Computer Network Router User Manual

CHAPTER 7
Routing and Communications
7-2 The In/Out Box
■ How users route incoming data items
■ When and how transports should display status information
■ When and how transports should allow users to stop an ongoing transfer
of data items
■ How transports should provide user preference settings
■ What alternative routing methods are available
This chapter discusses the Newton routing and communications interface in
the context of the applications and the transports that come with most Apple
MessagePad models. Applications and transports you develop should follow
these models.
The In/Out Box 7
The built-in In/Out Box application holds incoming and outgoing data items
received or sent by a Newton transport—a communications method such
as printing, faxing, beaming, and e-mailing. On some Newton devices, the
In/Out Box application has two icons in the Extras Drawer, one labeled
In Box and the other labeled Out Box.
A user can open the In/Out Box application by tapping whichever of these
icons is present: the In Box icon, the Out Box icon, or the In/Out Box icon.
Once the application is open, the user sees either incoming items in the In
Box or outgoing items in the Out Box, and can switch between them by
tapping a radio button in the application’s main view. The user can choose
to sort the items in the In Box and the Out Box by various criteria, such as
date, type of transport, or status. Figure 7-1 shows the In Box and Out Box
overviews with the items sorted by type of transport.