Apple Network Setup - Manual (Page 3)

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Contents
Figures, Tables, and Listings 7
Preface About This Manual 9
Conventions Used in This Manual 9
For More Information 10
Chapter 1 About Network Setup 11
Network Setup Architecture 11
Inside the Network Setup Library 14
Network Setup Database Fundamentals 16
Database Structure 16
Database Structure Example 17
Database Operations 19
Preference Coherency 21
Legacy Issues 21
Legacy Synchronization Algorithm 22
Network Setup Version History 23
Chapter 2 Using Network Setup 25
Opening and Closing the Network Setup Database 25
Opening the Database for Reading 25
Opening the Database for Writing 26
Closing the Database After Reading 28
Closing the Database After Writing 28
Working with Entities 30
Listing All Entities 30
Finding an Active Entity 34
Reading and Writing Preferences 34
Reading Fixed-size Preferences 35
Reading Variable-size Preferences 37