lulue@manta.NOSC.MIL (Dan Lulue ) (05/10/89)
Does anyone know of a generic notice init that would place a message on the screen at startup time? We need something that places a notice on user's screens at startup, and we want to be able to compose the message. Thanks in advance. Dan Lulue lulue@nosc.mil
nghiem@ut-emx.UUCP (Alex Nghiem) (05/10/89)
In article <795@manta.NOSC.MIL>, lulue@manta.NOSC.MIL (Dan Lulue ) writes:
!> Does anyone know of a generic notice init that would place a message on
!> the screen at startup time? We need something that places a notice on
!> user's screens at startup, and we want to be able to compose the
!> message.
System will do this for you. Save a file in MacPaint format and
rename it StartupScreen. Put this file in the System Folder.
System will display the contents of StartupScreen at boot time.thompson@uxf.cso.uiuc.edu (05/11/89)
>Does anyone know of a generic notice init that would place a message on >the screen at startup time? We need something that places a notice on >user's screens at startup, and we want to be able to compose the >message. >Thanks in advance. > >Dan Lulue >lulue@nosc.mil What our public MacLab here has done is just use a Startup Screen, composed well enough to catch the eye. For that matter, they then use backdrop to keep the screen as the Desktop. The screen is covered with important novice tips, like: "DRAG YOUR DISK TO THE TRASH WHEN DONE!". Seems to work like a charm -- they've been doing it for a year now. - Mark Thompson "The University Neither Knows Nor Hell hath no fury like finals. Cares What I Am Saying -- Lucky Them." University of Illinois at U-C ARPANET: thompson@uxf.cso.uiuc.edu USMAILNET: 202 E Springfield #3B, Champaign IL 61820
mha@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Mark H. Anbinder) (05/12/89)
In article <12909@ut-emx.UUCP> nghiem@ut-emx.UUCP (Alex Nghiem) writes: >In article <795@manta.NOSC.MIL>, lulue@manta.NOSC.MIL (Dan Lulue ) writes: >!> Does anyone know of a generic notice init that would place a message on >!> the screen at startup time? We need something that places a notice on >!> user's screens at startup, and we want to be able to compose the >!> message. >System will do this for you. Save a file in MacPaint format and >rename it StartupScreen. Put this file in the System Folder. >System will display the contents of StartupScreen at boot time. This isn't QUITE true. A Mac Plus or SE will display the contents of a file called StartupScreen at startup time, but I don't think it takes a MacPaint format file... there's a program out there somewhere called ScreenMaker that produces files of the appropriate format. On a Mac II, the StartupScreen file should contain a PICT resource of ID=0, and this will be displayed at startup. The PICT can be in color or greyscale, but should not have a custom CLUT (color look-up table), since the Mac doesn't load the CLUT for the startup picture. I have no idea which of these is appropriate for an SE/30, but I assume the PICT version is correct for a IIx or IIcx. -- Mark H. Anbinder ** MHA@TCGould.tn.cornell.edu NG33 MVR Hall, Media Services Dept. ** THCY@CRNLVAX5.BITNET Cornell University H: (607) 257-7587 ******** Ithaca, NY 14853 W: (607) 255-1566 ******* Ego ipse custodies custudio
Adam.Frix@f200.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Adam Frix) (05/13/89)
>> !> Does anyone know of a generic notice init that would place a message on >> !> the screen at startup time? We need something that places a notice on >> !> user's screens at startup, and we want to be able to compose the >> !> message. >> System will do this for you. Save a file in MacPaint format and >> rename it StartupScreen. Put this file in the System Folder. >> System will display the contents of StartupScreen at boot time. . There's an INIT, I think it is, called MacWelcome that will place a message on the screen at startup time. The message is easily changed. I've seen it run once; it might be on the major commercial services and bulletin boards, and I know for sure that it's on Aurora Borealis in Columbus, OH, 614-471-6209. . --Adam-- -- Adam Frix via cmhGate - Net 226 fido<=>uucp gateway Col, OH UUCP: ...!osu-cis!n8emr!cmhgate!200!Adam.Frix
thecloud@dhw68k.cts.com (Ken McLeod) (05/13/89)
In article <12909@ut-emx.UUCP> nghiem@ut-emx.UUCP (Alex Nghiem) writes: >In article <795@manta.NOSC.MIL>, lulue@manta.NOSC.MIL (Dan Lulue ) writes: >!> Does anyone know of a generic notice init that would place a message on >!> the screen at startup time? We need something that places a notice on >!> user's screens at startup, and we want to be able to compose the >!> message. >System will do this for you. Save a file in MacPaint format and >rename it StartupScreen. Put this file in the System Folder. >System will display the contents of StartupScreen at boot time. Sorry to throw a bucket of water on this idea, but consider the fact that a startup screen is generally visible for only a few short seconds. If the message is anything more complicated than "INSERT A DISK", some sort of INIT will be required to halt the startup process until the user has read all the information (and dismisses the notice, probably by clicking an OK button). Such an INIT exists; I think it's called MacWelcome (or something similar). Try the BMUG library, or one of the net archives. -- ========== ....... ============================================= Ken McLeod :. .: UUCP: ...{spsd,zardoz,felix}!dhw68k!thecloud ========== :::.. ..::: INTERNET: thecloud@dhw68k.cts.com //// =============================================