cs021069@brap0976 (Nick Thompson) (12/02/87)
Questions for the net:
1) How does one convert 'snd ' resources from type 1 to type 2
and vice versa? I want to use the system beeps supplied with
the Mac II and other sounds in hypercard.
2) In MPW's Object Pascal, is it possible to convert an object of one
type to another. They have all the same fields and methods, just
different implementations of the methods. I don't want to go to
another level of indirection (which would be 4!) and neither do I
want to create a new object and update all references to it (there
are many). Would creating a new object, then foolint the memory
manager into reusing the master pointer cause too much havock?
3) Is there any elegant way to convert a bitmap into a region? I don't
want to read the bitmap bit by bit, neither do I want to mess with
the region data structure, unless I can be sure that Apple won't be
changing it in the near future.
4) I suspect there is a bug in the LaserWriter Driver 5.0. When I print
sometimes a line becomes garbled, with letters appearing in the wrong
places. It doesn't happen with older drivers. Is it the program's
(RSG4) fault?
5) How do I print on Legal size paper with the LaserWriter? When I set
that size with Page Setup and print, I get the full 14", but they are
shifted to the top of the page by 3", so printing only appears on the
top 11" of the page, but it is the bottom 11" of the document. This
happens with both RSG4 and WriteNow, so I don't think it is the program.
Thank You! And to pay for my curiosity, I have a sacrifice: There seems to
be an undocumented feature (read BUG) in CopyMask of the MacII ROMs. It does
do scaling, even though IM specifically says it does not.