REALbasic cross-platform application development Includes index

This is the eBook version of the printed book.REALbasic Cross-Platform Application Development treats REALbasic as a serious development environment and is targeted to developers with a minimum of programming experience, but who may or may not be new to the REALbasic platform. Written by a writer and developer with extensive REALbasic experience with input and guidance from REAL Software, this book will show you how to take advantage of the new cross-platform abilities of REALbasic and teach you how to create cross-platform applications. Don't waste any more time with the other novice-oriented REALbasic books out there. Get inside this development environment with REALbasic Cross-Platform Application Development. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 5 Chapter 2, Introduction to Programming with REALbasic......Page 18 Chapter 9, Networking and Internet Programming......Page 19 Appendix......Page 20 1 Introduction to REALbasic......Page 22 Deciding if REALbasic Is Right for You......Page 23 Strengths and Weaknesses......Page 24 What You Can Expect......Page 25 Defining a Computer Program......Page 28 REALBasic Terminology......Page 29 Quick Start: A Simple Web Browser......Page 31 Controls......Page 32 Events......Page 34 Procedural Programming in REALbasic......Page 35 Expressions: Operands and Operators......Page 36 Variables and Literals......Page 37 Intrinsic Data Types......Page 38 Declaration......Page 39 Variables and Constants......Page 40 Arithmetic with Integers, Singles, and Doubles......Page 41 Strings......Page 48 Literals......Page 49 Visual Basic Data Types......Page 50 Methods......Page 51 Arrays......Page 52 If...Then...Elseif...Then......Page 60 Select Case......Page 61 Do...Loop......Page 63 Do Until...Loop......Page 64 For...Next...Step......Page 65 While...Wend......Page 67 Nesting Loops......Page 68 Variants and Operators......Page 69 Properties......Page 70 Methods......Page 71 VarType......Page 72 When to Use Variants......Page 73 Built-in Math Functions......Page 75 Built-in String Functions......Page 78 Create a New Project......Page 89 Creating a Module......Page 90 Access Scope......Page 91 Constants......Page 92 Properties......Page 93 Adding the “Split” Method......Page 94 Summary......Page 98 The Class Hierarchy......Page 100 Creating a New Class......Page 104 Declaration and Instantiation......Page 105 Constructors and Destructors......Page 106 Garbage Collection......Page 108 Inheritance......Page 109 Object Operators......Page 110 Adding and Overriding Methods......Page 111 Overloading......Page 112 Casting......Page 113 Oddities......Page 114 Encapsulation......Page 117 Access Scope: Public, Private, Protected......Page 119 Default and Optional Parameters......Page 120 Revisiting the StringParser Module......Page 121 The Dictionary Class......Page 124 The Properties File Format......Page 125 Properties.Constructor......Page 128 Properties.get......Page 129 Properties.parsePropertyFile......Page 131 Properties.parseLine:......Page 132 Date Class......Page 134 MemoryBlock Class......Page 137 Collection Class......Page 142 Interfaces and Component-Oriented Programming......Page 143 Custom Operator Overloading......Page 152 Conclusion......Page 158 4 Cross-Platform Application Development......Page 160 Swing......Page 161 Compiling REALbasic Applications......Page 162 Compiling Applications......Page 163 Configuring the Compiler......Page 166 App Properties Pane......Page 168 Files and Directory Organization......Page 175 Referencing a FolderItem: Paths and URLs......Page 176 How Folders and Files Are Organized......Page 181 File Types......Page 190 Navigating the Directory Tree......Page 192 File Properties......Page 193 Permissions and File Access......Page 195 Moving, Copying, and Deleting Files......Page 197 Opening, Creating, and Saving Files......Page 200 Compiler Directives......Page 203 User Interface Differences......Page 205 Windows:Taskbar......Page 207 Macintosh: Dock......Page 208 Keyboard......Page 209 Screen......Page 213 Environment Variables......Page 215 Line Endings......Page 220 Windows Registry......Page 221 Exporting and Importing Items......Page 222 Creating the Preferences Class......Page 223 A Final Word About Macintosh......Page 228 Summary......Page 229 5 Designing a Desktop Application......Page 230 IDE MenuItems......Page 231 Preferences......Page 234 Desktop Applications: Programming Graphical User Interfaces......Page 236 Event-Driven Programming......Page 237 Controls and Events......Page 238 App Events......Page 239 Organizing Your Code......Page 241 The RSSReader Application......Page 242 Controller......Page 243 The