SHULMAN@sdr.slb.COM (Jeffrey Shulman) (07/02/87)
Delphi Mac Digest Thursday, July 2, 1987 Volume 3 : Issue 33 Today's Topics: CMS PRO-40-SE/i (6 messages) TOPS Network ( Good or Bad News ? ) (2 messages) Mac II Utilities Mac II windows (2 messages) CloseOrnHook (4 messages) Dvorak & Sys 4.1/5.5 Ahh Color.. debugging as art (2 messages) Mac II Err 28 (2 messages) INITs (2 messages) Mac II Serial Port (3 messages) Software needs (2 messages) SOFTSOFTWARE INQUIRY (2 messages) Video on Mac II (3 messages) Datadesk mac101 SE internal 20 address quiet SCSI drives (2 messages) Debugging in C re: Spell checkers for Mac Re: ChemDraw et al Re: Sailing and Basic Jump!Board020 (3 messages) Excel Array/Macro Question Formatting XL/HFS (2 messages) Centering on Big Screens (2 messages) ListMgr and Changing Fonts Question (2 messages) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MACINTOUCH Subject: CMS PRO-40-SE/i Date: 18-JUN 00:14 Hardware & Peripherals I just put my first third-party hard disk in a Mac SE. It was the 38.5MB unit from CMS. Aside from the warnings posted earlier about the Mac power cable and CRT/circuit board, you now have to be careful not to drop a Phillips screw into the floppy drive when you're trying to attach or detach the hard disk unit... The CMS has a nice software utility and a good manual, but check out the DiskTimer II figures: 209,210,78. Similarly, my file duplication test gives 23 sec. (vs. 9 for the SE 20MB internal). At least it's real quiet and has an access light. Jumpers on the drive let you pick the SCSI address. Ric ------------------------------ From: MACINTOUCH Subject: RE: CMS PRO-40-SE/i (Re: Msg 20742) Date: 18-JUN 00:28 Hardware & Peripherals Some related notes: I find no voltage adjustment for the SE power supply, and this power supply looks much different from the one in the first SE I opened. This one is gray metal with no Sony labels and has holes for ventilation. There is also no mention of whether it's a universal power supply or not (for overseas) on any label I can see. Also, this SE has some definite video problems. I was seeing "waves" in the video before I removed the HyperCharger 020. Now the waves *may* be gone, but the whole image is jumping. The problem has been inconsistent, varying with time (maybe it's my AC power?), but there's somethin' wrong here. NETMAN has also been having problems with his SE's video. Ric ------------------------------ From: 9898STEVEM Subject: RE: CMS PRO-40-SE/i (Re: Msg 20743) Date: 18-JUN 01:56 Hardware & Peripherals The MAC SE has two different power supply manufacturers. One is made by SONY and the other is made by AZTEC. I dont know which is which but can find out if you wish to know. On a different note do you (or anyone else for that matter) know who does WORM (Write Once, Read Many) drives for use with MAC...also prices. I am fairly sure Lodown do one but have been unable to find any info on this. Regards Steve ------------------------------ From: MACINTOUCH Subject: RE: CMS PRO-40-SE/i (Re: Msg 20745) Date: 18-JUN 09:05 Hardware & Peripherals Steve, LoDown does indeed do WORM drives for the Mac. I think they're in the $5000-8000 range, and I have no idea how good the quality or the software is. I've suggested an investigation at MacWEEK into WORM drives, as it's a unique and attractive option for backup/archiving. Ric ------------------------------ From: MACINTOUCH Subject: RE: CMS PRO-40-SE/i (Re: Msg 20742) Date: 19-JUN 13:52 Hardware & Peripherals I've talked with Charles and Jim from CMS (nice guys) and they've been looking into the problem. The bad access time seems to vary from drive to drive, and vary from 18 to 60! They also came up with a different formatting procedure to try which is supposed to put the read/write times down about 100. (3:1 interleave using "Mac II" for driver selection). I'll give it a try and report back. Ric ------------------------------ From: MACINTOUCH Subject: RE: CMS PRO-40-SE/i (Re: Msg 20757) Date: 19-JUN 14:53 Hardware & Peripherals Using all "Mac II" selections and reformatting with a 3:1 interleave, I get 98, 98, 60 on the