This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Adobe Ill. plug-ins
Message #163351
Anybody here writing Adobe Illustrator 5.0 plug-in filters? If so, I'd like to compare notes with you.
SCSI-Interface
Message #163299
Steve, Sorry I took so long to respond. There definitely is a sequence of commands. They are not the ones that you have listed, though. First, if you are not sure of the state of the device, then you may need to do a request sense etc., but you should…
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#Mac/Win crosspltform Dev
Message #163265
>> Will Microsoft's "portable" solution support the Windows 3.1 API on the Mac or only MFC classes? From what I saw in Atlanta last week, their cross platform solution will support the Windows API on the Macintosh. Realize though that their stuff did not seem to run smoothly (blasting through…
File/Creator type list?
Message #163085
Does anyone have an up to date list of popular/common file and creator code types, including new versions of ClarisImpact, ACI 4D Write, WordPerfect 3.0 etc?
#Help PICT from screen
Message #163064
Can anyone point me to a way to grab a sectio of the sceen in Pascal (or C) and put it out as a PICT file on disk? Besides screen capture one-shot utilities, I mean, as I'm generating an animation that will have thousands of frames. Thanks! Wade
> Are you arguing against niche markets? Or people finding a calling and pursuing it, and making a successful living, in spite of a smaller market for their particular product or service? > No, people are welcome to publish in any market they want. I just think those kinds of…
SCSI-Interface
Message #162993
I suggest that you first do the Inquiry-Command to recieve what kind of device is behind the SCSI-Id (may be hard disk or removable disk or sequentiell device e.t.c). Than you need to analyse the inquiry data before you can send a request command. May be some devices can't fullfill…
#Learning OOP
Message #162949
Are you arguing against niche markets? Or people finding a calling and pursuing it, and making a successful living, in spite of a smaller market for their particular product or service? By that argument, you could say all computer books are pointless. If these authors focused on romances, horror fiction,…
In case anybody's interested, here's how I solved it: The Macsbug Reference has a pretty good description of debugging and snooping around device drivers with Macsbug. I basically used the Unit Table address ($11C) to get at the DCE dCtlFlags field for the drivers in question (.AIn, .AOut, .BIn, .BOut).…
Writing Disk Driver
Message #162892
>>>By the way, I contacted Developer's Support on this issue any their response was, >>>we knew the file system was slow however we didn't realize it was that slow! Who told you that? I work in Apple's Developer Technical Support group and provide primary support for the Macintosh file system…
#Serial Port Ownership
Message #162798
Hi there – Anybody out there have a suggestion, or some code, as to how I can detect if an application other than my own is using a serial port? Right now the app I'm trying to fix just makes the OpenDriver call and takes over the port from anything…
Matt: Thanks again for the PAP feedback. I think I've found a solution to this problem via a small PostScript program on CIS titled LW.REV. This program when downloaded to a PostScript laser printer prints the printer's name and PostScript version and revision numbers. I think I will send this…
Apple licensed the software from a third-party, which didn't _tell_ Apple it would expire on October 1st. That's why. –Matt Read action !
PAP is the protocol used to talk to the printer over the network. You can license a PAP client from Apple (with documentation that amplifies Inside AppleTalk, 2nd Edition) or you can write your own if you're really into networking stuff. Anything the printer driver can do, you can do…
I'd have thought you had to go a bit out of your way to date a file to expire, but I know Apple's installer stuff is pretty arcane. Read action !
Bob, I think the most likely explanation of the LW 8.0 snafu is that it was a mistake. Read action !
Can we fathom why Apple did this? Perhaps they knew an 8.1 was going to be called for, real soon…? Truly amazing. Read action !
Su., Apple apparently released the LW 8.0 installer with a timed decompressor that quit working on the first of this month. We've removed it from the libraries and are awaiting 8.1…sorry for the trouble! Read action !
We pulled it because the copy (which we got from Apple) would no longer install properly (some of the software in it had an expiration date). LaserWriter 8.1's been released, and we hope to have that shortly. -Lofty Read action !
#LaserWriter 8.0
Message #142582
I've just spent 10 minutes trying to find LW8 which the message says is in Libry 8. I can't find it in ANY of the Libraries. What gives? Read action !
Matt: Thanks for the LaserWriter feedback. I'm aware that the Macintosh Printing architecture supports only write-only access. You mentioned PAP access which seems to me to be what I'm wanting. Does PAP allow me to read the PostScript version number from a PS laser printer, not nexessarily an Apple brand…
#LaserWriter PS version
Message #142304
The Macintosh printing architecture doesn't allow you to _read_ anything from a printer, only to write to it. If you want to query a printer, you'll have to open a connection to the printer, probably using PAP client software like you can license from Apple. –Matt Read action !
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Think vs MPW vs Unix?
Message #133058
I wouldn't worry too much about using MPW, as Manuel Veloso pointed out it will be supported on ETO in the future. In my work I usually have source code components that are written to be used on several platforms, I have found it much easier to deal with this…
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Think vs MPW vs Unix?
Message #132770
I think so, though I'm no expert. My impression is that Frontier would be the better choice for what you want to do (and you can get _great_ on-line support here from Dave Winer and the rest of the Userland folks). – Dennis Read action !
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Think vs MPW vs Unix?
Message #132767
John, The rumors of MPW's death have been greatly exaggerated. The plan is to include MPW/ThC++ on ETO. There won't be any upgrade to MPW in the future, although it'll be changed to reflect any new technologies that come along. For example, I've heard of a new mpw running under…
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Think vs MPW vs Unix?
