ASM

SYSTEM

How to ...

1. Check CPU type
2. Check for multiple monitors
3. Hanlde events
4. Understand HANDLEEVENTS statement
5. Remove an event from the queue
6. Search an application on a volume
7. Launch another application
8. Get the process number of an application
9. Know which is the active application
10. Know the running applications
11. Bring an application to the foreground
12. Stop an application to be switched to the background
13. Know if an application is still running
14. Understand what is a background application
15. Determine if an application is running from a CD
16. Force a shutdown
17. Allow a correct shutdown
18. Allow drag & drop files over an application
19. Handle serial numbers
20. Better comprehend Apple Events
21. Send Apple Events
22. About INIT
23. Understand the structure of an INIT
24. Put correctly a DITL into a CDEV
25. Check if AT EASE is installed
26. Install a gestalt selector
27. Use the Notification Manager
28. Have a demo of the Notification Manager
29. Manage hilighting with Drag & Drop
30. Work with the Appearance Manager
31. Know the geographical location of the user
32. Call SETCCURSOR in VBL task
33. Use VBL task with FB^3
34. Avoid Powerbooks from sleeping
35. Detect if the CPU can idle
36. Spin down SCSI hard drives
37. Reset the virtual memory
38. Get the system hilite color
39. Hide Control Strip
40. Clear the 68040 processor cache
41. Check if AppleScript is available
42. Support AppleScript
43. Check QuickTime version
44. Understand thread
45. Exploite Stuffit Engine
46. Polish your application
47. Convert numbers from PC to Mac