Apple Newton Programmer’s Newton 2.0 (for Newton 2.0) - Manual (Page 871)

C H A P T E R 2 4
Built-in Communications Tools
AppleTalk Functions 24-13
The Net Chooser 24
The Newton system provides a NetChooser as part of the root view. The Net
Chooser is similar in operation to the Mac OS Chooser. You can use the function
GetRoot().NetChooser:OpenNetChooser to display a list of network entities
from which the user can make a selection. This function is declared as follows:
NetChooser:OpenNetChooser( zone , lookupName , startSelection ,
who , connText , headerText , lookforText )
The OpenNetChooser method displays the NetChooser view on the user’s
screen. The following is an example that shows the use of this function:
GetRoot().NetChooser:openNetChooser(nil,"=:LaserWriter@",ni
l, self, "Use printer, sir", "Printer", "printers");
This example opens the NetChooser view and displays the lookforText string while
the search is in progress, as shown in Figure 24-2 (page 24-14).
Table 24-8 AppleTalk functions
Function Description
OpenAppleTalk Opens the AppleTalk drivers.
CloseAppleTalk Closes the AppleTalk drivers.
AppleTalkOpenCount Returns the open count for the AppleTalk drivers.
HaveZones Returns true if a connection exists and zones are
available. Returns nil if there are no zones.
GetMyZone Returns a string naming the current AppleTalk zone.
GetZoneList Returns an array containing strings of all the existing
zone names
GetNames Returns the name for a network address or an array
of names for an array of network addresses.
GetZoneFromName Returns the zone name for a network address.
NBPStart Begins a lookup of network entities.
NBPGetCount Returns the number of entities the currently running
NBP lookup has found.
NBPGetNames Returns an array of names found by NBPStart .
NBPStop Terminates a lookup started by NBPStart .