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Inside Macintosh: Text /
Chapter 7 - Text Services Manager / Text Services Manager Reference
Text Services Manager Routines for Components


Opening Floating Utility Windows

In conjunction with the Process Manager, the Text Services Manager maintains the floating window service, whose windows occupy a special layer called the floating window service layer. See Figure 7-7 on page 7-14.

The Text Services Manager uses the floating window service to provide a standard floating input window when needed. Text service components can use the service to create, close, and find floating windows used for various other user-interface purposes. You can manipulate the service windows with these calls:

Client applications
These calls may be made by client applications also. See the following description of NewServiceWindow for special instructions for client applications.

Subtopics
NewServiceWindow
CloseServiceWindow
GetFrontServiceWindow
FindServiceWindow

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6 JUL 1996