Inside Macintosh: Apple Guide Complete / Part 3 - Integrating Guide Files

Chapter 9 - Apple Guide API

Starting Up Apple Guide

You can use three functions--AGStart, AGQuit, and AGGetStatus--to start up, stop, and determine the status of Apple Guide. Apple Guide contains two components: a stay-resident portion that is always in memory and an application portion that is required to be in memory only while a guide file is open. The application portion is launched in its own heap as a faceless, background application. If it is not already in memory, it is automatically launched when your application opens a guide file. Thus, your application doesn't usually need to call AGStart. However, if your application opens a guide file, it should always close the guide file and call AGQuit before quitting.

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Subtopics

AGStart

AGQuit

AGGetStatus