General Magic's Magic Cap(TM) software environment for personal informationcommunicators--such as the Sony Magic Link(TM) and the MotorolaEnvoy(TM)--provides a new way of thinking about software, and new opportunitiesfor software developers. With theMagic Cap Programmer'sCookbook, you'll get expert advice on how to put together all theavailable ingredients to create great Magic Cap software. The author providesstep-by-step instructions that walk you through the creation of several usefulapplications, and prepares you to build your own original software packages.With the Cookbook, you'll learn how to: * add communication options to the Magic Cap environment * create objects for a Magic Cap communicator's unique features, such as theMagic lamp, the Stamper, and the Tool holder * make sounds and animations and use graphics * work with text within the Magic Cap environment * write documentation and on-line lessons. The enclosed CD-ROM contains a special version of Metrowerks CodeWarrior(TM)Magic Cap Development Kit.
With this development environment and the in-depthinstructions, tips, and advice from the book, you'll soon be mixing togetherthe right elements to develop useful, creative, commercial-quality applicationsfor Magic Cap communicators. 0201409534B04062001
- ISBN10 0201409534
- ISBN13 9780201409536
- Publish Date 20 December 1995
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 22 February 2005
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Pearson Education Limited
- Imprint Addison Wesley
- Pages 384
- Language English