CMS Pro40SE/i. The file duplication test improved from 23 sec. to 13.5 (9 sec. for Mac SE/20). This isn't bad. The disk lists for $1395 and it will have a good manual when they fix the jumper chart (you can select SCSI address by jumpers). It uses a Conner drive with an embedded controller. Ric ------------------------------ From: TFGEARY Subject: TOPS Network ( Good or Bad News ? ) Date: 19-JUN 00:47 Hardware & Peripherals I would be interested in any comments about the TOPS Network, good ro bad. Please relate any experiances which you have had; user, installer or manager alike. Iam int 'm interested in purchasing this system for the following reasons: File sharing between my Mac and Pc, Peripheral sharing between said computers and lastly using the hard disk on my Pc as afiel server for the Mac. I'm looking forward to rea ding any replys. Thanks... ------------------------------ From: MACINTOUCH Subject: RE: TOPS Network ( Good or Bad News ? ) (Re: Msg 20750) Date: 19-JUN 13:54 Hardware & Peripherals I really like the TOPS network, especially as a way to share files between the PC and the Mac. A new version, 2.0, is due out soon. One thing to remember, though, is that using and AppleTalk file server, your performance is only as good as floppies at best. So, many times, floppies may *be* better than a file server. TOPS 2.0 is supposed to provide enhanced peripheral sharing (sharing ImageWriter printers). Ric Ford ------------------------------ From: LAMD Subject: Mac II Utilities Date: 20-JUN 04:11 Hardware & Peripherals Anyone know of a good screen blanker for the Mac II? I tried "Macsbug" today and it froze on boot. Also, anybody know if there's a version of Fkey Installer that works on the II? Running version 1.7 resulted in a message "I need the new ROMs to run"! -Franklin ------------------------------ From: DDUNHAM Subject: Mac II windows Date: 21-JUN 05:13 Bugs & Features Anyone noticed that there's a bug in the Mac II ROMs? In WDEF 0, as a matter of fact. That's right, standard document windows aren't drawn the same way on the II as on the +. On the + (and earlier machines), the shadow is offset by one pixel. On the II, the shadow is unaesthetically not offset, but just makes the bottom and right borders one pixel thicker. Yuck. I'm going to have to remember to make screen dumps on a Plus. Luckily, menu shadows are still offset by two pixels on the II. (Someone will have to tell me how it works on an SE.) ------------------------------ From: LOGICHACK Subject: RE: Mac II windows (Re: Msg 20794) Date: 22-JUN 23:26 Bugs & Features Holy cow! Is this window drop shadow stuff really a bug or a feature? Now that you have brought it to my attention, it's really annoying!!! I really hope its not some sick CQD optimization. I will check out the WDEF on an SE tomorrow. Have you noticed that _GrowWindow causes a window refresh even if you did not change the size of the window. I've only been able to observe this on the Mac II (production model). Also very annoying. If anyone has a clue about this buggy behavior, please share it with the rest of us. Paul :) ------------------------------ From: PLAMONDON Subject: CloseOrnHook Date: 20-JUN 16:06 Programming Techniques Gentlepersons, I am new to your SIG, and hope to become part of it. Having read your messages of the (whoops) messages of the past, I'll try posting one of my own. Please help me out if you can. I have read in MacTutor about a system global called CloseOrnHook that may be used to supply a custom closing routine for multiple-window DA's. Unfortunately, I do not yet have IM 5, and I do not know whether this (rather elegant) kludge will be supported on Mac SE's, II's, etc.. As I am just now beginning to develop the DA, I would hope to get this straight before I'm too far into it. Also, "Professor Mac" (BRECHER) mentioned in passing that DRVR DA's were considered to be an endangered species, due to expected compatibility problems. Does MPW's DRVW have a better outlook? What's the deal, Lucille? Lastly, I am also having a problem in Manx's Aztec C (1.06h, Mac 512e, floppy). When running under