Inside Macintosh: Programmer's Guide to MacApp /

Preface - About This Book

Conventions Used in This Book

The Programmer's Guide uses various conventions to present information.

Special Fonts

Words that require special treatment appear in specific fonts or font styles. All code listings, reserved words, and the names of data structures, constants, fields, parameters, and functions are shown in Letter Gothic (this is Letter Gothic).

Words that appear in boldface are key terms or concepts and are defined in the glossary, except where boldface is used merely to highlight each named item in a list.

Types of Notes

Note

A note like this contains information that adds to an understanding of the main text.

IMPORTANT

A note like this contains information that is essential for an understanding of the main text.

WARNING

Warnings like this indicate potential problems that you should be aware of as you design your application. Failure to heed these warnings could result in system crashes or loss of data.

Special Terms

The following convention is used throughout this book:

• Your indicates part of an identifier that you are expected to replace, as in TYourApplication. If your application is named Test, you would substitute the name TTestApplication.