adam@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Adam Glass) (08/14/89)
I seem to be having some trouble with the General cdev in the Control Panel. I want to set my background pattern to a darker shade of gray than it currently is. So I double click on one of the colors in the color palette which brings up the ColorPicker dialog. I make all of the RG&B values the same (which moves the "selected color box" into the center. I drag the scroll bar tab down to the desired gray level, and click OK. I paint over the whole icon-style-editing view of the background pattern with the new gray value and click on the little icon of the screen (I'm sorry if all this crazy language is getting a bit confusing, but that's what I get for not reading the Control Panel docs). Instead of updating the background pattern like it's supposed to, it beeps at me. Why does the thing beep? The programmer(s) obviously have some reason to make it beep. I'm not running out of memory. It's not Vaccine or Gatekeeper refusing to allow the cdev to update the System file (that *is* what it changes, right?). So what's the deal? I've had to change the background to a nice picture of a Porche, because I hate the old-style gray pattern (as opposed to the new-style gray COLOR). Are there any control panel programmers out there (not cdev programmers, the authors of the control panel itself)? Does anyone know what the story is? Or, do you know what resource in the system file changes? I could just change it with ResEdit... Adam -- "Offer me anything I ask for..." | email: adam@media-lab.media.mit.edu | "Anything you want." +---------------------------+---------+ "I want my father back, you son of a bitch." - The Princess Bride | Sigh... |
paulm@lotus.UUCP (Paul Morganthall) (08/17/89)
<Regarding beeps when trying to set a new background pattern> When I click on the desktop icon to set the pattern, it sets fine. When I double-click, to save the pattern (so the document says), it beeps. Since we're already on the topic of beeping patterns, I thought maybe we should get a complete catalog. I could find nothing in the doc about beeps from this operation. Anyone heard of this? thanks tons, ---paul ----- paulm@lotus.com ----- ...!uunet!lotus!paulm -----
stanbach@Apple.COM (Frank Stanbach) (08/18/89)
In article <224@lotus.UUCP>, paulm@lotus.UUCP (Paul Morganthall) writes: > <Regarding beeps when trying to set a new background pattern> > > When I click on the desktop icon to set the pattern, it sets fine. When > I double-click, to save the pattern (so the document says), it beeps. > Since we're already on the topic of beeping patterns, I thought maybe we > should get a complete catalog. I could find nothing in the doc about beeps > from this operation. Anyone heard of this? > > thanks tons, > ---paul > > ----- paulm@lotus.com ----- ...!uunet!lotus!paulm ----- This only seems to happen when you try to edit the pattern immediately after opening the general control panel device. To work around this, enter the control panel and cycle through the patterns until you get back to the one you wanted to edit then double clicking seems to work. Apparently, double clicking will work as long as you change the patterns once. Francis -- wmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwm Francis Stanbach Software Engineer Finder & Applications Apple Computer, Inc. wmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwm