Cocoa Recipes for Mac OS X

Table of Contents\r......Page 6
Introduction\r......Page 12
About Vermont Recipes\r......Page 13
Why Cocoa?\r......Page 15
Why Objective-C?\r......Page 17
Naming Conventions\r......Page 18
Xcode and Interface Builder\r......Page 19
New Technologies\r......Page 21
The Vermont Recipes Application Specification\r......Page 22
Downloading and Installing the Project Files\r......Page 23
Section 1: Objective-C and the Cocoa Frameworks\r......Page 24
Appliances and Utensils\r......Page 25
Ingredients\r......Page 26
Serving Suggestions\r......Page 31
Section 2: Building an Application\r......Page 32
Step 1: Create the New Project\r......Page 34
Step 2: Explore the Project\r......Page 37
Step 3: Set Xcode Preferences\r......Page 41
Step 4: Revise the Document's Header and Implementation Files\r......Page 43
Step 5: Rename the Document's Files\r......Page 47
Step 6: Edit the Document's Methods\r......Page 49
Step 7: Create and Revise the Window Controller Files\r......Page 52
Step 8: Edit the Credits File\r......Page 56
Step 9: Edit the Info.plist File\r......Page 58
Step 10: Edit the InfoPlist.strings File\r......Page 65
Step 11: Create a Localizable.strings File\r......Page 68
Step 12: Set the Project's Properties and Build Settings\r......Page 69
Step 14: Save and Archive the Project\r......Page 74
Conclusion\r......Page 75
Recipe 2: Design and Build the GUI Using Interface Builder\r......Page 76
Step 1: Explore and Revise the Document Window's Nib File\r......Page 79
Step 2: Add a Toolbar\r......Page 86
Step 3: Add a Vertical Split View\r......Page 90
Step 4: Add a Horizontal Split View\r......Page 101
Step 5: Add a Tab View\r......Page 102
Step 6: Add a Drawer\r......Page 103
Step 7: Add a Toolbar Item to Open and Close the Drawer\r......Page 106
Step 9: Save and Archive the Project\r......Page 110
Conclusion\r......Page 111
Recipe 3: Create a Simple Text Document\r......Page 112
Step 1: Create the DiaryDocument Class in Xcode\r......Page 114
Step 2: Save a Snapshot of the Project\r......Page 117
Step 3: Create the DiaryWindowController Class and Its Nib File in Interface Builder\r......Page 120
Step 4: Add Scrolling Text Views to the Diary Window\r......Page 127
Step 5: Create the VRDocument-Controller Class and a New Menu Item\r......Page 131
Step 6: Add the Diary Document to the Info.plist File\r......Page 138
Step 7: Read and Write the Diary Document's Text Data\r......Page 144
Step 8: Configure the Split View Diary Window\r......Page 156
Step 10: Save and Archive the Project\r......Page 159
Conclusion\r......Page 160
Recipe 4: Add Controls to the Document Window\r......Page 162
Step 1: Add Controls to the Diary Window\r......Page 163
Step 2: Implement the Add Entry Push Button\r......Page 170
Step 3: Implement the Add Tag Push Button\r......Page 183
Step 4: Validate the Add Tag Push Button\r......Page 191
Step 5: Implement and Validate the Navigation Buttons\r......Page 201
Step 6: Implement and Validate the Date Picker\r......Page 203
Step 7: Implement and Validate the Search Field\r......Page 209
Conclusion\r......Page 214
Recipe 5: Configure the Main Menu\r......Page 216
Step 1: Create the VRApplicationController Class\r......Page 217
Step 2: Add a Read Me Menu Item to the Help Menu\r......Page 218
Step 3: Add a Diary Menu to Control the Diary Window\r......Page 223
Step 4: Add a Diary Tag Search Menu Item to the Find Submenu\r......Page 225
Step 5: Add a Recipe Info Menu Item to Open the Recipes Window's Drawer\r......Page 231
Step 6: Build and Run the Application\r......Page 235
Conclusion\r......Page 236
Recipe 6: Control the Document's Behavior\r......Page 238
Step 1: Organize the Project's Code\r......Page 239
Step 2: Limit the Application to a Single Diary Document\r......Page 244
Step 3: Add Error Handling to the Diary Document\r......Page 264
Step 4: Prepare Localizable Strings for Internationalization\r......Page 278
Conclusion\r......Page 280
Recipe 7: Refine the Document's Usability\r......Page 282
Step 1: Set the Minimum and Maximum Sizes of the Document Windows\r......Page 283
Step 2: Set the Initial Position and Size of the Document Windows\r......Page 290
Step 3: Set the Standard Zoom Size of the Document Windows\r......Page 292
Step 4: Autosave the Position and Size of the Document Windows\r......Page 297
Step 5: Autosave the Position of the Divider in the Diary Window\r......Page 305
Step 6: Autosave the Recipes Document's Toolbar Configuration\r......Page 307
