• GF/ST Programmer Guide
  • Preface
  • Trademarks
  • Introducing GF/ST
    • Begin At The Beginning
      • What GF/ST Does For You
      • Installation
      • Conventions Used in This Document
      • What You Absolutely Must Know to Use GF/ST
        • The GF/ST Event Model
      • How to Get Up to Speed Quickly
      • More Tips
      • Tools vs. Frameworks
      • Support
    • Basic Concepts and Classes
      • GFGraphicObject
      • GFDrawingInterface
      • GFDrawingPane
      • GFHandle
      • GFTool
    • More Critical Players
      • PsiEventModel
      • Constraints
      • GFLocator
      • GFPositionConstraint
      • GFTrackHandle
    • Portability Considerations
      • Why Do You Use That Syntax?
    • Licensing
    • User-Supplied Goodies
  • Starting Out
    • Learning by Example
    • Using the Demo Launcher
    • Understanding the Demo Launcher
    • Using the Drawing Editor
      • Basic Drawing Skills
      • Menus
      • Handles
      • Moving a Graphic Object
      • Multiple Selections, Grouping, and Composites
      • Front-Back Ordering
      • Undo
      • Host Components
      • Performance
    • Understanding the Drawing Editor
      • Communication
      • Handle Concepts
      • Tool Concepts
    • Using the 3-D Figures Demo
    • Understanding the 3D Figures Demo
      • More About Handles
      • Composites and Grouping
      • Dependent Lines
      • More about Menus
    • Understanding the GFAboutDialog
    • Understanding the Visual Inspector
      • The Approach
      • New Classes
      • The Visual Inspector Put in Context
  • GF/ST Application Design & Decisionmaking
    • Designing a New Application
      • The Scenario
      • The Problem Domain
    • Creating and Opening the Network Editor UI
      • Opening Lines
      • Designing and Setting Up the Layout
    • Decisions Made in Building the Network Editor
      • Choosing GO’s
      • Choosing Tools
    • Adding a GO for a Network Node
      • The Method
      • Creating a Network Node
      • Hooking to Events
      • Positioning the GO
      • Making it Display
      • Tracking GO’s
    • Creating a GO in the Network Editor
      • Group or Composite?
      • Creating the GFNetworkNode GO
      • Setting the metaObject
    • Specializing Handles in the Network Editor
      • Getting the node from the metaObject
      • Creating a GFConnectionHandle
      • Where Do Connection Lines Snap To?
      • Determining Valid Targets for Connection
      • Where Are Connections Drawn To?
      • What To Do After Making a Connection
      • Don’t Forget to Return the Handles
    • Removing Nodes in the Network
      • Determining What GO’s are Selected
      • Removing Connections
      • Removing a GO and Cleaning Up
  • How To’s
    • How To Use the How To’s
    • Releasing Resources
      • Knowing When to Let Go of a GO
    • Mostly GFGraphicObject-Related How To’s
      • Creating Simple Figure GO’s
      • Creating Group and Composite GO’s
      • Creating Locators for Dependent GO’s
      • Creating Dependent GO’s
      • Setting the Menu of a GO
      • Creating a GFDrawingPane to Add to a Window
      • Setting the Menu of a Drawing
      • Locking down a GO
      • Adding and Removing a GO
      • Manipulating GO’s
      • Using GO’s at Line Ends
      • Miscellaneous Topics
        • Coordinate Systems and Scaling
        • Quad Trees
        • Mementos
        • Printing
    • Mostly Handle-Related How To’s
      • Track Handles
        • GFTrackHandle
        • GFParameterizedTrackHandle
        • Routing Messages Directly to Other Objects
      • Handles, Scrolling, and Messages
      • Handles and Grids
      • Taking Action When a Handle is Used
      • Setting the Handles for a GO
      • Setting the Position Handle for a GO
    • Event-Related How To’s
      • Tracing the Effects of an Event
      • Adding New Events
  • Class Hierarchy, Protocol and Events
    • GF/ST Class Hierarchy
    • Description of GF/ST Classes
      • ActionSequence
      • Color
      • ColorDialog
      • EvaluableAction
      • GFAbsoluteTrackHandle
      • GFAbstractEndPlug
      • GFAbstractPathGO
      • GFApplicationWindowES
      • GFBezierGO
      • GFBoundedStack
      • GFButtonCreator
      • GFButtonGO
      • GFCachedGO
      • GFCategory
      • GFClosedPathGO
      • GFCompositeGO
      • GFConnectionHandle
      • GFConstraint
      • GFCoordinateControl
      • GFCreationTool
      • GFCursorManager
      • GFDamagedRegion
      • GFDependentLineGO
      • GFDependentOrthogonalPathGO
      • GFDirectedPathGO
      • GFDoubleBufferingGraphicsDisplaySystem
      • GFDrawing
      • GFDrawingActionTool
      • GFDrawingInterface
      • GFDrawingPane
      • GFDrawingView
      • GFEllipseGO
      • GFEmptyRectangle
      • GFEntryFieldCreator
      • GFEvaluableActionEndPlug
      • GFFastSelectionTool
      • GFFocusTool
      • GFGC
      • GFGOActionTool
      • GFGoEndPlug
      • GFGraphicObject
      • GFGraphicsDisplaySystem
      • GFGroupGO
      • GFHandle
      • GFHostWidgetGO
      • GFHundredthMillimeter
      • GFImageGO
      • GFLineGO
      • GFListPaneCreator
      • GFLocator
      • GFLogicalUnit
      • GFMemento
      • GFMultiheadedConstraint
      • GFOpaqueBitmap
      • GFOrthogonalPathGO
      • GFOwnDCDrawingPane
      • GFPalettePane
      • GFParameterizedTrackHandle
      • GFPixmap
      • GFPolylineGO
      • GFPositionConstraint
      • GFPrintDialog
      • GFPrinterPen
      • GFPrintingGC
      • GFQuadTreeElement
      • GFRectangleGO
      • GFRoundedRectangleGO
      • GFScalingGC
      • GFScratchPixmap
      • GFSelectionTool
      • GFSelectionTrackHandle
      • GFSplineGO
      • GFTextEditCreator
      • GFTextGO
      • GFThousandthInch
      • GFTool
      • GFToolPalette
      • GFTrackHandle
      • GFTranslatingGC
      • GFTwip
      • GFWidgetCreator
      • PsiEventModel
      • RectangleFromUserWindow
    • Summary of Events
      • Events Explained
  • Appendix A - The Visual Inspector
    • What is the Visual Inspector?
    • Visually Inspecting Objects
    • Specific Inspectors for Specific Objects
    • Changing Object State
    • Visual Inspector Menu
    • Object-Specific Menu Options
      • Display Menu
      • Open Menu
      • Remove Field Menu
      • Show Fields Menu
      • Visual Inspector Menu
  • Appendix B
    • History of Product
    • Changes From Earlier Releases
    • Known Problems

Direct Manipulation Graphics Framework (GFST)

Appendix B