Learning Carbon

Code

Throughout this book, we’ve put a number or letter on the right side of any line of code we explain. Numbered explanations appear below a listing, as shown by the following:

myCartoonRef = GetStandardCartoon (myCartoonID);                //1 status = FloatCartoon (myCartoonRef, myWindow);                 //2

1. The Cartoon Manager function GetStandardCartoon returns a reference to the cartoon character specified by myCartoonID. A cartoon ID is a unique 8-bit value you assign to the cartoon character when you create it.

2. The Cartoon Manager function FloatCartoon floats a cartoon character across a window. It returns a status of 0 if the character successfully gets to the other side.

Where appropriate, we’ll identify the name of the Carbon manager or technology to which a function belongs. If you want to find out more about the function and its manager or technology, see Chapter 1 or Carbon Help (available in the Project Builder Help menu).

In some cases we do not provide error checking so you can more easily see the code that’s central to a function.