Step 7: Autosave the Diary Document's Contents\r......Page 308
Step 8: Back Up the Diary Document\r......Page 320
Step 9: Implement the Revert to Saved Menu Item\r......Page 321
Step 10: Build and Run the Application\r......Page 327
Conclusion\r......Page 328
Step 1: Add a Save As PDF Menu Item\r......Page 330
Step 2: Use Alternating Show Recipe Info and Hide Recipe Info Menu Items\r......Page 336
Step 3: Use a Dynamic Add Tag and Tag All Menu Item\r......Page 339
Step 4: Use a Dynamic Add Tag and Tag All Button\r......Page 343
Step 5: Use Blocks for Notifications\r......Page 353
Step 6: Add Help Tags\r......Page 357
Step 7: Add Accessibility Features\r......Page 360
Step 8: Provide a Default Diary Document Name\r......Page 368
Step 9: Add Support for Sudden Termination\r......Page 373
Step 10: Internationalize the Application's Display Name\r......Page 374
Step 11: Add Application and Document Icons\r......Page 376
Step 12: Enable the Application to Run Under Leopard\r......Page 380
Step 14: Save and Archive the Project\r......Page 387
Conclusion\r......Page 388
Recipe 9: Add Printing Support\r......Page 390
Step 1: Create a Print Panel Accessory View in Interface Builder\r......Page 393
Step 2: Create an Accessory View Controller in Xcode\r......Page 397
Step 3: Add the Accessory View Controller to the Print Panel\r......Page 404
Step 4: Save Custom Print Settings\r......Page 412
Step 5: Create a Print View to Print the Document's Content\r......Page 421
Step 6: Print Custom Headers and Footers\r......Page 438
Step 7: Implement Print Scaling\r......Page 444
Step 8: Build and Run the Application\r......Page 455
Conclusion\r......Page 458
Recipe 10: Add a Preferences Window\r......Page 460
Step 1: Design and Build a Preferences Window in Interface Builder\r......Page 461
Step 2: Create a Preferences Window Controller in Xcode\r......Page 468
Step 3: Configure the General Tab View Item\r......Page 472
Step 4: Configure the Recipes Tab View Item\r......Page 482
Step 5: Configure the Chef's Diary Tab View Item\r......Page 493
Step 7: Save and Archive the Project\r......Page 504
Conclusion\r......Page 505
Recipe 11: Add Apple Help\r......Page 506
Step 1: Implement an HTML-Based Apple Help Bundle for Snow Leopard\r......Page 507
Step 2: Add Topic, Task, and Navigation Pages\r......Page 518
Step 3: Add an AppleScript Link to a Topic Page\r......Page 525
Step 4: Use the HelpViewer help: Protocol\r......Page 526
Step 5: Add Keywords and Abstracts\r......Page 529
Step 6: Add Help Buttons to Alerts, Dialogs, and Panels\r......Page 532
Step 7: Advanced Help Features\r......Page 533
Step 8: Implement a Help Book for Leopard and Earlier\r......Page 534
Conclusion\r......Page 540
Recipe 12: Add AppleScript Support\r......Page 542
Step 1: Create a Terminology Dictionary and Add the Standard Suite\r......Page 543
Step 2: Add the Vermont Recipes Suite and Extend the Application Class With a New Property\r......Page 548
Step 3: Add a Diary Document Class and a Property in the Application to Access It\r......Page 560
Step 4: Add the Text Suite and a Document Text Property\r......Page 565
Step 5: Add a Diary Entry Class and an Element in the Diary Document to Access It\r......Page 568
Step 6: Add Properties to Get and Set Diary Entry Values\r......Page 578
Step 7: Add a Current Diary Entry Property to the Document Class\r......Page 586
Step 8: Support the Make Command for New Diary Entries\r......Page 587
Step 9: Support the Delete Command for Diary Entries\r......Page 596
Step 10: Add a Custom Verb-First Command-Sort\r......Page 597
Step 11: Add Custom Object-First Commands-Encrypt and Decrypt\r......Page 601
Step 12: Move Along\r......Page 603
Step 13: Build and Run the Application\r......Page 604
Conclusion\r......Page 605
Recipe 13: Deploy the Application\r......Page 608
Step 1: Build the Application for Release\r......Page 609
Step 2: Test the Application\r......Page 610
Step 3: Provide Documentation\r......Page 612
Step 4: Provide User Support\r......Page 613
Step 5: Distribute the Application\r......Page 614
Step 6: Promote the Application\r......Page 618
Conclusion\r......Page 619
Section 3: Looking Ahead\r......Page 620
Step 1: Switch to Properties\r......Page 622
Step 2: Switch to Cocoa Bindings\r......Page 626
Step 3: Switch to Garbage Collection\r......Page 632
Conclusion\r......Page 634
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