schorsch@oxy.edu (Brent William Schorsch) (06/12/91)
This is only a suggestion (i.e. it may not work). Try removing Pack14's resource(s) from the system file. (That package is the help manager). I am assuming that the system can gracefully continue if it detects that the package is missing. Ando
jtn@potomac.ads.com (John T. Nelson) (06/17/91)
Isn't it possible to write an INIT... I'm sorry... AN EXTENSION... that short circuits Ballon Help or at least adds a new menu item to Balloon Help that disables it? Let's assume that you want Balloon Help as well as your menu bar clock. Is there a way to locate the menu slot to the LEFT of Ballon Help and somehow add the clock there? Obviously clocks like SuperClock would have to be rewritten but hey... that's not so bad. Be nice to have Balloon Help AND a menu clock. Oh... I really like "Its Just a Clock" but you nkow what this app should REALLY do? It should float the clock in front of all windows regardless of the topmost key window so that you always know what time it is... much like a menu bar clock. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ORGANIZATION: BLETCH (Bletcherous League of Evil Twisted Computer Hackers) UUCP: kzin!speaker@mimsy.umd.edu INTERNET: jtn@potomac.ads.com SPOKEN: Dark Hacker PHONE: (703) 243-1611 FAVORITE MAGAZINE: Midnight Engineer TWISTED DIABOLICAL LAUGH: Mwahh ah ha ha hah ha ha ha! The Mythos of Dark Hacker: "Controlled by the sinister and shadowy "suits" Dark Hacker now employs the tools of computer science to free himself from the suit's will. By day he is a lackey... but at night when the city sleeps he becomes.... DARK HACKER!" =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce) (06/17/91)
In article <173330@tiger.oxy.edu>, schorsch@oxy.edu (Brent William Schorsch) writes: > This is only a suggestion (i.e. it may not work). Try removing > Pack14's resource(s) from the system file. (That package is the > help manager). I am assuming that the system can gracefully > continue if it detects that the package is missing. Even if the system can gracefully continue, I doubt all programs that use ,or will use, the Help manager will be so lucky. Even though you are suppose to use Gestalt to check for the existence of various thinks, like the help manager, I wouldn't be surprised to find System 7 specific programs that take the attitude: I only work under Sys7, therefore don't bother to check for things that I *know* exist in Sys7 - like the help manager. -- Michael Peirce -- outpost!peirce@claris.com -- Peirce Software -- Suite 301, 719 Hibiscus Place -- Macintosh Programming -- San Jose, California 95117 -- & Consulting -- (408) 244-6554, AppleLink: PEIRCE
peterc@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter Creath) (06/19/91)
I know I've seen an extension that turns Balloon Help on/off by hitting Control-Help. I'm not sure if that totally disables it or not, and I'm not sure if I saw it on comp.binaries or on a local system, but I'll try to get more info on it... --