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Strategies

The QuickDraw to Quartz imaging models are different enough that rewriting your application so that is uses only Quartz is not trivial. Your hard work will be worthwhile. Making the transition opens a world of possibilities for tasks that you can perform with Quartz but could not dream of accomplishing with QuickDraw. Just as QuickDraw was revolutionary in its time, Quartz is today. In Mac OS X v10.4, Quartz introduces a wealth of new features that makes the switchover even more compelling. Quartz has many more convenience functions, improved performance, and a lot of new documentation. What’s more, Quartz is fully integrated with other Mac OS X v10.4 technologies, such as Core Image, which makes image processing a snap. There is no better time than now to roll up your sleeves and get to work removing that old QuickDraw code!

This chapter provides overall strategies for revising your code to use only Quartz, while the remaining chapters in the book show how to accomplish specific tasks using Quartz. Where appropriate, the strategies in this chapter cross-reference specific tasks so you can get ideas (and perhaps some code) for how to modify your own application.

Contents:

Before You Start
Analyze Your Code
General Strategies
Regions Replacement Strategies
CopyBits Replacement Strategies

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