shatara@memit.dec.com (Chris: 223-8753, TECHNOLOGY OFFICE, MLO1-4/T35) (10/12/89)
>From: tribby@hpindwa.HP.COM (David Tribby) > >I used TML's Skeleton.r file as an example, taking out as many unneeded >resources as possible. (There doesn't seem to be any way to get rid of >unwanted windows.) My program (Skeleton.p with the window manipulation >code removed) works when I use the modified Skeleton.r, but goes bonkers >when I use a similar resource file that I created from scratch. The program >starts up and puts the blue background, wristwatch cursor, and empty white >menu line on the screen but then seems to be stuck (the cursor moves with >the mouse, but nothing else happens). I stuck some WRITELNs into the program, I tried what Dave described and got the same results. Has anyone figured out what was wrong or what caused this. I must say the documentation that TML sent out is quite bad on the new stuff. It really would have been helpful to walk you through an example. /chris ============================================================================= | Chris Shatara | Internet: shatara@memit.dec.com | | | shatara@memit.enet.dec.com | | Opinions expressed are | DEC Easynet: memit::shatara | | mine and mine only! | UUCP: ...!decwrl!memit!shatara | =============================================================================
JDA@CU.NIH.GOV (Doug Ashbrook) (10/12/89)
> >From: tribby@hpindwa.HP.COM (David Tribby) > > > >I used TML's Skeleton.r file as an example, taking out as many unneeded > >resources as possible. (There doesn't seem to be any way to get rid of > >unwanted windows.) My program (Skeleton.p with the window manipulation > >code removed) works when I use the modified Skeleton.r, but goes bonkers > >when I use a similar resource file that I created from scratch. The program > >starts up and puts the blue background, wristwatch cursor, and empty white > >menu line on the screen but then seems to be stuck (the cursor moves with > >the mouse, but nothing else happens). I stuck some WRITELNs into the program, > > I tried what Dave described and got the same results. Has anyone figured > out what was wrong or what caused this. > > I must say the documentation that TML sent out is quite bad on the new > stuff. It really would have been helpful to walk you through an example. > > | Chris Shatara | Internet: shatara@memit.dec.com | I have also been unable to successfully use a resource file that I have created from scratch. However, I did discover that I could remove unwanted resources (such as the windows) by selecting the resource and then clicking on CLEAR in the EDIT menu. I agree that the documentation leaves a *LOT* to be desired. TML sure did not spend the 3 months between July 1 (when the product was suppose to ship) and it's actual release working on the manual :-( ==================================================================== J. Douglas Ashbrook (301) 496-5181 BITNET: JDA@NIHCU <-- preferred address INTERNET: JDA@CU.NIH.GOV or jda%nihcu.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu National Institutes of Health, Computer Center, Bethesda, MD 20892 -+- Remember. If some weirdo in a blue suit offers you some MS-DOS, JUST SAY NO!