Inside Macintosh: Programmer's Guide to MacApp / Part 2 - Working With MacApp

Chapter 11 -
Working With Applications

This chapter includes recipes and sample code that demonstrate how to

• define a subclass of TApplication
• create a simple main routine that launches an application
• create a main routine that launches an application with a startup screen

MacApp's initialization and launching process is described in detail in Chapter 4, "Launching and Terminating an Application."

The macros used as part of MacApp's mechanism to provide runtime type information (RTTI) are described in Chapter 2, "Basic Operations."

For information on applications that support PowerTalk mailers, see Chapter 29, "Working With PowerTalk Mailers."

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Chapter Contents

Overview

Recipes--Applications

Recipe--Defining a Subclass of TApplication

Provide a Class Definition

Provide Constructor and Destructor Methods

Provide an Initialization Method

Override the DoMakeDocument Method

Recipe--Launching a Simple Application

Define a Subclass of TApplication

Create a Main Routine

Recipe--Launching an Application With a Startup Screen

Create a Specialized Main Routine

Create a Routine to Display a Startup Screen