IRIXŽ Interactive Desktop Integration Guide
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IRIX^Ž Interactive Desktop Integration Guide

Document Number: 007-2006-130

Front Matter

| List of Figures | List of Examples | List of Tables |

Table of Contents

New Features in This Guide

Major Documentation Changes

About This Guide

What This Guide Contains
How to Use This Guide
What You Should Know Before Reading This Guide
Suggested Reading
Font Conventions in This Guide

Integrating an Application Into the IRIX Interactive Desktop Environment: An Introduction

About the IRIX Interactive Desktop Environment
Implementation Strategies and Toolkits
Integrating an Application

I. Getting the Right Look and Feel

1. Getting the Right Look and Feel: An Overview

About the IRIX Interactive Desktop Look and Feel
Getting the Right Look and Feel: The Basic Steps

2. Getting the IRIX Interactive Desktop Look

3. Using Schemes

Schemes Overview
Using Schemes in Your Application
Extending a Scheme to Support New Colors
Testing Your Application with Schemes
Creating New Schemes
Hard-Coding a Scheme for an Application

4. Using the SGI Enhanced Widgets

Using the SGI Enhanced Widgets
Using the Widget Demos
The Enhanced Widgets
The Mixed-Model Programming Widgets
The SGI Enhanced Widgets
HTML Viewer Component

5. Window, Session, and Desk Management

Window, Session, and Desk Management Overview
Implementing an Application Model
Interacting With the Window and Session Manager

6. Customizing Your Application's Minimized Windows

Some Different Sources for Minimized Window Images
Creating a Minimized Window Image: The Basic Steps
Setting the Minimized Window Label
Changing the Minimized Window Image

7. Interapplication Data Exchange

Data Exchange Overview
Implementing the Primary Transfer Model
Implementing the Clipboard Transfer Model
Supported Target Formats
Data Conversion Service

8. Monitoring Changes to Files and Directories

FAM Overview
The FAM Interface
Using FAM

9. Providing Online Help With SGIHelp

Overview of SGIHelp
The SGIHelp Interface
Implementing Help in an Application
Application Helpmap Files
Writing the Online Help
Producing the Final Product
Bibliography of SGML References

10. Handling Users' System Preferences

Handling the Mouse Double-Click Speed Setting
Using the Default Viewer and Editor Utilities Panel

II. Creating Desktop Icons

11. Creating Desktop Icons: An Overview

About IRIX Interactive Desktop Icons
Checklist for Creating an Icon
Creating an Icon: The Basic Steps Explained in Detail

12. Using IconSmith

About IconSmith
Where to Install Your Completed Icon
Some Definitions
Starting IconSmith
IconSmith Menus
IconSmith Windows
Drawing With IconSmith
Selecting
Transformations
Concave Polygons
Constraints: Gravity (Object) Snap and Grid Snap
Icon Design and Composition Conventions
Advanced IconSmith Techniques

13. File Typing Rules

A Table of the FTRs With Descriptions
Naming File Types: The TYPE Rule
Categorizing File Types: The SUPERTYPE Rule
Matching File Types With Applications: The MATCH Rule
Matching Non-Plain Files: The SPECIALFILE Rule
Adding a Descriptive Phrase: The LEGEND Rule
Setting FTR Variables: The SETVAR Rule
Programming Open Behavior: The CMD OPEN Rule
Programming Alt-Open Behavior: The CMD ALTOPEN Rule
Programming Drag and Drop Behavior: The CMD DROP and DROPIF Rules
Mapping Names: The MAP Rule
Programming Print Behavior: The CMD PRINT Rule
Adding Menu Items: The MENUCMD Rule
Getting the Icon Picture: The ICON Rule
Creating a File Type: An Example

14. Printing From the Desktop

About routeprint
Converting a File for Printing
The Print Conversion Rules
The Current Printer

A. Example Programs for SGI Enhanced Widgets

Example Program for Color Chooser
Example Program for Dial
Example Program for Drop Pocket
Example Program for Finder
Example Program for History Button (Dynamenu)
Example Program for ThumbWheel
Example Program for File Selection Box
Example Programs for Scale (Percent Done Indicator) Widget
Example Program for LED Widget

B. Desktop Variables

Variables Set By the Desktop
Variables Set By the User

C. Online Help Examples

A Simple Help Document
Allowable Elements in a Help Document
An Example of Implementing Help in an Application

D. The Icon Description Language

Operators
Constants
Variables
Functions

E. Predefined File Types

Naming Conventions for Predefined File Types
The Predefined File Types and What They Do

F. FTR File Directories

G. Using GoldenGate Data Conversion Services

Converting Data Using the GoldenGate Data Conversion Service
Compiling and Linking Your Program with GoldenGate
Writing Converters for the GoldenGate Data Conversion Service

H. Standard Menu Resources

Common Menu Bar Resources
Standard File Menu Resources
Standard Edit Menu Resources

Index

IRIXŽ Interactive Desktop Integration Guide

IRIX^Ž Interactive Desktop Integration Guide