The Be Book

The Developer Release 8 edition of The Be Book is the complete reference to the DR8 BeOS API. This book is divided into chapters, to which you can proceed by selecting below: Release Notes for DR8 BeBook Introduction The Application Kit The Storage Kit The Interface Kit The Media Kit The Midi Kit The 3D Kit The Game Kit The Kernel Kit The Device Kit The Network Kit The Support Kit Appendix A: Message Protocols Appendix B: Application APIs Appendix C: User Interface Guidelines

The DR8 edition of The Be Book is available on the Be FTP site (ftp.be.com) in HTML, PostScript, and Acrobat formats as single-file archives you can download, expand, read, or print on a computer running the MacOS, UNIX, or Windows 95 or NT. These archives were last updated on January 14, 1997, when the Interface Kit and Device Kit had minor (look & feel, and language cleanup) changes made. Click one of the following to download: HTML The Be Book in HTML in a Macintosh self-extracting archive (1.2 Mb) The Be Book in HTML in a UNIX archive (1.1 Mb) The Be Book in HTML in a zipped archive (887 Kb) Postscript The Be Book in PostScript in a Macintosh self-extracting archive (1.7 Mb) The Be Book in PostScript in a UNIX archive (1.5 Mb) The Be Book in PostScript in a zipped archive (1.1 Mb) Acrobat The Be Book in Acrobat in a Macintosh self-extracting archive (2.8 Mb) The Be Book in Acrobat in a UNIX archive (2.5 Mb) The Be Book in Acrobat in a zipped archive (2.0 Mb) (NOTE: Some people have reported errors with the zipped Acrobat BeBook when unzipping on a PC. We're looking into the problem....) You can also download individual chapters of The Be Book in Acrobat format from the Be FTP site. If you experience problems with any of these files, please contact webmaster@be.com.