-Level OpenSSL Communication
    • Memory Management
    • Library Information
      • OSSslVersion
  • ASN1
    • ASN1 Types
      • OSSslAsn1Integer
      • OSSslAsn1String
      • OSSslAsn1Time
    • Extensions
      • DateAndTime
      • Integer
      • String
  • Symmetric Ciphers
    • Ciphers
      • OpenSSLCipherData
      • OpenSSLCipherAuthData
      • OpenSSLCipherAEAD
      • OSSslCipher
      • OSSslCipherCtx
    • BIO
      • OSSslCipherBIO
    • Extensions
      • Object
      • OSSslBIO
      • OSSslBIOMethod
  • Error Handling
    • Errors
      • OpenSSLError
    • Extensions
      • Object
      • OpenSSLCryptoLibraryDispatcher
  • I/O Abstraction
    • BIO
      • OSSslBIO
      • OSSslBase64BIO
      • OSSslBufferBIO
      • OSSslFileBIO
      • OSSslMemoryBIO
      • OSSslStaticMemoryBIO
      • OSSslNullBIO
  • Message Authentication Code (MAC)
    • MAC
      • OSSslMac
    • HMAC
      • OSSslHmacCtx
    • CMAC
      • OSSslCmacCtx
    • Extensions
      • OSSslCipher
      • OSSslDigest
  • Message Digests
    • Digests
      • OSSslDigest
      • OSSslDigestCtx
    • BIO
      • OSSslDigestBIO
    • Extensions
      • ByteArray
      • OSSslBIO
      • OSSslBIOMethod
  • Multiprecision Integer Arithmetics
    • Big Number
      • OSSslBigNumber
    • Extensions
      • Integer
  • Public/Private Key
    • PKey
      • OSSslPKey
      • OSSslDHKey
      • OSSslDSAKey
      • OSSslECKey
      • OSSslRSAKey
      • OpenSSLEnvelope
    • Extensions
      • OSSslCipher
      • OSSslCipherCtx
  • Random Number Generator
    • RNG
      • OSSslRandom
  • X509
    • X509
      • OSSslX509
      • OSSslX509Name
    • Extensions
      • String
• UUID
• Socket Communications Interface
  • Introduction
  • Application Programming Interface
    • Supported Socket and Database functions
    • SCI classes
  • SciAbstractSocket protocols
    • Instance methods
  • SciSocket protocols
    • Instance methods
    • Class methods: creation
  • SciLocalSocket protocols
    • Instance methods
    • Class methods: creation
  • SciSocketManager protocols
    • Instance methods
    • Class methods: creation
  • SciSocketAddress protocols
    • Instance methods
    • Class methods: creation
  • SciLocalSocketAddressProtocols
    • Instance Methods
    • Class methods: creation
  • SciReturn protocols
    • Instance methods
  • SciError protocols
    • Instance methods
  • SciErrorProxy protocols
    • Instance methods
  • SciHostEnt protocols
    • Instance methods
  • SciProtoEnt protocols
    • Instance methods
  • SciServEnt protocols
    • Instance methods
  • Error values
• Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
  • Overview
  • SSL Example Workspaces Certificate and Private Key
  • Example Workspaces
    • SSL Server Workspace
    • SSL Client Workspace
  • Application Programming Interface
    • Supported SciSslSocket functions
  • SciSslSocket Protocols
    • Instance Methods
  • SciSslContext Protocols
    • Class methods: creation
    • Instance methods:
  • SciSslSocketConfiguration Protocols
    • Instance Methods
  • SciSslX509Certificate protocols
    • Class methods: creation
    • Instance methods
  • SciSslPrivateKey protocols
    • Class methods: creation
    • Instance methods
  • SciSslError protocols
    • Instance methods
  • SciSslBlockingDispatcher protocols
  • The SciSslOpenSSLInterface Subapplication
  • Licenses
• Dynamic data exchange
  • Introduction
  • DDE concepts and definitions
  • DDE classes
    • DdeClient class
    • DdeServer class
    • DdeServerManager class
    • DdeCallbackData class
  • Building a DDE server
    • Building a DDE server that uses default processing
      • An example DDE server that uses default processing
    • Building a DDE server that does not use default processing
      • An example DDE server that does not use default processing
        • Creating a timer
        • Implementing server behavior
        • Handling links
        • Handling client requests
        • Ending
    • Discussion of the DdeServerManager
      • Default database
      • Initiate event
      • Warmlink and hotlink event
      • Coldlink event
      • Request event
      • Run and poke events
      • Termination event
  • Building a DDE client
    • An example DDE client
    • Discussion of the DdeClient
      • Queries
      • Requesting data
      • Hot- and warmlinking to items
      • Coldlinking items
      • Sending data to the server
      • Executing commands at the server
  • Formats of data transferred between DDE servers and clients
  • Callbacks for handling DDE events
    • Return values
  • DDE protocols
