yee@osf.org (Michael K. Yee) (03/13/91)
In the Open-wide init (makes the Open file dialogs wider), it said that you can make the dialogs larger by ResEditing the DTIL and DLOG resources in the System folder. Does anyone know how to do this? Also, does the dialog still center correctly after making the changes via ResEdit, or is using the Open-wide init the only way to get it to center and open-wide? Thanks in advance, =Mike BTW: I am asking this question because I have too many inits and would like to do as much of the configuration via ResEdit if possible. -- = Michael K. Yee -- yee@osf.org or uunet!osf.org!yee -- = OSF/Motif Development = "I can't give you brains, but I can give you a diploma." -- The Wizard of OZ
jwwalker@opusc.csd.scarolina.edu (Jim Walker) (03/18/91)
In article <YEE.91Mar12115357@katana.osf.org> yee@osf.org (Michael K. Yee) writes: > In the Open-wide init (makes the Open file dialogs wider), it said > that you can make the dialogs larger by ResEditing the DTIL and DLOG > resources in the System folder. Does anyone know how to do this? > Also, does the dialog still center correctly after making the > changes via ResEdit, or is using the Open-wide init the only way to > get it to center and open-wide? --- stuff deleted --- >-- >= Michael K. Yee -- yee@osf.org or uunet!osf.org!yee -- That's the System FILE, not the System Folder. Basically you just open the System with ResEdit (preferably version 2.1), edit the DLOG resources with IDs -3999 and -4000, and start dragging things around. Note that like Open-wide 1.3, this will only affect applications that do not contain their own dialog resources. Of course you could edit those resources too, but it could get laborious. Whether the dialog will be centered depends on the application. When the application calls Standard File, it supplies the desired position for the upper left corner of the dialog. Some applications may calculate that corner by looking at the dialog rectangle and the screen rectangle, some may assume that the dialog rectangle is the standard size. In System 7, there is a way to use ResEdit to make a dialog "self-centering"... or is is just an alert? I haven't used System 7... By the way, I'm working on a new version of Open-wide, which works on all Standard File dialogs, not just the ones in the System file. This time I'm having some people beta-test it for me, so (with luck) fewer people will have problems with it. -- -- Jim Walker 76367.2271@compuserve.com walker@math.scarolina.edu
palmer@nntp-server.caltech.edu (David Palmer) (03/20/91)
Super Boomerang has something which is approx. equivalent to wider dialog boxes...it uses a narrower font for long file names. Super Boomerang is part of Now Utilities, or you can get it by sending in your shareware fee for Boomerang. I have no connection to anything mentioned, except as a sanctimonious person who paid his shareware fee for Boomerang. -- David Palmer palmer@gap.cco.caltech.edu ...rutgers!cit-vax!gap.cco.caltech.edu!palmer "Operator, get me the number for 911" --Homer Simpson
peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce) (03/21/91)
In article <1991Mar20.043920.1951@nntp-server.caltech.edu>, palmer@nntp-server.caltech.edu (David Palmer) writes: > > Super Boomerang has something which is approx. equivalent to wider dialog > boxes...it uses a narrower font for long file names. > > Super Boomerang is part of Now Utilities, or you can get it by sending > in your shareware fee for Boomerang. If for some reason you don't have Super Boomerang, you can get the narrower view functionality from a cdev called NameViewer 2.0. It does this and also will let you see info about the selected file such as file size, creator, etc. This can done always or configured to work on option or command key press. It's shareware from AaStar Technologies and should be found most places. -- michael P.S. Some friends of mine run AsStar, but I'm not connected to the company in any way except friendship. -- 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