RISC User Series

Toolbox Topics

A series about writing multitasking applications that use Acorn's user interface Toolbox

Toolbox Topics by Tony Howat

8:10   Arc A Closer Look at the Toolbox, part 1
Acorn's new Toolbox makes programming the Wimp that bit easier. Here's how to use it.
9:1 Imp Arc A Closer Look at the Toolbox, part 2
Delving further into Acorn's new programming interface
9:8 Imp Arc Toolbox Topics: ToneDial application
Tony Howat begins a new series on programming with Acorn's Toolbox
9:9 Imp Arc ToneDial: User Interface
Tony Howat continues his series on programming with Acorn's Toolbox by completing a basic user interface for his phone dialler program
9:10 Imp Arc ToneDial: Generating Sounds
Tony Howat generates DTMF phone tones with his tone dialler, and fixes a shortcoming of the Toolbox
10:1 Imp Arc Toolbox C Library
Tony Howat presents a set of useful C library routines for use with Acorn's Toolbox
10:2 Imp Arc Using flex
We examine some of the pitfalls you need to avoid when using flex
10:3 Imp Arc More on flex
Tony Howat explains how to use flex to manage records, as demonstrated by his telephone dialler and directory program
10:4 Imp Arc ToneDial Completed
Tony Howat puts the finishing touches to ToneDial
10:5 Imp Arc Window Pane Library
Tony Howat presents a useful window pane library for Toolbox programmers
10:6 Imp Arc Using the Toolbox from Basic
This time our column turns its attention to the issues of programming the Toolbox from Basic
10:7 Imp Arc Toolbox Draw Library
Tony Howat presents a handy Draw library for use with the Toolbox
10:8 Imp Arc Toolbox Queries
Queries about dragging to icons and draggable gadgets answered
10:9 Imp Arc Draw Library utility
Tony Howat starts work on a simple Draw file library application
10:10 Imp Arc Draw Library utility: User Interface
Tony Howat examines some user interface elements in his simple Draw file library application
11:1 Imp Arc Draw Library utility: File Handling
Tony Howat adds a pop-up file selector and compressed file handling to his Draw file library application
11:2 Imp Arc URLs, Java and C++
This time we learn how to launch Web pages, examine the relevance of the Toolbox to Java, and venture down a blind alley into C++
11:4 Imp Arc Acorn's updated ProgInfo module (unpublished)
Using the new Web button provided by Acorn's updated Info window module