    • DdeServerManager public class methods
    • DdeServerManager public instance methods
    • DdeClass public instance methods
    • DdeServer public instance methods
    • DdeClient public instance methods
    • Protocols common to DdeServer and DdeClient
      • Timeouts
      • Disconnect
      • Free
  • Converting Smalltalk objects to a ByteArray and back
  • Examples
    • Spreadsheet
    • Spreadsheet window coordinates
    • Two windows exchanging data
    • Updating time and date
    • Updating time in the String format
  • Platform-specific support
• National Language Support
  • Overview of National Language Support
    • NLS concepts and definitions
    • The POSIX locale model
    • Overview of internationalization
    • Overview of localized messages
    • Overview of message catalogs
    • Locating message catalogs
    • National Language Support classes
    • Support for double-byte characters
      • Characters
      • String classes
    • Obtaining Locale, LCCType, and LCCollate objects
    • Obtaining LCMessages, LCMonetary, LCNumeric, and LCTime objects
      • Multiple instances
      • New instances for the platform default locale
      • New instances for different locales
      • Example usage of locale-specific information
    • NLS-enabled classes
      • Character (CLDT)
      • LCCollate (NLS)
      • Date (CLDT)
      • String (CLDT)
      • Time (CLDT)
    • Locale-specific sorting
    • Number formatting
      • Currency symbol, spacing, and sign locations
      • Numeric groupings
    • Locale change notification and the image startup sequence
      • SubApplication class
  • Tools for developing international software
    • Externalization support and tools
      • Catalog File Editor
        • Open an NlsCatalogBrowser
        • Editing a catalog file
        • Operations on Locales
          • Adding a new Locale
          • Deleting a Locale
          • Renaming a Locale
          • Importing/Exporting a Locale
          • Adding the contents of a locale to a NLS pool in the image
        • Operation on the message
          • Adding a new message
          • Deleting a message
          • Finding all messages containing a particular text
        • Checking the Catalog
          • Browsing the references to a particular message
          • Checking for duplicate messages in a locale
          • Checking for empty messages in a locale
          • Checking for unused messages in a locale
          • Checking the arguments of the messages in a locale
        • Advanced Topics
          • Adding an object as contents of a message
          • Adding export options to the export submenu
          • Adding import options to the import submenu
      • NLS Enabler
        • Open an NLS Enabler
        • NLS Enablement Browser
          • Externalizing Strings for an Application
            • Typical Externalization Process
            • Setting the Pool and Catalog
            • Replacing Strings with Message References
          • Options and Methods Menu
          • Advanced Warning Topics
            • NlsWarning Overrides
            • EsParseNode Overrides
            • Non - Browser Settings
    • Using message templates
    • Referencing and initializing localized messages
      • Removing hard-coded strings
    • Overview of the message localization process
      • Step 1: Replace hard-coded strings with pool dictionary variables
      • Step 2: Respond appropriately to the localize message
      • Step 3: Ensure that messages are successfully localized
    • Using message catalogs
      • External message dictionaries
      • Indexed external messages
      • Obtaining instances of NlsMessageCatalog
    • Using external message dictionaries
      • Unloading external message dictionaries
      • Loading messages into a pool dictionary
      • Loading messages without initializing a pool dictionary
      • Declaring pool dictionary keys
      • Defining managed pool dictionaries
      • Deleting external message dictionaries
    • Using indexed external messages
      • Unloading indexed external messages
      • Loading indexed external messages
      • Deleting indexed external messages
    • Deleting locales from a message catalog file
    • Support for extended locales
    • Compatibilities
      • Storing and retrieving compatibilities
    • Compression
    • Limitations
    • Error detection and description
      • List of error codes
      • Support for packaging
    • Support for platform resource formats
      • RCConverter
      • Structure of the resource compiler input file
      • Creating resource compiler input files
      • Reading from platform resource files
