Essential OpenDoc: Cross Platform Development for OS/2®, Macintosh®, and Windows® Programmers - Softcover

Feiler, Jesse; Meadow, Anthony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201479583 ISBN 13: 9780201479584

Publisher: Addison Wesley, 1996

Synopsis

OpenDoc(R) is the revolutionary cross-platform technology that provides a newway of creating and working with software. Developed by Apple, IBM, and Novell,OpenDoc enables the development of a new class of applications for Windows(R),Macintosh(R), OS/2(R), UNIX(R), and other personal computer platforms. It issupported by a unique industry-wide consortium of hardware and softwaredevelopers, CI Labs. Essential OpenDoc Introduces basicOpenDoc concepts and explains the implications of this exciting softwarearchitecture for developers, consultants, system integrators, and solutionproviders.This book provides an in-depth look at the technical issues of OpenDoc andexplores the three core technologies that support its functionality: * The System Object Model (SOM), which enables parts and components to worktogether at runtime. * OpenDoc's storage mechanism, which manages compound documents * The Open Scripting Architecture (OSA), which facilitates assembling OpenDoc.parts and integrating OpenDoc with existing applications. It also examines Cyberdog, a set of OpenDoc part editors that provides accessto Internet services and offers a compelling example of the power of OpenDocdevelopment.Visit Apple's OpenDoc page, IBM's Club OpenDoc, and CILabs home page for additional resources. 0201479583B04062001

About this title

About the Author

Jesse Feiler is Software Director of Philmont Software Mill. He served in anumber of technical and managerial roles at the Federal Reserve Bank of NewYork and is the author of Real World Apple Guide.

Anthony Meadow is President and cofounder of Bear River Associates, one ofthe leading systems integrators for desktop and mobile computing systems. BearRiver is a leader in applying key technologies such as object orientedprogramming, component software, mobile computing, and collaborative tools tosolve business problems for its clients.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Addison Wesley
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0201479583
• ISBN 13: 9780201479584
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 304