| Welcome to Dolphin Smalltalk X6 |
| What's New in Version 6? |
| Products |
 | Dolphin Community Edition |
| Dolphin Professional |
| Development Tools |
| Editor |
| Go Search |
| Idea Space |
| Source Tracking System |
| Method Explorer |
| View Composer |
| View Browser |
| Executable Browser |
| Code Mentor |
| Rewrite Tool |
| Compiler and Virtual Machine |
| True Block Closures |
| Improved Garbage Collector |
| Immutability Support |
| Class Library |
| Sockets |
| Literal Filer |
| Slidey Inney Outey Things |
| Other New Views |
| Documentation/Help |
| Newcomers Start Here |
| Getting Started |
| The Dolphin Smalltalk Product Range |
| Dolphin Community Edition (DCE) |
| Dolphin Professional (DPRO) |
| Installation |
| System Requirements |
| Setup |
| Fresh Install: Unlocking the Installation |
| Installed Files |
| The Image |
| Looking after Your Image |
| Save Your Image Often |
| Guided Tour |
| A Note to Those New to Smalltalk |
| Starting Dolphin |
| System Folder |
| System Folder Icons |
| Additional Tools Icons |
| Sample Applications Icons |
| Source Tracking Tools Icons |
| Workspace |
| Workspace Operations |
| Workspace Files |
| Class Browser |
| Class Hierarchy Pane |
| Category Filter Pane |
| Protocol Filter Pane |
| Variables Filter Pane |
| Method List Pane |
| Method Source Pane |
| Class Definition Pane |
| Class Comment Pane |
| Class Diagram Pane |
| Views Pane |
| Code Mentor Pane |
| Code Rewriter Pane |
| System Browser |
| Packages Pane |
| Class List Pane |
| Category Filter Pane |
| Protocol Filter Pane |
| Variables Filter Pane |
| Method List Pane |
| Method Source Pane |
| Class Definition Pane |
| Class Comment Pane |
| Class Diagram Pane |
| Views Pane |
| Code Mentor Pane |
| Code Rewriter Pane |
| Package Browser |
| Packages Pane |
| Package Comment Pane |
| Classes Pane |
| Loose Methods Pane |
| Views Pane |
| Globals Pane |
| Package Scripts Pane |
| Prerequisites Pane |
| Dependents Pane |
| View Composer |
| View Arena Pane |
| View Hierarchy Pane |
| Property Inspector Pane |
| Toolbox Pane |
| View Browser |
| View Categories Pane |
| View List & Preview Pane |
| Idea Space |
| Idea Space Cards |
| Protocol Browser |
| Protocols Pane |
| Selectors Pane |
| Conforming Classes Pane |
| Method Explorer |
| History Pane |
| Method List Pane |
| Source Pane |
| Debugger |
| Stack Pane |
| Temporaries Pane |
| Inspector Pane |
| Source Pane |
| Inspector |
| Published Aspects Pane |
| Instance Variables Pane |
| Visual Object Finder Pane |
| System Transcript |
| Class Diagram |
| Live Update |
| Process Monitor |
| Executable Browser |
| STS Tools |
| Source Tracking System |
| Method Editions Browser |
| Method Editions Pane |
| Method Comparison Browser |
| Class Editions Browser |
| Class Editions Pane |
| Class Editions Method List |
| Package Editions Browser |
| Package Editions Package Pane |
| Package Editions Pane |
| Package Editions History Viewer |
| Project Editions Browser |
| Projects Pane |
| Project Editions Pane |
| Contained Package Editions Pane |
| Changes Browser |
| Changes List Pane |
| Programming Cookbook |
| Creating GUI Applications |
| Model View Presenter Overview |
| Model |
| View |
| Presenter |
| Component-based Architecture |
| Pluggability |
| Flexibility |
| Pluggable Views |
| Pluggable Models |
| Why are Views Observers? |
| Sharing a Model |
| Creating MVP Components |
| Models |
| Presenters |
| Views |
| Elemental MVP Components |
| Composite MVP Components |
| Creating Console Applications |
| Architecture |
| Accessing Standard I/O Streams |
| Accessing Command Line Arguments |
| Calling C Runtime Library Functions |
| Accessing Environment Variables |
| Intercepting Console Control Commands |
| Testing and Debugging Console Applications |
| Debugging with Command Line Parameters |
| Error Handling |
| Deploying Console Applications |
| Distributing Console Applications |
| Deploying Applications |
| Lagoon Deployment Kit |
| Application Deployment Overview |
| Deployment Strategy |
| What to do when things go wrong |
| Lagoon Deployment Wizard |
| Initial Screen |
| Step 1 |
| Step 2 |
