How to Use This Manual

This guide describes how to create programs using ObjectPak^TM, a C++ toolkit that provides commonly needed facilities for applications based on the OSF/Motif^TM user interface toolkit. ObjectPak is derived from Silicon Graphics' IRIS ViewKit^TM.

Chapter Overview

The following table provides an overview of each chapter of the ViewKit ObjectPak Programmer's Reference manual:


Chapter 1--Introduction	Provides an overview of ViewKit ObjectPak. describes the ObjectPak toolkit and the advantages of using it compared to programming directly in OSF/Motif and X, discusses the major elements of ObjectPak, and provides instructions for compiling ObjectPak programs.
Chapter 2--ViewKit Components	Describes the ObjectPak component class, gives instructions for using ObjectPak components, and lists guidelines for creating new components.
Chapter 3--Application Class	Describes the services provided by the ObjectPak application class and gives instructions for controlling application-level services in your program.
Chapter 4--ViewKit Windows	Describes ObjectPak's model for supporting multiple windows in an application, and describes how to create and manipulate application windows.
Chapter 5--Creating Menus	Describes how to create and manipulate different types of menus in a ObjectPak application.
Chapter 6--Undo Management and Command Classes	Describes how to implement support for "undoing" operations and describes how to implement actions as command classes.
Chapter 7--Using Dialogs	Discusses ObjectPak's dialog management support, describes how to post and manipulate dialogs, and provides an overview of the different types of dialogs supported by ObjectPak.
Chapter 8--Preference Dialogs	Describes how to use preference dialogs to maintain user preferences.
Chapter 9--Graph Component	Discusses the ObjectPak component for creating and displaying arc-and-node graphs.
Chapter 10--Miscellaneous Display Classes	describes a variety of components that you use primarily to display information or to manage display items.
Chapter 11--Data Input Classes	Describes a variety of data input classes.
Appendix A-- Interprocess Message Facility	Describes ObjectPak's support for interprocess communication
Appendix B-- Contributed Classes	Describes some unsupported ObjectPak classes contributed by users to help you expand ObjectPak.
Appendix C-- Using a Help System	Explains how to use a help system with ObjectPak applications and describes the basic help system provided with ObjectPak.