PPxMG Power Plant X 1.0 Migration Guide

• Introduction
  • Before You Begin
    • Can You Migrate to PowerPlant™ X?
    • Should You Migrate to PowerPlant™ X?
  • How to Use this Manual
  • Related Documentation
• Identifying Migration Tasks
  • Required Task Identification Questions
  • Optional Task Identification Questions
• Migrating from the Classic API to the Carbon API
  • Why Carbonize?
  • Carbonizing Your Program
• Migrating from PEF to the Mach-O Executable Format
  • Mach-O Migration Issues
  • Converting a PEF Project to a Mach-O Project
• Migrating to Unicode
  • Unicode Migration Issues
  • Example Code
• Using the QuickDraw API with PowerPlant™ X
  • QuickDraw vs. CoreGraphics
  • Example Code
• Migrating Custom LPanes
  • Custom Pane Migration Issues
  • Example Code
• Migrating a User Interface to PowerPlant™ X
  • User Interface Migration Issues
  • Example Code
• Using PowerPlant™ X Windows
  • Manipulating PowerPlant™ X Windows
  • Example Code
• Migrating Programs that Manipulate PPob Files
  • XML Resource File Manipulation
• Migrating Grayscale Appearance Controls
  • GA Controls vs. the Aqua Look and Feel
  • Migration Options
    • Objective 1
    • Objective 2
    • Objective 3
    • Objective 4
• Migrating from Polling to Carbon Event Dispatch
  • Polling vs. Carbon Event Dispatch
  • Example Code
• Migrating from Periodicals to Timers and IdleTimers
  • LPeriodical Migration Issues
  • Example Code
• Migrating from LCommanders to Carbon Event Handlers
  • Commanders vs. Carbon Event Handlers
  • Example Code
• Migrating from Broadcast/ Listen to Carbon Events
  • Broadcast/Listen Migration Issues
  • Example Code
• Migrating from Cooperative to Preemptive Threading
  • Threading Migration Issues
  • Cooperative vs. Preemptive Threading
• Using PowerPlant™ X Exception Handling
  • Exception Handling Migration Issues
  • Example Code
• Converting a PPob to XML
• Index