Inside Macintosh: QuickDraw GX Environment and Utilities /

Chapter 7 - QuickDraw GX Stream Format

Using QuickDraw GX Stream Format

This section describes the use of the GraphicsBug utility to analyze flattened data streams. Sample code is provided that draws a QuickDraw GX picture containing seven shapes. GraphicsBug is used to flatten each shape. The resulting data stream for each flattened shape is then analyzed.

This section describes how you can

• flatten shapes using GraphicsBug
• interpret the GraphicsBug flattened shape output format
• analyze flattened shape data streams

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Subtopics

Flattening Shapes With GraphicsBug

Analyzing the Data Streams of Flattened Shapes

Obtaining Data From a Print File