rjw@wjh12.harvard.edu (Russell J. Wilcox) (07/05/88)
Does anybody know if there is a way to access the user's name from the Chooser? I want to read/update the string for the chooser, but I'm not sure if this is possible for an application. I might also need to do this within a driver, so any pointers, tips, etc. would be appreciated. I've perused _Inside_Mac_, but no luck on this so far. Am I missing something? Thanks in advance! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Russell Wilcox l ARPANET: rjw@wjh12.harvard.edu Computer-Based Lab | William James Hall | Harvard University |
spector@vx2.GBA.NYU.EDU (David HM Spector) (07/05/88)
The item you're looking for is a 'STR ' resource in the system file, it's ID
is -16096.
It can be accessed with the resource manager. But it's probably not a good
idea to go changing it under the nose of the chooser. That's what the chooser
is there for. Some AppleTalk programs use the UserName string as the basis for
registering names on the network (I do...), and might get confused if they need
to access the name again, and its been changed. What I do is ask the user
to select the chooser to set the user name if the string is nil...
David
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XYZZYGLORPpeirce@claris.UUCP (Michael Peirce) (07/06/88)
In article <250@wjh12.harvard.edu> rjw@wjh12.UUCP (Russell J. Wilcox) writes: >Does anybody know if there is a way to access the user's name from the >Chooser? You'll find this in the System file as STR number -16096. The following code is all you need since the system's resource fork is already open for you... userName := GetString(-16096); Of course, you shouldn't use STR -16096 in your application's resource fork for something else :-) -- michael
darin@Apple.COM (Darin Adler) (07/08/88)
In article <3619@claris.UUCP> peirce@claris.UUCP (Michael Peirce) writes: > You'll find this in the System file as STR number -16096. The following code > is all you need since the system's resource fork is already open for you... > Of course, you shouldn't use STR -16096 in your application's resource > fork for something else :-) Of course, no application would use a resource ID of -16096, since it is in the *owned* range (owned by one of the AppleTalk drivers). The following are the ranges defined by Inside Mac: -32768 - -16385 reserved for future use -16384 - -1 owned by DRVR, WDEF, MDEF, CDEF, PDEF, PACK, etc. 0 - 127 for System use 128 - 32767 for application use Darin Adler AppleLink: Adler4 UUCP: {sun,voder,nsc,mtxinu,dual}!apple!darin CSNET: darin@Apple.com
anson@spray.CalComp.COM (Ed Anson) (07/18/88)
In article <250@wjh12.harvard.edu> rjw@wjh12.UUCP (Russell J. Wilcox) writes: >Does anybody know if there is a way to access the user's name from the >Chooser? Look at 'STR ' resource number -16096 in the System file. It contains the user name set by Chooser. -- ===================================================================== Ed Anson, Calcomp Display Products Division, Hudson NH 03051 (603) 885-8712, anson@elrond.CalComp.COM