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Cocoa is an object-oriented application environment designed for developing Mac OS X native applications. The Cocoa frameworks support rapid development and high productivity. Cocoa provides developers starting new Mac OS X projects the fastest way to full-featured implementations. Applications from other platforms can also be brought to Mac OS X quickly using Cocoa.
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NSSecureTextField Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the subclass of NSTextField that hides its text from display or other user interface access.
 Text & Fonts, User Experience Reference 2006-05-23
NSSegmentedCell Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class for managing cells in a segmented control.
 User Experience Reference 2006-05-23
NSSegmentedControl Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class for managing a segmented control.
 User Experience Reference 2006-05-23
NSSerializer Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes a class that has been deprecated. Instead use NSPropertyListSerialization.
 Data Management Reference 2006-05-23
NSSetCommand Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class used to set values in a scriptable object.
 Scripting & Automation Reference 2006-05-23
NSSimpleHorizontalTypesetter Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Deprecated - Describes the class used for text line layout that has been replaced by NSATSTypesetter.
 Text & Fonts Reference 2006-05-23
NSSlider Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class used to display a range of values using a bar or circular dial.
 User Experience Reference 2006-05-23
NSSliderCell Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Descibes the class that controls the appearance and behavior of an NSSlider object.
 User Experience Reference 2006-05-23
NSStepper Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class used to display two small arrows that can increment and decrement a value beside them.
 User Experience Reference 2006-05-23
NSStepperCell Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class used to control the appearance and behavior of an NSStepper object.
 User Experience Reference 2006-05-23
NSTableHeaderCell Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class that provides the cell used to draw the column headers in a table view.
 User Experience Reference 2006-05-23
NSTableHeaderView Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class that displays and handles mouse events in the headers of a table view.
 User Experience Reference 2006-05-23
NSTabView Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class that allows a view to switch between multiple content views.
 User Experience Reference 2006-05-23
NSTabViewItem Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class that encapsulates a single view in a tab view.
 User Experience Reference 2006-05-23
NSTextAttachment Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class used by the NSAttributedString class cluster as the value for attachment attributes.
 Text & Fonts Reference 2006-05-23
NSTextAttachmentCell Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class that implements the functionality of the NSTextAttachmentCell protocol.
 Text & Fonts Reference 2006-05-23
NSTextAttachmentCell Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the protocol that declares the interface for objects that draw text attachment icons.
 Objective-C Language Reference 2006-05-23
NSTextBlock Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class that represents a block of text laid out in a subregion of a text container.
 Text & Fonts Reference 2006-05-23
NSTextContainer Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class that defines a region where text is laid out.
 Text & Fonts Reference 2006-05-23
NSTextInput Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Descibes the formal protocol that text views implement to receive input from the user's keyboard and mouse.
 Events & Other Input, Text & Fonts Reference 2006-05-23
NSTextList Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class that represents a section of text that forms a single list.
 Text & Fonts Reference 2006-05-23
NSTextStorage Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the semiconcrete subclass of NSMutableAttributedString that defines the storage mechanism for the Cocoa text system.
 Text & Fonts Reference 2006-05-23
NSTextTab Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class that represents a tab in an NSParagraphStyle object.
 Text & Fonts Reference 2006-05-23
NSTextTableBlock Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class used to represent a text block that appears as a cell within a text table.
Text & Fonts Reference 2006-05-23
NSToolbarItemValidation Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the informal protocol that an image-style toolbar item's target object class must implement to provide customized disabling and enabling.
 User Experience Reference 2006-05-23
NSToolTipOwner Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the informal protocol that a class must implement to provide the text to a tool tip dynamically.
 User Experience Reference 2006-05-23
NSUnarchiver Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class that provides a way to decode objects from an archive created by NSArchiver.
 Data Management Reference 2006-05-23
NSUniqueIDSpecifier Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class used to specify an object in a container by unique ID.
 Scripting & Automation Reference 2006-05-23
NSURL Additions Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the category that extends the NSURL class by adding support for pasteboards.
 Internet & Web, Networking Reference 2006-05-23
NSURLAuthenticationChallenge Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class that encapsulates a challenge received from a server requiring authentication in response to a URL load request.
 Internet & Web, Networking Reference 2006-05-23
NSURLAuthenticationChallengeSender Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the protocol that the sender of an authentication challenge must implement.
 Internet & Web, Networking Reference 2006-05-23
NSURLCredentialStorage Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class that manages credential storage for URL load requests.
 Internet & Web, Networking Reference 2006-05-23
NSURLDownload Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class that provides support for downloading data from a server to a file for a URL load request.