Message #132727
You answered your own question – Think 6 is completely scriptable, via AppleScript or Frontier. – Dennis Read action !reply Enter reply. (/EXIT when done) 1: OK, I answered at least part of my question. – but would I be able to 2: get 'makefile'-like results from an AppleScript technique?…
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Applelink via Internet?
Message #123611
To send to J.SMITH on AppleLink you would send to: >INTERNET:J.SMITH@AppleLink.apple.com — Rick Read action !del Confirm to delete (Y or N)? y 1 message was Deleted
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Applelink via Internet?
Message #123553
applelink.apple.com. From CompuServe you'd address an email to someone with A'Link ID SMITH as: >INTERNET:SMITH@APPLELINK.APPLE.COM – Dennis Read action !del Confirm to delete (Y or N)? y 1 message was Deleted
Resource IDs?
Message #74876
I'm translating a Mac resource file on another machine. I've got a routine that parses past the system resource list and reads the application resources. This data is roughly organized as a tree – each node has four links to other nodes. Each application resource record includes the resource ID…
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Making Mac files?
Message #54345
I'm afraid I don't have an answer for you. I know that under Windows there is the concept of "resources", but they live in a file seperate from the application file – I think. For DOS, you'll definitely have to use your own solution to the problem. Dave Read action…
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Making Mac files?
Message #54323
Sorry to hear you're having trouble. Again, if you could be more specific about your application, i'm sure we could come up with some advice. Good luck! Read action !
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Making Mac files?
Message #54224
Is it important that the resources in the resource fork be accessed while stored on a non-Mac platform? If you are merely storing the resource fork on another platform, and later bringing it back to the Mac, then MacBinary, AppleSingle, or AppleDouble might solve the problem for you. Reading the…
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MacBinary Spec?
Message #54215
John, I'm pretty sure the MacBinary spec is over in one of the MacCom libraries. Try asking over there… Read action !
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#Making Mac files?
Message #54210
John, I believe you're looking for information on the AppleSingle/AppleDouble file format. I'm not familiar with these, but there are a couple of messages discussing this(these?) format(s) here in MacDEV right now. I'm sure they'll contain pointers to the official documentation. I don't think Apple has ever documented the format…
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MacBinary Spec?
Message #54208
John, Unless you find someone who knows where the Macbinary II file is, you're going to have to check the Macintosh File Finder using the keyword "Macbinary". My recollection is that the original spec. file and the MB II file are not in the same library, but it's been so…
Steve, I saw Bob Dugger's answer to your spooling PICT question. It's Friday now, so maybe your problem is solved. If you still have questions drop me a note and I'll post my version of Think C code that spools picts to and or from a disk. &Daniel Read action…
You haven't got this to work yet?? I'll try to catch you at work Thurs or Fri. I've tried it and it works fine. Bob Read action !
#Spooling a PICT file
Message #41965
I am having trouble with Mac Tech note #154 which deals with spooling a PICT file. I am using Think C and the tech note is in MPW C. I am new at programming so I am having trouble making the conversion. Specifically, this is the GetDrawPICT routine. I have…
Dave, "I'd think it would be just easier to create an 8bit pixmap and hand blit the sun data into it. Then openpicture/copybits/closepicture and add it as a resource." If he can create the PICT on the Mac, that's the way to go without a doubt. However, I was under…
I'd think it would be just easier to create an 8bit pixmap and hand blit the sun data into it. Then openpicture/copybits/closepicture and add it as a resource. Read action !
alan, Making a PICT file which only consists of one 8-bit pixmap would not really be that difficult. In this regard, PICT is not any more difficult to export to than TIFF (as a matter of fact, TIFF is much nastier!). Just write out a 512 byte header, the low-order…
#Make Foreign PICT
Message #41602
I watched the thread on making a pict file on an SGI and the associated difficulty. I am wondering about a simpler scheme – I need to transfer 8 bit deep bit maps from a sun to the mac. could i do it once manually using studio8 etc and get…
John, "CanOpener is a commercial product?" Yes. Either MacWarehouse or MacConnection are the best bet. Ed Ludwig, Abbott Systems Read action !
No, that was exactly the depth I wanted to hear. Thanks for the explanation. CanOpener is a commercial product? Read action !
John, CanOpener if a file browser/data retriever/simple data librarian that runs on the Macintosh (all known Macs as of this writing). CanOpener uses a two-tiered approach to getting useful text, graphics, or sounds out of a file. The first level is a modular filter approach that is useful if the…
Write PICT2 file on SGI?
Message #41365
Ed replied to your question as to where to find the PICT2 info. Be sure and read the "Non-Mac PICT Parsing?" thread presently in this forum. Read action !
What does "CanOpener" do, and what machine does it run on? As for IM 6, I realized it's probably on the set of Apple developer CD ROMs that a co-worker has, at an office where I'm doing some other consulting. Did you ever find source to a PICT or PICT2…
John, The product's name is "CanOpener" from Abbott Systems. IM 6 was given out to developers at the Dev Conference 2 years ago. (2 years? Has it been that long?) Ed Ludwig, Abbott Systems Read action !re Enter reply. (/EXIT when done) 1: What does "CanOpener" do? What machine does…
Thanks for your help. What product incorporates your parser? Also, you're the second person to refer me to Inside Mac Vol 6, which isn't out yet. Do some people have pre-release copies? Read action !
Thanks, that wasn't clear to me. Read action !
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