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From Scratch
RSS Reader
The next RSS reader from start to finish.
Issue: 4.4 (March/April 2006)
Author: Will Leshner
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Article Length (in bytes): 10,499
Starting Page Number: 40
RBD Number: 4417
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4417.sit Updated: Monday, March 20, 2006 at 10:50 AM
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Introduction
This is the fourth of six articles in which we are creating an RSS Reader in REALbasic. In the previous article we completed the reader's basic functionality. The reader, as it currently exists, can add new feeds, browse headlines, and view individual posts.
In this article we are going to take a bit of a detour and learn how to create the custom buttons that RSS Reader uses in its toolbar. When we are finished we will have a generic "picture" button class that can be used in any project.
As always, I encourage you to download the project that accompanies this article and use it as a reference as you read along. Things will make more sense if you are able to put it all into context.
The ContainerControl Plan
If you've been following along from the beginning of this project, you might remember that I started off with a version of RSS Reader that used ContainerControls in a couple of places, forgetting, of course, that ContainerControls are a Pro-only feature of REALbasic. The current incarnation of the RSS Reader project makes no mention of ContainerControls, and it should build even in REALbasic Standard.
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