Apple Newton Programmer’s Newton 2.0 (for Newton 2.0) - Manual (Page 197)

C H A P T E R 5
Stationery
Stationery Summary 5-15
Stationery Summary 5
Data Structures 5
ViewDef Frame 5
myViewDef := {
_proto:
anyGenericView ,
type: 'editor, // could also be 'viewer or a custom type
symbol: 'default, // required; identifies the view
name:
string , // required; name of viewDef
version: integer , // required; should match dataDef
viewDefHeight: integer, // required, except in card-style
MinimalBounds: // returns the minimal enclosing
func( entry )..., // bounding box for data
SetupForm: // called by ViewSetupFormScript;
func( entry, entryView )..., // use to massage data
}
Protos 5
newtStationery 5
myDataDef := { // use to build a dataDef
_proto: newtStationery,
description:
string , , // describes dataDef entries
height: integer, // required, except in card-style; should
// match viewDefHeight
icon: resource , // optional; used in header & New menu
name: string, // required; appears in New button picker
symbol: kAppSymbol, // required unique symbol
superSymbol: aSymbol, // identifies “owning” application
version:
integer, // required; should match viewDef’s version
FillNewEntry: // returns a modified entry
func( newEntry )...,
MakeNewEntry: // used if FillNewEntry does not exist
func()...,
StringExtract: // creates string description
func( entry , nLines )...,
TextScript: // extracts data as text for routing
func( fields , target )...,
}