ViewKit ObjectPak

Programmer's Guide

Integrated Computer

Solutions, Incorporated

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Trademarks

ViewKit ObjectPak, VKit, Builder Xcessory, Builder Xcessory Professional, BX Pro, BX, BX/Ada, GraphPak, EnhancementPak, EPak, The ICS EnhancementPak, The Motif EnhancementPak, Widget Databook, Database Xcessory, DX, DatabasePak, DBPak, ICS Motif, Ada/Motif, and Xhibition are trademarks of Integrated Computer Solutions, Inc.

IRIS ViewKit is a trademark of Silicon Graphics, Inc.

Java and Devguide are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Flexible License Manager is a trademark of GLOBEtrotter Software, Inc.

OPEN LOOK is a trademark of UNIX System Laboratories

OSF/Motif, UNIX, and X Window System are trademarks of the Open Group

Purify is a trademark of Pure Atria Software

X, X11, and X Window System are trademarks of X Consortium, Inc.

XRunner is a trademark of Mercury Interactive Corporation.

All other products or company names are used for identification purposes only, and may be trademarks of their respective owners.

First printing

December 1996

List of Examples

How to Use This Manual

Introduction

ViewKit Components

Application Class

ViewKit Windows

Creating Menus

Undo Management and Command Classes

Using Dialogs

Preference Dialogs

Graph Component

Miscellaneous Display Classes

Data Input Classes

Interprocess Message Facility

Contributed Classes

Using a Help System

Index