 Internet & Web, Networking Reference 2006-05-23
NSURLHandleClient Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Deprecated. Defines the protocol that must be implemented by clients of NSURLHandle.
Internet & Web, Networking Reference 2006-05-23
NSURLProtectionSpace Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class that encapsulates an area on a server that requires authentication for a URL load request.
 Internet & Web, Networking Reference 2006-05-23
NSURLProtocolClient Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the protocol used by NSURLProtocol subclasses to communicate with the URL loading system.
 Internet & Web, Networking Reference 2006-05-23
NSUserDefaultsController Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class that is used with Cocoa bindings to manage an application's user defaults.
 Data Management Reference 2006-05-23
NSUserInterfaceValidations Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the formal protocol that works with the NSValidatedUserInterfaceItem protocol to enable or disable a control automatically.
 User Experience Reference 2006-05-23
NSViewAnimation Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class for animating views and windows.
 Graphics & Imaging, User Experience Reference 2006-05-23
NSWindowController Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class used to manage a window, usually a window stored in a nib file.
 Design Guidelines Reference 2006-05-23
NSWindowScripting Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the category on NSWindow for scripting basic properties and commands of windows in scriptable applications.
 Scripting & Automation, User Experience Reference 2006-05-23
PDFAnnotationCircle Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class for manipulating circle annotations in PDF documents.
Graphics & Imaging Reference 2006-05-23
PDFAnnotationInk Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class for manipulating ink annotations in PDF documents.
Graphics & Imaging Reference 2006-05-23
PDFAnnotationLink Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class for manipulating link annotations in PDF documents.
Graphics & Imaging Reference 2006-05-23
PDFAnnotationMarkup Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class for manipulating markup annotations (highlighting, underlining, and so on) in PDF documents.
Graphics & Imaging Reference 2006-05-23
PDFAnnotationSquare Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class for manipulating square annotations in PDF documents.
Graphics & Imaging Reference 2006-05-23
PDFBorder Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class for creating and manipulating borders around annotations in PDF documents.
Graphics & Imaging Reference 2006-05-23
Preference Panes Framework Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the Objective-C API for supporting and working with preference panes.
 General, User Experience Reference 2006-05-23
QTDataReference Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class for managing QuickTime data references.
 QuickTime Reference 2006-05-23
QTKit Data Types Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the data types available in the QuickTime Kit framework.
 QuickTime Reference 2006-05-23
QTMedia Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class for managing QuickTime media.
 QuickTime Reference 2006-05-23
Screen Saver Framework Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the Objective-C API for supporting and working with screen effects.
 General, User Experience Reference 2006-05-23
Screen Saver Functions Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes functions and function-like macros available in the Screen Saver framework.
 User Experience Reference 2006-05-23
ScreenSaverDefaults Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class that defines a set of methods for saving and restoring user defaults for screen savers.
 User Experience Reference 2006-05-23
ScreenSaverView Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class that defines the interface for subclassers to interact with the screen saver infrastructure.
 User Experience Reference 2006-05-23
Secure Coding Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Describes techniques to use and factors to consider to make your code more secure from attack.
 Security Guides 2006-05-23
Security Foundation Framework Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the Security Foundation framework for adding fine-grained control of privileged operations in an application.
 Security Reference 2006-05-23
SecurityInterface Data Types Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the data types found in the Security Interface framework.
 Security Reference 2006-05-23
SFAuthorization Class Objective-C Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class used to restrict a user's access to particular features in a Mac OS X application or daemon.
 Security Reference 2006-05-23
SFAuthorizationView Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class that displays a lock icon that indicates a user interface has restricted access.
 Security Reference 2006-05-23
SFCertificatePanel Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class that displays one or more certificates in a panel or sheet.
 Security Reference 2006-05-23
SFCertificateTrustPanel Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class that enables the user to edit the trust settings in a certificate.
 Security Reference 2006-05-23
SFCertificateView Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class that displays the contents of a certificate.
 Security Reference 2006-05-23
SFChooseIdentityPanel Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class that allows a user to select an identity from a list.
 Security Reference 2006-05-23
SFKeychainSavePanel Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class that displays a sheet or panel that allows the user to create a keychain.
 Security Reference 2006-05-23
SFKeychainSettingsPanel Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class that displays a panel or sheet that allows users to change their keychain settings.
 Security Reference 2006-05-23
Web Kit Objective-C Framework Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the Objective-C API used to display web content in windows.
 General, User Experience Reference 2006-05-23
Web Kit Objective-C Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Explains how to use the Web Kit to embed web content in both Cocoa and Carbon applications.