      • RCConverter limitations
      • RCConverter error codes
    • Localization support API
      • NlsMessageCatalog class methods
      • NlsMessageCatalog instance methods
      • RCConverter class methods
      • RCConverter class methods instance methods
  • VAST locale names
  • Manual localization
    • LCCollate
    • LCMessages
    • LCMonetary
    • LCNumeric
    • LCTime
    • Locale
  • Locales and platform representation
    • OS/2 Presentation Manager
      • Use of the country control panel
    • Microsoft Windows
      • Use of the system control panel
    • AIX, HP-UX, and Solaris
• UNIX inter-process communication
  • UNIX environment
    • Method specification
      • UNIXEnvironment class methods
      • UNIXEnvironment methods
    • Usage example
  • UNIX process
    • Method specification
      • UNIXProcess class methods
      • UNIXProcess methods
    • Usage example
  • UNIX pipe stream
    • UNIX read pipe stream method specification
      • UNIXReadPipeStream class methods
      • UNIXReadPipeStream methods
    • UNIX write pipe stream method specification
      • UNIXWritePipeStream class methods
      • UNIXWritePipeStream methods
• Asynchronous Programming
  • EsAsyncError
    • Class Methods
    • Instance Methods
  • EsAsynchronousSupport
    • Class Methods
    • Instance Methods
  • EsAsyncPromise
    • Class Methods
    • Instance Methods
  • EsAsyncScheduleTaskError
    • Class Methods
    • Instance Methods
  • EsAsyncStackTrace
    • Class Methods
    • Instance Methods
  • EsAsyncStateError
    • Class Methods
    • Instance Methods
  • EsAsyncTaskProcessQueueScheduler
    • Class Methods
    • Instance Methods
  • EsAsyncTaskScheduler
    • Class Methods
    • Instance Methods
  • EsAsyncTimeoutException
    • Class Methods
    • Instance Methods
  • EsAsyncUncaughtErrorHandler
    • Class Methods
    • Instance Methods
  • EsAsyncUncaughtErrorLayout
    • Class Methods
    • Instance Methods
  • EsFuture
    • Class Methods
    • Instance Methods
  • EsFutureImpl
    • Class Methods
    • Instance Methods
  • EsFutureListener
    • Class Methods
    • Instance Methods
  • EsFuturePropagation
    • Class Methods
    • Instance Methods
  • EsPromise
    • Class Methods
    • Instance Methods
  • EsSyncPromise
    • Class Methods
    • Instance Methods
• Native Process Framework (OsProcess)
  • OsNativeProcess
    • Class Methods
    • Instance Methods
  • OsNullReadPipeStream
    • Class Methods
    • Instance Methods
  • OsNullWritePipeStream
    • Class Methods
    • Instance Methods
  • OsPipeline
    • Class Methods
    • Instance Methods
  • OsPipelineChain
    • Class Methods
    • Instance Methods
  • OsPipelineChainStarter
    • Class Methods
    • Instance Methods
  • OsPipelineStarter
    • Class Methods
    • Instance Methods
  • OsPipeStream
    • Class Methods
    • Instance Methods
  • OsPipeStreamBuffer
    • Class Methods
    • Instance Methods
  • OsProcessEnvironment
    • Class Methods
    • Instance Methods
  • OsProcesses
    • Class Methods
    • Instance Methods
  • OsProcessesApp
    • Class Methods
    • Instance Methods
  • OsProcessException
    • Class Methods
    • Instance Methods
  • OsProcessFileDescriptor
    • Class Methods
    • Instance Methods
  • OsProcessInfo
    • Class Methods
    • Instance Methods
  • OsProcessStarter
    • Class Methods
    • Instance Methods
  • OsProcessStdioSpec
    • Class Methods
    • Instance Methods
  • OsProcessStream
    • Class Methods
    • Instance Methods
  • OsReadPipeStream
    • Class Methods
    • Instance Methods
  • OsVastProcess
    • Class Methods
    • Instance Methods
  • OsVastSubprocess
    • Class Methods
    • Instance Methods
  • OsWritePipeStream
    • Class Methods
    • Instance Methods
• Object Linking and Embedding (OLE)
  • OLE concepts and definitions
  • OLE classes
    • OleMainWindow
    • OlePrimitive
    • OleClient
    • OleControl
    • OleAutomationObject
    • OleFile
  • Building an OLE document container
    • Creating an OLE main window
    • Creating OLE clients
      • Creating by name
      • Creating from a file
      • Creating from the Insert Object dialog
      • Creating from the Paste Special dialog
    • Enabling clipboard operations
    • Creating an object verb menu
    • Invoking the Links dialog
    • Saving and retrieving an OLE client
      • Saving an OLE client
      • Retrieving an OLE client
        • Saving and restoring data attributes
  • Using OLE automation
    • Creating OLE Automation Objects
    • Invoking methods of OLE automation objects
    • Getting and setting properties
    • Releasing an OLE automation object