| Step 3 |
| Step 4 |
| Step 5 |
| Step 6 |
| Step 7 |
| Final Step |
| Lagoon Deployment Tutorial |
| Hello World |
| Distributing Your Application |
| Target Machine Requirements |
| Redistributable Components |
| Creating a Setup Program |
| External Interfacing |
| External Libraries |
| Parameter Conversion and Wrapper Methods |
| Caution: Objects may Move or Disappear |
| Returning Structures |
| External Methods |
| External Method Format |
| Parameter Types, Validation and Conversion |
| External Call Limitations |
| Overlapped Calls |
| Thread Affinity |
| To Overlap or Not to Overlap |
| Virtual Calls (C++/OLE COM Interface) |
| OLE/COM/Active-X Functions |
| External Structures |
| ExternalStructure |
| Dynamic Field Access |
| Compiled Field Access |
| External Structure Limitations |
| External Field Types |
| Scalar Fields |
| Pointer Fields |
| Embedded Fields |
| Filler Fields |
| Unions |
| Restricting Field Access |
| Structure Packing |
| External Arrays |
| Arrays of Scalar Values |
| Arrays of Structures |
| COM/.Active-X Array Types |
| External Memory Management |
| External Callbacks |
| ExternalCallback Objects |
| Callback Lifetime |
| Unwinding Callbacks |
| Debugging Callbacks |
| Callback Entry Points |
| Inbound Argument Conversion |
| Closure or User Data Arguments |
| MessageCallback Objects |
| Virtual Callbacks |
| Further Information |
| Exception Handling |
| Class vs Instance |
| Resumable vs Non-resumable Exceptions |
| General Categories of Exception |
| Errors |
| Warnings |
| Notifications |
| Raising Exceptions |
| Catching Exceptions |
| Catching Multiple Exceptions |
| Handling Exceptions |
| Exception Hierarchies |
| Exceptions vs. Unwinds |
| Win32 Structured Exceptions |
| How it works |
| Guidelines for Use |
| Weak References and Finalization |
| And finally?? |
| Weak References |
| How do Finalization and Mourning Actually Work? |
| The Rules |
| Zen and the art of Finalization |
| Binary Filing Objects |
| Storing objects |
| Storing globals |
| Retrieving objects |
| Mixing STB with other data |
| Customising storage |
| How to use an STB Proxy |
| Creating an STB Proxy class |
| Deferred fixup |
| Overriding a proxy |
| Making use of the filer context |
| Converting STB data after instance layout changes |
| STB Debugging |
| STB Exceptions |
| Chunk Files |
| Dolphin's Chunks |
| Classes |
| Methods |
| Expressions |
| Importing from other Smalltalks |
| Database Connectivity |
| Setting up a Sample Data Source |
| Connecting to a Data Source |
| Supplying a Username and Password |
| Choosing from a list of Data Sources |
| Querying the Capabilities of a Data Source |
| Querying the Database Structure |
| Executing SQL Queries |
| Navigating through a Result Set |
| Accessing a Row |
| Inspecting a Result Set |
| Executing SQL Statements |
| Preparing SQL for Later Execution |
| Preparation |
| Parameterization and Execution |
| Preparing Queries |
| An alternative method for describing columns |
| Transactions |
| Commit |
| Rollback |
| Read-Only Transactions |
| ODBC Error handling |
| Cleaning up |
| Bypassing finalization |
| Reinstatement on Image Re-load |
| Sockets Connectivity |
| The Socket Connection Interface |
| Blocking |
| Blocking the User Interface Main Process |
| Non-Blocking |
| Examples |
| Persistency of Sockets |
| Internet Addresses |
| Listening for a Connection with a ServerSocket |
| Establishing a Client Connection |
| Examples |
| Streaming over a Socket Connection |
| Talking Objects across a Socket Connection |
| Convenience methods for reading and writing objects |
| Monitoring Blocking Calls |
| Talking Bytes across a Socket Connection |
| Using the Non-Blocking Calls |
| Exceptions |
| Additional Samples - Chat |
| Creating COM Components |
| Reference Counting |
| Marshalling |
| Type-library Marshalling |
| Standard Marshalling |
| Dolphins COM Framework |
| Interfaces |
| Implementations |
| COMObjectStub |
| Class Factories |
| Building a COM component |
| Write or Acquire IDL |
| Build Type Library |
| Generate Interfaces |
| Define Implementation Class |
| Testing & Debugging |