Model......Page 246 Simple Windows......Page 256 Editing Windows......Page 261 Windows ID Properties......Page 263 Windows Position Properties......Page 264 Windows Appearance Properties......Page 266 Window States......Page 273 Mouse Position......Page 274 The RectControl Class......Page 275 Control Order and Control Arrays......Page 279 Binding......Page 280 TabPanel......Page 283 EditField Control......Page 285 ListBox......Page 294 HTTPSocket Control......Page 313 ProgressBar......Page 314 Runtime Exceptions......Page 315 Try...Catch...End/Finally......Page 316 Logging......Page 317 Debugger......Page 319 Timers......Page 322 Menus and Menu Handlers......Page 329 Adding Menu Constants......Page 330 Adding the MenuItems......Page 331 Adding Menu Handlers......Page 333 CustomTray......Page 336 Summary......Page 337 Encoding......Page 338 Converting Encodings......Page 341 XML and HTML Entity Encoding......Page 345 Detecting Encoding in XML Documents......Page 346 Document Node......Page 347 XMLDocument......Page 349 XMLReader......Page 360 XML and Object Instantiation......Page 385 Regular Expressions......Page 399 Replacing Text......Page 409 Text Validation and Variable Substitution......Page 410 Variable Substitution in the Properties Class......Page 414 StyledText......Page 416 Apply Styles......Page 418 Summary......Page 423 7 Console Programming and the Shell......Page 424 Sample Applications......Page 427 Shell Properties......Page 428 Shell Events......Page 429 Subclassing the Shell......Page 430 Subversion......Page 435 Ant Shell......Page 440 Transformer: Command-Line XML Transformation......Page 452 CGI Application......Page 457 Conclusion......Page 467 8 Databases......Page 468 The No-Code Database......Page 469 DataControl......Page 475 DatabaseQuery Control......Page 482 The Database Classes......Page 484 SQL Equivalents......Page 498 Select and Joins......Page 500 Trigger......Page 503 Conclusion......Page 504 9 Networking and Internet Programming......Page 506 URLs, Domain Names, and Hosts......Page 507 The Protocol Stack......Page 508 Network Layer......Page 509 REALbasic Networking Classes......Page 510 Network Object......Page 511 Network Interface Class......Page 512 SocketCore Class......Page 513 Sending and Receiving Data......Page 514 SocketCore Properties......Page 515 TCPSocket......Page 516 From CGI to HTTPServer......Page 525 The HTTPServer Application......Page 528 Handling POST Requests: Posting Forms and Transferring Files......Page 531 Uploading a File......Page 534 IPCSocket Class......Page 546 UDPSocket......Page 547 Conclusion......Page 548 Raster and Vector Graphics......Page 550 The Graphics Class......Page 551 Picture Class......Page 554 FolderItems and Pictures......Page 555 More Picture Properties......Page 556 Canvas Properties......Page 557 Canvas Events......Page 558 The Canvas Control—Scrolling Text and Images......Page 559 Object2D Class......Page 569 Group2D......Page 575 Printing with REALbasic......Page 579 StyledTextPrinter......Page 581 Summary......Page 587 Scripting......Page 588 RBScript......Page 589 Office Automation......Page 592 Declares......Page 607 Plug-ins......Page 610 Summary......Page 612 Sample Code and Application......Page 614 Preamble......Page 615 TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION, AND MODIFICATION......Page 616 How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs......Page 620 Preamble......Page 621 TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION, AND MODIFICATION......Page 623 How to Apply These Terms to Your New Libraries......Page 629 Online Resources......Page 630 A......Page 632 C......Page 635 D......Page 640 E......Page 643 F......Page 645 G......Page 646 H......Page 647 I......Page 648 L......Page 650 M......Page 651 N......Page 655 O......Page 656 P......Page 658 R......Page 661 S......Page 663 T......Page 667 U......Page 669 W......Page 670 X-Y......Page 672 Z......Page 673 REALbasic Cross-Platform Application Development treats REALbasic as a serious development environment and is targeted to developers with a minimum of programming experience, but who may or may not be new to the REALbasic platform. Written by a writer and developer with extensive REALbasic experience with input and guidance from REAL Software, this book will show you how to take advantage of the new cross-platform abilities of REALbasic and teach you how to create cross-platform applications. Don't waste any more time with the other novice-oriented REALbasic books out there. Get inside this development environment with REALbasic Cross-Platform Application Development. __REALbasic Cross-Platform Application Development____REALbasic Cross-Platform Application Development.__