the Manx shell, all my calls to NewHandle() return NULL, and post an Out Of Memory error (-108) (accessed via MemErr()). I am not using a RAM disk (in this case), and have oodles of memory just lying around. Manx tech support hasn't been very supportive (yet). Any suggestions? I suppose I should have made these into three separate messages, to support three separate threads. See? Learning already! Thanks, folks! James Plamondon Reference Software Development ------------------------------ From: PEABO Subject: RE: CloseOrnHook (Re: Msg 1782) Date: 21-JUN 16:46 Programming Techniques CloseOrnHook is only needed on the 64K ROMs. You should test for 128K ROM or newer, and in that case return a close error if someone tries to close you and you still have more windows open. (I haven't done this myself, or used the CloseOrnHook method, or I'd be a littel more specific.) The reason that CloseOrnHook is needed is that the 64K ROMs don't check for an error return during close. On the -108 error, try opening DiskInfo DA and look to see how much memory it thinks is there. Also check your calls to NewHandle to make sure you are passing a longword, and that it has in it what you think it should. peter ------------------------------ From: DDUNHAM Subject: RE: CloseOrnHook (Re: Msg 1782) Date: 22-JUN 21:16 Programming Techniques CloseOrnHook seems to work exactly the same on my II. I wouldn't start any major programming effort in a DA (DRVW is just a kludge because MPW is stupid, as far as I can tell). I assume your calls to NewHandle are passing a longword size? ------------------------------ From: DDUNHAM Subject: RE: CloseOrnHook (Re: Msg 1786) Date: 24-JUN 00:45 Programming Techniques I think you misunderstand CloseOrnHook...it's a vector for a routine to be called when you click in the close box of a DA...a common use is to allow for a Cancel to the close. ------------------------------ From: VARIPAPA Subject: Dvorak & Sys 4.1/5.5 Date: 22-JUN 20:41 Business Mac Does anyone know how to change the keyboard to Dvorak layout using 4.1/5.5 ? ------------------------------ From: NATURAL Subject: Ahh Color.. Date: 23-JUN 20:07 Business Mac Well haven't found a Mac II topic so I'll have to put it here. Got the Color Sony CPD-1302 today and boy it's a hot baby. Smooth colors, etc. etc. It's same one Apple uses and came with the cable for the Mac II, direct from BusinessLand and B.Land has em in stock! Oh boy! What else? Hmmm, oh yeah, those chips #s if you can find a NEC distributor... NEC D41264C - 15 or - 12 the - 12 means 120 nanosecs, as opposed to 150 with the - 15. Both work I'm told and can be bought for about 8 - $10 a chip, which is about half of what apple is charging. You need eight of them and can be plugged directly into the card. Beware, they're very sensative to static so think discharge. That's it. Wachs Natural Intelligence Consulting ------------------------------ From: STANKRUTE Subject: debugging as art Date: 21-JUN 12:11 Programming Techniques I'm back here as an itinerant worker in the valley. Putting together some documentation for Jasik's The Debugger. Right now I'm doing a section called the Art Of Debugging, and am shamelessly scrounging for people's favorite two or three vital Macintosh debugging hints/ clues/techniques/nostrums. Anyone got any to share ? For example: Weston says to look at registers often. Brothers mentioned that careful coders like himself never have to debug (much). Me, I say scramble and examine your heap well and often. Looking forward to yer insights, group ... Seeker Of Good Tricks Stan ------------------------------ From: PEABO Subject: RE: debugging as art (Re: Msg 1785) Date: 21-JUN 16:48 Programming Techniques I'll go along with Brothers .... half the secret of debugging is desk checking. However, I have notices that on the Mac, even desk checking doesn't always help as much as I'd like. There are lots of ways to mess up. Here's some advice: Always check return codes for errors (especially the memory manager and resource manager calls). peter ------------------------------ From: INTECO Subject: Mac II Err 28 Date: 