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Issue 3.2 (November/December 2004)


Column
(Source Code)
Thoughts from the Publisher (Page 5)
News News from the REALbasic Community (Page 6)
Review ABDialer (Page 8)
Review FSThumbnailView (Page 8)
Review iScreensaver Designer 3.2 (Page 9)
Review Macintosh Explorer (Page 9)
Review MacVault 1.0.2 (Page 10)
Review WSL-Amazon (Page 10)
Feature Article (Page 11)
Feature Scratching the Itch: The life and times of an OS X utility (Page 13)
Feature Vector Graphics (Page 17)
Feature Database XML: Storing RDF/XML in a relational database (Page 20)
Feature Got Keys?: Cross-Platform, Asynchronous Keyboard Input (Page 26)
Column
(Beginners Column)
Serial Devices: How to talk to serial devices (Page 30)
Column
(Databases for REAL)
Analyzing the Performance of the REALbasic Database Engine (Page 32)
Column
(Object-Oriented Thinking)
Implementing the Singleton Pattern (Page 33)
Feature Binary Trees: A general-purpose searching tool (Page 34)
Column
(Visual Basic and REALbasic)
Converting Code: A small porting job (Page 36)
Column
(The Topographic Apprentice)
Path and Character Animation: Combine Both Libraries (Page 38)
Column
(From Scratch)
From Scratch: TanGram on Windows (Page 40)
Column
(Intel corner)
Notes, Questions, and Answers: Christian tackles a variety of issues (Page 42)
Column
(Interface Design)
Getting Your Auto-Fill: Extending the EditField control (Page 44)
Column
(Beyond the Limits)
IPC Sockets (Page 46)

 



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