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Help – PC/MAC coding
Message #164020
Desparately seeking someone who has 'been there, seen it, done it' ! I am planning an application which will need to run on both the PC and Mac. The project is a fairly simple database program with some modem comms. I have several years experience on the PC programming in…
#Help – PC/MAC coding
Message #164019
Desparately seeking someone who has 'been there, seen it, done it' ! I am planning an application which will need to run on both the PC and Mac. The project is a fairly simple database program with some modem comms. I have several years experience on the PC programming in…
LaserWriter Utility
Message #164018
Hi Glenn I tried the LaserWriter Utility as you suggested but it only reads the number of copies and I can't find a way of changing the number. Regards Michael
Mark: >>> Have you ever used Hypercard, SuperPaint, Excel, Lotus 1-2-3, MS Word, or many others that use this funny thing called a floating window?
David: >>> Tell you what. You sit down at your Macintosh and write the code to handle a single closeable, resizeable, zoomable window on the Macintosh all with a standard Apple menu and a minimal File menu. Then I'll sit down at my PC and do the same thing in…
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PowerPC Macs & UNIX
Message #164013
>The faster shipping PPC 601 that I have seen described in publications so far is 100 MHz< Thanks. BTW, according to InfoWorld, the 90 MHz Pentium is actually a clock 3/2'ing chip. IOW it still speaks to the outside world at 60 MHz. It will be interesting to see how…
Apple is most definitely migrating to the PowerPC. You can go buy one today, if any are left. (My company got ahold of one at a MicroCenter Monday afternoon; supposedly the last of its configuration in the store: model 7100 8/250). You could still get a 68040 Quadra and then…
Eric: >>> My string is a Pstring. I copied it into temp because I read something about "not having access to your globals (A5)…" I didn't know what that was telling me, so I thought maybe I should define it within the function.
—> I believe most Mac develops better start learning how to program Windows. Seriously, I tend to agree with you. It's become clear that most apps which have significant market appeal are going to end up on both platforms. At the very least, good developers on both sides of the…
#App switching with AS
Message #164007
I'm having a few Applescript problems that are driving me up the wall. I'm using Applescript 1.1 with the scriptable Finder on System 7 Pro on a Quadra 800, and my problems seem to occur when I switch between scriptable applications. I've written a script that activates Filemaker Pro at…
Jim, I tried what you had entered in your previous posting, but I got different results than you did. Here's a sample: —– tell application "QuarkXPress(R) 3.2" tell page 1 of document 1 get bounds of text box 1 — a text box of 1 inch x 1 inch set…
The Duo battery patch is available as part of the System Enabler's file in the Apple System Files Library (Lib 8). Bill S
David, —> I believe the latest PC Magazine rated MSVC number one in PC development environments. Do you agree? How do you compare it to what's available on the Macintosh now (or even what will be soon (i.e., CodeWarrior and SC++ 7).
—> Heck, from what I've seen _most_ Mac applications don't support more than the standard suite, if even _that_!
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What does this mean?
Message #163999
Actually, bd, Resorcerer has an 'aete' template which does the job of editing an 'aete' quite well. The problem is an 'aete' is so complex in the first place, you have to know your way around what you want to do. Usually, though, you don't want to try adding something…
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AppleScript basics
Message #163998
–> My point Peter, is that it is anything but automatic. The user must know to re-rerun the script in order to get at the new functionality.
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AppleScript basics
Message #163997
–> There is nothing to throw away. Just rerun the exact same "Import 'aete' info" script and your table is updated automatically… the aete parsing script is smart enough to only update the necessary items.
#Programming Magazine
Message #163996
Just in case you want a recommendation from someone other than the editor , I think MacTech is what you're looking for. Apple has their own quarterly magazine, develop, but it really gets into heavy duty stuff. Joe
AppleScript
Message #163995
J., If you have Danny Goodman's book, "The Complete AppleScript Reference Handbook," you can get an update disk for $4.75 from Random House. Current copies have a sheet inserted into it giving you instructions on how to get it. If you already have the book (well, OK, theoretically you can…
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CopyBits on SE
Message #163994
Jody, Since it has problems on an SE and Classic, it almost sounds like you're passing a PixMap into CopyBits instead of a BitMap … although I can't see how that could be happening. Joe
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TurboPascal 1.1 for Mac
Message #163993
Doug (how about a last name, to follow forum rules?), Unless you only want to write apps for older Macs that aren't running System 7, you DON'T want Turbo Pascal. I haven't seen a single app it created that will run under System 7 (although I'll admit there may be…
Installers
Message #163992
Chad, The StuffIt line is made by Aladdin Systems. You can Email them at Aladdin Systems, Inc. 75300,1666 or check out their support area in MACBVEN. (You can also find an unlicensed version of InstallerMaker in there, too.) Joe
>> Interesting, yet _another_ change by Apple. I'm now glad I didn't waste my time learning the ASLM! Since you insist on being so critical of Apple, I'd like to remind you of Microsoft's fabled "TrueImage". I have two clients with TrueImage printers, both are now sitting in a corner…
>> rather than 'anything which you could ever want to do with windows' David, I cannot elaborate on the "gotchas", since I wasn't doing the programming… in relation to the above comments (which came from someone else), I remember a former room-mate bragging about how MS-Write had the ability to…
Eric, I don't think that Freehand supports Apple Script, does it? I have Freehand 4.0 and I can't open a dictionary for it using Script Editor. However, you should be able to send the command to Freehand using: tell application "Freehand" end tell Good luck, Jackson Sie
MAS, RamSoft
Message #163987
I've just downloaded the demo MAS assembly system from RamSoft. I was kind of impressed, but the upload date was from a year ago. Does anyone have experience with this environment? Does anyone know if RamSoft is still functioning? I'm leaning toward dropping the shareware fee, but I'd like to…
Howard, Have you ever used Hypercard, SuperPaint, Excel, Lotus 1-2-3, MS Word, or many others that use this funny thing called a floating window? Sorry, couldn't resist. 🙂 > Mark
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#AppleScript 1.1?