21-JUN 17:42 Programming Techniques While porting and adding color to my communications program to te Mac II I got a system error ID 28 (Stack runs into heap) from the same code that runs ok the Mac+ (Code is from LSP or MPW 2.B1 - same results). There are now low level tricks... Any idea? Uwe ------------------------------ From: INTECO Subject: RE: Mac II Err 28 (Re: Msg 1788) Date: 22-JUN 18:04 Programming Techniques The error disappeared when I used NewCDialog for a the central modless dialog. Why? Perhaps it uses some UserItems? Uwe ------------------------------ From: ASMCOR Subject: INITs Date: 21-JUN 22:13 Programming Techniques Dave- where's the best place to look for info on the INIT environment? It becomes rapidly clear that not all the managers are available at INIT time. What is, what isn't, that kind of thing? Thanks. Jan ------------------------------ From: LOGICHACK Subject: RE: INITs (Re: Msg 1789) Date: 22-JUN 23:20 Programming Techniques I've done a couple of INITs and its clear that not all toolbox facilities are available at INIT31 time. The standard document is Tech Note 14. I don't know of a definative source of info; I usually just assume everything is there. Crashing at INIT31 time is particulary annoying because I ususally kill the _UnMountVol in the Restart code. Life should be better with the new TMON (see below). Myself and Darin Adler (TMON EUA fame) of ICOM has developed a small piece of code (ShowINIT) to put icons onto the screen at INIT31 time. The latest ScrapSaver incorporates this code to show your clipboard has been read. A new TMON is promised to include a INIT31 loader which also uses this facility. ShowINIT is in the public domain. Paul :) ------------------------------ From: JIMH Subject: Mac II Serial Port Date: 22-JUN 19:21 Programming Techniques I have a program that interface a 3 space tracker (basically a 3 dimentional digitizer) to a mac+ which will only run on the mac II if you use port B. According to the mac II pinouts pin 7 on the II is carrier detect. do i need to tie this pin to somethi ng to get the cable to work on port A? thanks jim ------------------------------ From: ASMCOR Subject: RE: Mac II Serial Port (Re: Msg 1792) Date: 22-JUN 23:42 Programming Techniques Jim- I can't get my modem to work off port A either, so maybe it's supposed to be that way. Or, it's a bug. Jan ------------------------------ From: JIMH Subject: RE: Mac II Serial Port (Re: Msg 1795) Date: 23-JUN 19:52 Programming Techniques Jan, after looking at the manual i think it needs to be tied high or low somehow?? but what would i know about hardware ;-) jim ------------------------------ From: GBERKOWITZ Subject: Software needs Date: 23-JUN 22:59 Programming Hello. I am looking for two pieces of software for the Mac Plus. The first is a Hebrew word processor that doesn't require typing everything in backwards. The ability to switch to english would also be desirable. Laser support would be nice. Second, a reliable, straightforward Home Budgeting software, capable of maintaining a checkbook and a small chart of accounts. Thank you, --Gene ------------------------------ From: NWOLF Subject: RE: Software needs (Re: Msg 20866) Date: 24-JUN 02:36 Programming Offhand I can't think of the hebrew WP, although they exist. The Home Budget software you seek is MacMoney. It's the only real choice. ------------------------------ From: FIZARD Subject: SOFTSOFTWARE INQUIRY Date: 24-JUN 10:15 Business Mac HI GUYS I FIND IT VERY DIFFICULT TO GET A GRAPHIC SOFT WHICH IMPLEMENT A FULL WORLDMAP REPRESENTATION. IT WOULD BE VERY INTERESTING FOR ME TO GET A WAY TO PRINT EVERY COUNTRY OF THE WORLD UPON A MULTICRITERIA BASIS. IEWHETHER PUBLIC DOMAIN SOFT OR USER SUPPORTED SOFT OR FULL CHARGE SOFT. IN ADVANCE THANK YOU TO GIVE ME FURTHER INFORMATION. CHEERS FIZARD ------------------------------ From: NATURAL Subject: RE: SOFTSOFTWARE INQUIRY (Re: Msg 20872) Date: 24-JUN 16:53 Business Mac Does it need to be databased format? In other words, click on a country, get the info... Something like FileVision rings a bell (non-PD) or maybe some of the databases