Documents: 4 Advanced DC Usage

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By now, you should know enough for most uses of the document control. For single-document applications which manage GEOS Virtual Memory files and use a generic interface, the above documentation should be sufficient. However, there are some needs which require more advanced techniques. This section details these techniques.

This section discusses the use of document protocols to smooth the process of upgrading software. It also discusses using the document control to manage multiple documents simultaneously and to manage DOS files. Finally, it discusses those messages which an application might need to handle but would not ordinarily need to know about.


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