Apple Newton Programmer’s Newton 2.0 (for Newton 2.0) - Manual (Page 585)

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Filing
Using the Filing Service 15-19
Using Local or Global Folders Only 15
To suppress the display of either local or global folders in the Filing slip and the
folder tab views, you can set the values of optional
localFoldersOnly and
globalFoldersOnly slots that you supply in your application’s base view. Note
that the use of local or global folders only is intended to be an application design
decision that is made once, rather than a user preference that can change.
When the localFoldersOnly slot holds the value true , the Filing slip and
folder tab views do not display the names of global folders. When the
globalFoldersOnly slot holds the value true , the Filing slip and folder tab
views do not display the names of local folders.
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W A R N I N G
The localFoldersOnly and globalFoldersOnly must not
both hold non- nil values at the same time. ▲
Adding and Removing Filing Categories Programmatically 15
You can use the AddFolder and RemoveFolder global functions to modify the
set of folders (filing categories) available to your application. Note that the
RemoveFolder function does not remove any folder that is also used by other
applications. For more information, see the descriptions of these methods in the
Newton Programmer’s Reference .
Interface to User-Visible Folder Names 15
Symbols that represent folders are not tied to the strings that represent those folders
to the user. As a result, you can use the same folder symbol everywhere for a
particular concept, such as a business, while varying the user-visible string
representing that folder; for example the user-visible string could be localized for
various languages.
You can use the GetFolderStr function to retrieve the user-visible string
associated with a folder symbol.