that are coming out soon. ------------------------------ From: NATURAL Subject: Video on Mac II Date: 24-JUN 16:55 Macintosh II Anyone know how to get a video tape of a Mac screen, or even out of the Mac II video port? thanks... Josh ------------------------------ From: PEABO Subject: RE: Video on Mac II (Re: Msg 20874) Date: 24-JUN 18:47 Macintosh II Yes, point a camera at it. You may have some difficulty getting a really good image of it. Supposedly there is a way to convert Apple's Mac II color card to produce NTSC video (at a lower resolution!), but the means for doing this has not been revealed. Perhaps it is a software settable switch which is not clearly documented and possibly not supported by the software. peter ------------------------------ From: JIMH Subject: RE: Video on Mac II (Re: Msg 20875) Date: 24-JUN 19:53 Macintosh II Peter, there is a bit to be set in the video card that will set it up to be an RS170 Interlace. Apple tech support is supposed to be working on a program to configure it for me. will ask if i can post it when i get it. jim ------------------------------ From: PDNNOG Subject: Datadesk mac101 Date: 24-JUN 22:06 Hardware & Peripherals I just received the Datadesk Mac101 keyboard, te one advertised by datadesk with the word 3.0 upgrade. Only took trhee months because of tweaking software to accomadate system 4.1. Now, they include a macro file to use with word3.0 with function keys for help, indent and so forth. When I invoke it in Word, some of the menu items start to diasappear!!I think it's a Word problem. I can still get to the missing menus by using the f14 key which invokes the ability to grab menus by the keyboard, but cannot access the missing menu items by the mouse. Anybody have any ideas? ------------------------------ From: MACINTOUCH Subject: SE internal 20 address Date: 25-JUN 12:29 Hardware & Peripherals Much to my surprise, I've discovered that it *is* possible to change the address of the Mac SE internal SC20 hard disk. All that's required is to add jumpers to appropriate combinations of the 3 sets of jumper pins located right next to where the ribbon cable connects to the drive/controller. I put a jumper on the middle set and got an address of 2. You see the address when you do a Get Info on the drive. I haven't reformatted the drive, but everything else seems to work OK. Ric Ford ------------------------------ From: MACINTOUCH Subject: quiet SCSI drives Date: 25-JUN 12:37 Network Digests Regarding someone's inquiry about quiet SCSI drives for the Mac, I'm also quite bothered by noise and I've looked at a lot of Mac disk drives. I've found the ones using a Conner 3.5" drive to be quietest. This includes HyperDrive FX/40 and FI/40, ProApp 40, and some others. The new MacBottom isn't bad, but I find the Rodimes slightly more irritating (perhaps they have a bit higher frequency noise). The DataFrame can be fairly quiet, especially if you remove the ground "strap" (otherwise they can get loud from time to time). My current choices are the FX/40 and the DataFrame 40XP that I've used (samples can vary). This DataFrame has a loud seek noise, but that doesn't bother me, now I'm used to it; I think the newest ones are different (this has an NEC drive, I believe). The ProApp was nice, but wasn't very fast. The Rodime external was irritatingly noisy to my ears. A set of 6 drives just tested in a Mac SE were all masked by the noise of the SE fan. Ric Ford ------------------------------ From: PEABO Subject: RE: quiet SCSI drives (Re: Msg 20895) Date: 25-JUN 12:41 Network Digests Actually, I don't think a loud seek noise is a detriment at all. I don't mind knowing when my computer is working hard! I *do* want it to shut up when it has nothing better to do. peter ------------------------------ From: PEABO Subject: Debugging in C Date: 25-JUN 15:52 Programming For longer than I can remember I have been looking for a nifty way to compile printf calls conditionally into my C code so I could leave debugging logic permanently in the source code. The difficulty is that printf uses a variable length argument list, but a