Message #163982
> You bets your money, you takes your chances. Seems so. I just got a box with fifty (yes 50) AppleScript 1.0 disks for my $4.95. I called 'em up and said "Gee, I appreciate your generosity, but that's not what I asked for." and they were mighty confused. To…
Edward, It is not possible, except with CIM – and I am not too familiar with it, to download directly from MacFF. On the other hand the files you need are in LIBrary 8 of this forum and you can download them from there. Bill(Deputy Dawg)Cook
Neil, "My point isn't that you don't have a good quality system for a nominal amt of money. My point is that your quality system isn't anywhere what you'll need for Wingz. You'll need to spend roughly double what you spent a year ago and that will only bring you…
Neil, "It all comes down to whether you, as a developer, develop commodities or software that is a cut above the rest. If it relies on technologies like AOCE, QuickDraw GX, AppleScript, or whatever in order to make it stand out, then by making the cross platform jump, you're screwed."…
Nick, "Apple is going to be getting rid of the Shared Library Manager in favor of SOM (an object manager) from IBM. OpenDoc will make this move in one of its next prerelease versions." Interesting, yet _another_ change by Apple. I'm now glad I didn't waste my time learning the…
Howard, "With respect, you cannot add AppleEvent capabilities with conditional code, nor will you be able to for the likes of QuickDraw GX and OpenDoc. Apps are either designed properly for them, or they are not – e.g. full factoring for AppleEvents." I disagree. It won't be easy, but it…
John, "What's the name of the company that you did the Corel contracting with?" Can't say, or at least I don't feel comfortable with the question. It may not (i.e., probably does not) matter, but it might. David
Reede, "Where do you think MSVC 2 will have it's greatest value: commercial apps or corporate apps (Fortune 1000)?" Initially with corporate apps (Fortune 1000). Commercial applications are too competitive to leave off platform-specific features. However, once this problem is solved commercial apps will use it too. David
Jim, What software are you using? CompuServe Information Manager or Navigator, or terminal emulation? David
Joe, In the recorded script, you get a comment (a full line comment). For example (helping CIS along with the left chevron, as usual: on JoeS () with objectModel, ToyStore bringToFront ()
John, "I put together my "powerhouse PC" for, hmm, about $4,000, but that's a 19" monitor, 3401 CDROM, 1.2 gig disk, 16 megs, and a 486/66, high-end SCSI, networking, and a pricey video card. A thousand here, a thousand there, pretty soon you're talking real money. :-)" How much would…
Howard, "Surely, if the user is working in another app, he *does not want* your window to be on top of all others. Otherwise, he will be interacting with a window which is not the top window, which is hardly good interface design, is it?" There are programs, like First…
Neil, Please, enlighten us with the "things you've been hearing" with regards to Windows "gotchas". David
Mehboob, Mind elaborating on the "gotchas" of Windows programming? Sometimes I think you guys have been brain washed by Apple. Take an objective look at the situation and you might see things very differently. I've looked at programming from both sides now, from up and down, and still somehow it's…
Neil, Tell you what. You sit down at your Macintosh and write the code to handle a single closeable, resizeable, zoomable window on the Macintosh all with a standard Apple menu and a minimal File menu. Then I'll sit down at my PC and do the same thing in Windows.…
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#Mac/Win crosspltform Dev
Message #163964
Reede, "I had to purchase a pc about a year ago and now do some work (mostly compatibility testing) with MSVC/MFC, but I guess I've still got a 'tude about Microsoft. I'll get into therapy and work on it. ;->" I believe the latest PC Magazine rated MSVC number one…
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#Mac/Win crosspltform Dev
Message #163963
Reede, "I'm probably just being prejudiced, but I have a serious question. If it's so darned easy to use this technology to produce apps which take advantage of native Mac features, why is it that Word still only supports the required AppleEvents almost 3 years after System 7 shipped?" Heck,…
Thank you very much Peter. I will pursue both. Steve
>>I believe that most Macintosh developers are not interested in >>developing commodities — otherwise they would have been developing >>for Windows. Macintosh is about doing things better >> — not like everyone else. Got that right!! And it works that way (sort of) in the Windows world also! A friend…
>> 🙂 🙂 YAHOO!! & GREAT!! >> a real pain to have to hunt down an SE or Classic Yeah, finally I just broke down and bought an old Plus. Now at least if I could only get my app to run on it… >> Anyhow it feels great to…
Another trick for Pascal programmers who want to know C, is to use one of these public domain "Pascal to C" translators. They often work well on generic Pascal. You can write in Pascal, then let the program translate it to see at least one possible implementation in C.
I already grabbed it from Easyplex… if this is what I hope, you can take credit for keeping me sane!
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