 Graphics & Imaging, Internet & Web, User Experience Guides 2006-05-23
WebArchive Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class for archiving a web page and all of its related resources.
 User Experience Reference 2006-05-23
WebDataSource Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class for encapsulating web content for display in a web frame view.
 User Experience Reference 2006-05-23
WebDocumentRepresentation Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the protocol adopted by document representation classes that handle specific MIME types.
 User Experience Reference 2006-05-23
WebDocumentSearching Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the protocol adopted by document view objects to support searching.
 User Experience Reference 2006-05-23
WebDocumentText Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the protocol adopted by document view objects to support working with text.
 User Experience Reference 2006-05-23
WebDocumentView Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the protocol adopted by document view objects to display data of different MIME types.
 User Experience Reference 2006-05-23
WebDownload Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class for providing an authentication sheet before a download begins.
 User Experience Reference 2006-05-23
WebEditingDelegate Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the protocol adopted by WebView objects to change the view's default editing behavior.
 User Experience Reference 2006-05-23
WebHistory Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class for maintaining a set of pages visited by users.
 User Experience Reference 2006-05-23
WebHistoryItem Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class for encapsulating information about a visited page.
 User Experience Reference 2006-05-23
WebJavaPlugIn Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the protocol for running Java applets from within a WebView.
 User Experience Reference 2006-05-23
WebOpenPanelResultListener Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the protocol adopted by WebView delegates to communicate with an Open dialog.
 User Experience Reference 2006-05-23
WebPlugIn Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the protocol adopted by an application using the Web Kit and any Web Kit-based plug-ins.
 User Experience Reference 2006-05-23
WebPlugInContainer Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the protocol that enables a plug-in to send messages to an application.
 User Experience Reference 2006-05-23
WebPlugInViewFactory Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the protocol used to create an NSView object for a plug-in.
 User Experience Reference 2006-05-23
WebPolicyDecisionListener Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the protocol for handling download decisions asynchronously.
 User Experience Reference 2006-05-23
WebPolicyDelegate Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the protocol used to modify the policy decisions that are made when handling URLs or the data they represent.
 User Experience Reference 2006-05-23
WebResource Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class for downloaded data and its related properties, such as its URL and MIME type.
 User Experience Reference 2006-05-23
WebUndefined Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class used to represent the JavaScript "undefined" value.
 User Experience Reference 2006-05-23
AudioDeviceNotify (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to enumerate audio devices attached to the system and how to handle device notifications
 Audio Sample Code 2006-04-21
JNI Development on Mac OS X (HTML)
TN2147: Discusses use of native APIs and UI elements from Java applications
 Java Technical Notes 2006-04-17
Address Book Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Explains how to add, search, remove, and customize Address Book records.
 Apple Applications Guides 2006-04-04
AppleScript Studio Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Explains how to create script-driven applications with complex user interfaces based on Cocoa UI classes. Includes tutorials.
 Tools Guides 2006-04-04
Assertions and Logging (HTML) (PDF)
Explains how to use assertions and logging to diagnose problems in Cocoa applications.
 Objective-C Language, Performance Guides 2006-04-04
Coding Guidelines for Cocoa (HTML) (PDF)
Naming guidelines for Cocoa API and design advice to framework developers.
 Design Guidelines, Objective-C Language Guides 2006-04-04
Drawing Performance Guidelines (HTML) (PDF)
Guidelines for improving the speed of drawing code.
 Performance Guides 2006-04-04
Interacting with the Operating System (HTML) (PDF)
Explains how Cocoa applications manage tasks and get information about hosts and processes.
 Interapplication Communication, Process Management, Resource Management Guides 2006-04-04
Launch Time Performance Guidelines (HTML) (PDF)
Guidelines for improving the launch performance of an application.
 Performance Guides 2006-04-04
Table View Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Explains how to use Cocoa table views.
 User Experience Guides 2006-04-04
ExtractMovieAudioToAIFF (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to extract audio from QuickTime Movies and write the data to an AIFF file.
 Audio, QuickTime Sample Code 2006-03-31
CoreAudio Overload Warnings (HTML)
QA1467: Describes CoreAudio overload warnings what they mean and how to avoid them.
 Audio Technical Q&As 2006-03-29
MovieAudioExtraction - Ensure a Movie is fully loaded before starting an extraction session (HTML)
QA1469: Describes the importance of making sure a Movie is fully loaded before extracting audio.
 QuickTime Technical Q&As 2006-03-29
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