C macro can only have a fixed length argument list. Well, I finally figured out how to do it! peter ---------------- #define DEBUG 1 ---------------- #define DEBUG 1 /* ** Note carefully the usage of the D macro! You code it like a ** multiple argument function call EXCEPT THAT a double layer of ** parentheses is used so that the macro processor thinks it is ** dealing with one argument. Examples: ** D(("Got to the right place\n")); ** D(("Got to the wrong place with %s %d\n", str, err)); ** Thus, the space between 'printf' and the 'a' below is significant ** and is used to cause the extra layer of parentheses to be used ** as the delimiters of the function call. */ #if DEBUG #define D(a) printf a #else #define D(a) #endif main() { char *str; short err; str = "ERR MSG"; err = 23; D(("Got to the right place\n")); D(("Got to the wrong place with %s %d\n", str, err)); } ------------------------------ From: DDUNHAM Subject: re: Spell checkers for Mac (Re: Msg 20878) Date: 25-JUN 21:20 Network Digests >From: mayer@andromeda.rutgers.edu (Warren Mayer) >Subject: Spell checkers for Mac The people at Working Software (publishers of Spellswell) told me they've added intelligent lookup. Not sure if the new version is available yet. The Thunder desk accessory has intelligent lookup of suggestions. ------------------------------ From: GBERKOWITZ Subject: Re: ChemDraw et al (Re: Msg 20878) Date: 25-JUN 22:46 Network Digests >To: walter@vub.UUCP (Walter Sonck) >Re: ChemDraw et al Hello. I purchased Molecular Editor from the software division of Kinko's Copies. It was written at Drexel University and costs approx. $30 plus shipping. It is a 3-dimensional modeling program, although it will draw a respectable 2-D. It is not as complete as ChemDraw, but the price is right. It will perform rotations of your molecule (slowly) and by creating several frames, you can animate the rocking of your molecule, if you want. It comes with about 30 sample molecules, including a bit of DNA, which is convenient for editing as a skeleton for your molecule. It is easy to use, although the manual is a bit sketchy. It lacks many of the presentation-enhancing arrows and labels of ChemDraw. Good luck in your search. --Gene ------------------------------ From: GBERKOWITZ Subject: Re: Sailing and Basic (Re: Msg 20878) Date: 25-JUN 22:50 Network Digests >To: walker@hpesoc1.HP.COM (Darrell Walker) >Re: Sailing and Basic Hello. If you have the source code, it should be a relatively easy task to convert the IBM version to Microsoft Basic for the Mac. Graphics could be a problem, and you might have to change some of the file-handling routines (I'll check on that), but anyt hing text-based should be almost line-for-line compatible. Now, if they could just come up with a program to sand and paint hulls... --Gene ------------------------------ From: JDSCHNITZER Subject: Jump!Board020 Date: 25-JUN 22:29 Hardware & Peripherals Does anyone have any experience with the Jump!Board-020 from Network Specialties? They've been advertising this 68020 Mac+ upgrade for a thousand dollars. The ad copy says "comes with 1 Meg of RAM"... Is that an upgrade to two meg, or just a replacement for the standard memory. The ad copy also claims "support for MacWrite, Microsoft Basic and Fortran". Why? Just how compatible is the upgrade? Are these packages called out because they violate the rules but still run? How reliable is this company? Does anyone have any experience with their other products? Waiting with credit card at the ready... /Jeff Schnitzer ------------------------------ From: MACINTOUCH Subject: RE: Jump!Board020 (Re: Msg 20902) Date: 26-JUN 08:49 Hardware & Peripherals I don't know anything about this product or company, but I've had good reports from people who bought a similar product from Novy in Florida. You might want to give Novy a call if you're in the market. Ric ------------------------------ From: PEABO Subject: RE: Jump!Board020 (Re: Msg 20902) Date: 26-JUN 18:10 Hardware & Peripherals MacWrite has a problem with all 68020 systems because it relies on some details of how the 68000 handles program interrupts. 