  • Using OLE custom controls (OCXs)
    • Creating the OLE main window
    • Creating OCXs
    • Implementing an ambient-property handler
    • Using automation aspects of an OCX
    • Implementing event handlers
    • Wrapping OCXs with extended widgets
    • Using licensed OCXs
• Log4s
  • The Players
    • Logging Events
    • Loggers
    • Appenders
    • Controllers of What Gets Logged
      • Level
      • Filter
        • Return Value
        • Predefined Filters
        • Controlling Acceptance of EsLoggingEvent
  • The Director: LogManager
  • Specifying the Log Entry
    • Conversion Specifiers
    • Formatting the Output
      • Date and Time Formatting
        • Date and Time Formatting Examples
  • Log4s Error Handling
  • Initializing the log4s Framework
    • Ini File Entries
      • Custom Loggers
        • createLogger
      • Debug Messages
        • debugEnabled
        • quietMode
      • What Gets Logged
        • globalLevel
        • Filters
          • classNameFilter
          • levelMatchFilter
          • levelRangeFilter
          • stringMatchFilter
      • Where Log Entries Go
        • transcriptAppender
        • consoleAppender
        • asyncConsoleAppender
        • fileAppender
        • asyncFileAppender
        • rollingFileAppender
        • asyncRollingFileAppender
        • dailyRollingFileAppender
        • asyncDailyRollingFileAppender
        • socketAppender
        • asyncSocketAppender
      • What appears in a log entry
        • timeZoneOverride
    • Programmatic Initialization
      • Creating Custom Loggers
      • Customizing Debug Message Settings
      • Customizing What Gets Logged
        • globalLevel
        • Filters
          • classNameFilter
          • levelMatchFilter
          • levelRangeFilter
          • stringMatchFilter
      • Redirecting Log Entries
        • transcriptAppender
        • consoleAppender
        • asyncConsoleAppender
        • fileAppender
        • asyncFileAppender
        • rollingFileAppender
        • asyncRollingFileAppender
        • dailyRollingFileAppender
        • asyncDailyRollingFileAppender
        • socketAppender
        • asyncSocketAppender
      • What appears in a log entry
        • timeZoneOverride
  • Programmatic Specification of Logging
    • EsLogManager API
      • Creating Logging Events
      • Adding Filters
    • EsLogger API
    • EsAppender API
      • EsAppender API Examples
    • Sample Application Example
      • Method 1
      • Method 2
      • More Examples
• Time Zones
  • Examples:
  • Time Zone Database
    • Zoneinfo on Windows
    • Zoneinfo on UNIX
  • The DateAndTime class
    • Overriding default time zone
  • Time Zone Database
    • Zoneinfo on Windows
    • Zoneinfo on UNIX
  • Error Handling and Trouble Shooting
  • Updating Zoneinfo Data
• Data Compression and Decompression
  • Compression Examples
    • Deflate Streams
    • Gzip Streams
    • Brotli Streams
    • LZ4 Streams
    • ZStandard Streams
    • Zip Archive Streams
• LDAP
  • Overview
  • Setting up the Example
    • Example overview
    • Advanced Setup Topics
  • The LDAP Players
    • LDAP session
    • LDAP entry structure
    • LDAP search
      • Creation
      • Search Specification
      • Search execution
      • Search interrogation
    • LdapEntry Operations
• Timed Wait
  • Examples
    • Delaying
    • Timed waiting
    • Conditional waiting
      • Simple Examples:
      • File Example:
• Appendix A. Widget resources and callbacks
• Appendix B. Extended widgets resources and callbacks
• Appendix C. Drag and drop resources and callbacks
• Appendix D. Common graphics platform differences
• Appendix E. Common widgets platform differences
  • Table 121. General constraints
  • Table 122. Constraints on arrow button widgets
  • Table 123. Constraints on button and label widgets
  • Table 124. Constraints on combo-box widgets
  • Table 125. Constraints on list widgets
  • Table 126. Constraints on main window widgets
  • Table 127. Constraints on menus and menu bar
  • Table 128. Constraints on menu bar
  • Table 129. Constraints on menu
  • Table 130. Constraints on scale widget
  • Table 131. Constraints on scrolled bar widget
  • Table 132. Constraints on scrolled window widget
  • Table 133. Constraints on text widget
  • Table 134. Constraints on top-level shell and dialog shell
• References
  • Common Language Data Types, Common Language Implementation, and Common Process Model
  • Common File System
  • Common Graphics
  • Common Widgets
  • Common Printing
  • Dynamic Data Exchange
  • National Language Support
• Index

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