Document Revision History

This table describes the changes to Attributed String Programming Guide.

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2014-02-11

Added chapter describing reading and writing various supported document formats, including HTML, in addition to rich text format (RTF).

2009-10-19

Corrected minor typographical errors. Changed title from Attributed Strings Programming Guide.

2009-08-28

Added concurrency information to "Creating Attributed Strings in Cocoa" section.

2007-06-04

Added links to methods defined in AppKit Extension.

2006-11-07

Moved table of standard attributes into separate article. Added statement that custom attributes are not written out with RTF data.

2006-07-24

Augmented "Creating Attributed Strings in Cocoa" with code samples.

2006-01-10

Clarified use of NSLinkAttributeName in sample code.

2005-08-11

Added references to CFAttributedString; clarified the distinction between "effective" and "longest effective" ranges.

2005-04-29

Updated for OS X v10.4 and added references to CFAttributedString. Included description of restrictions on modifying attribute values. Added example of setting attributes. Changed title from "Attributed Strings."

2004-04-14

Added section describing Appleā€™s RTF extensions to the article RTF Files and Attributed Strings.

2004-02-05

Rewrote introduction and added an index.

2002-11-12

Revision history was added to existing topic.