Contents

Introduction to Quartz Composer Programming Guide

Describes how to used the framework to load, play, and control compositions.

Organization of This Document

This document is organized as follows:

Using QCView to Create a Standalone Composition discusses how to render a composition to a QCView object using Interface Builder but no code.

Publishing Ports and Binding Them to Controls shows how to add controls to the user interface that are bound to one or more published ports in a composition.

Using the QCRenderer Class to Play a Composition describes the QCRenderer class and shows how to use it to load and play a composition programmatically.

Adding Compositions to Webpages and Widgets describes how to include a composition in a webpage or Dashboard widget.

See Also

These resources are essential for anyone wanting to program using the Quartz Composer framework:

/Developer/Examples/Quartz Composer Sample Code contains a variety of Quartz Composer compositions.

The Quartz Composer development mailing list ( quartzcomposer-dev ) is an excellent place to discuss programming issues or topics with other developers.

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