99% of all Mac programs don't have this problem because they aren't trying to be tricky. The short term solution is a Macwrite fixer, and most vendors of 68020 add-ons have this in one form or another. MacWrite is also due to be upgraded, and rumor has it that the new version will be available at your Apple dealer in mid-July, along with upgrades to MacPaint, MacDraw, MacTerminal, and MacProject (??). "Support for 68020" with reference to Fortran might haave something to do with generating inline code for the 68881 floating point unit. peter ------------------------------ From: JDSCHNITZER Subject: Excel Array/Macro Question Date: 25-JUN 22:38 Business Mac I've been having trouble figuring out how to use a macro that returns an array. For example, try the macro shown on page 113 of the Arrays... manual. It appears to generate the numbers described, but I can't seem to get anything but the first element returned when I invoke the mao by putting {macros!dep(<whatever>)} in a worksheet -- even if I selected a range and ended the entry with cmd-enter. Any ideas on what I may be doing wrong here? /Jeff Schnitzer ------------------------------ From: FMBBS Subject: Formatting XL/HFS Date: 28-JUN 09:41 Hardware & Peripherals I have noticed that I cannot format a single sided disk on my XL using the SUN HFS. Can anyone give me ideas as to any patches to the system to fix that??? I am presently using another MAC to format disk. Bill T ------------------------------ From: PEABO Subject: RE: Formatting XL/HFS (Re: Msg 20977) Date: 28-JUN 20:28 Hardware & Peripherals Is it formatting the disk as 400K HFS? The rule for Mac HFS systems is that any disk 400K or smaller defaults to MFS, so if it is formatting a 400K disk as HFS that sounds like a bug. On Mac HFS systems you can force a 400K HFS disk (not what you want) by holding down the option key when clicking the OK box after entering the volume name, but the only way to get an 800K MFS disk is to use a version of the system that doesn't know about HFS (just as System 2.0/Finder 4.1). peter ------------------------------ From: MWEASNER Subject: Centering on Big Screens Date: 28-JUN 00:01 Programming Techniques With the advent of the Mac II and the prior availability of large screens for the Mac, I am wondering what is the best way to center windows, dialogs, and alerts. I have defined the top, left, bottom, right of my windows, dialogs, and alerts in my resource file. I am trying to come up with a single routine that would center in any size screen ANY window, dialog, alert that was passed to the routine. I realize that I must check if screenBits.bounds.right > 512 and if so, go to my routine before the window, dialog, alert is displayed. But since I display alerts with the ALERT(ID,0) calls, I am wondering how to change the left coordinate before the alert is displayed. Plus I want the same routine to work to change the left coordinate of any windows or dialogs too. Any help or sample code appreciated. I am using Mac C but will take code in any C or Pascal. Mike ------------------------------ From: DDUNHAM Subject: RE: Centering on Big Screens (Re: Msg 1816) Date: 29-JUN 22:26 Programming Techniques Read the DLOG (or ALRT) into memory and change it there. When Alert calls GetResource, it'll already be in memory (and modified). ------------------------------ From: SCHERFNET Subject: ListMgr and Changing Fonts Question Date: 28-JUN 12:07 Programming I've *finally* got scrolling lists working in a program I'm writting using dialog boxes. However, after looking at the List Record fields, there doesn't appear to be a way to have the list use a different font and size than that of the rest of the Dialog. Can anyone offer advice in getting around this shortcomine of ListMgr? Thanks. -- Mark Scherfling ------------------------------ From: INTECO Subject: RE: ListMgr and Changing Fonts Question (Re: Msg 20970) Date: 1-JUL-17:46: Programming My ListMgr stuff runs as a user item, just change font and size on entry and exit. Uwe ------------------------------ End of Delphi Mac Digest ************************