Chapter 7 -
This chapter describes MacApp's implementation of document classes and examines the operations your application can perform with documents.
Document Handling
Chapter Contents
- Overview
- MacApp's Document Classes
- The TDocument Class
- The TFileBasedDocument Class
- The TEditionDocument Class
- The TMailableDocument Class
- The TTEDocument Class
- Document Operations
- How MacApp Document Classes Work With Files
- Kinds of Documents
- Creating a New Document
- How a MacApp Document Uses File Forks
- Opening an Existing Document
- Creating Views for a Document
- Reverting to a Previous Version of a Document
- Determining Whether a Document Has Changed
- Saving a Document
- Saving a Document in Place
- Leaving a Document Open
- Closing a Document
- Closing a Document Directly
- Closing a Document With a Close Document or Close Window Event
- Closing a Document When Quitting the Application
- A Note on Ghost Documents
- Publish and Subscribe
- Edition Manager Terminology
- Edition Manager Resources
- Edition Manager Menu Commands
- Edition Manager Classes
- The Designator Classes
- The Section Classes
- The TEditionDocument Class
- Methods You Override
- Reading and Writing Section Data
- The TSectionMgr Class
- The Section Command Classes
- Section Adorner Classes
- The Section Iterator Class
- PowerTalk Mailers
- MacApp's PowerTalk Mailer Support Classes
- Including MacApp's PowerTalk Support in Your Application
- The Mail Menu
- Mail Formats
- Supplying Mail Content
- Displaying a Mailer View
- File Types for Letters
- Digital Signatures