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First, some small clarifications about a few...	4,363 Views / 33 Replies
First, some small clarifications about a few statements I saw in an earlier post: I think it's a stretch to say that the debut of Mac OS X 10.6 'Snow Leopard' ('SL') "broke everything", as I try...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on Oct 25, 2015 at 10:25 PM, in Mac News

Hi Ilesh, I beleive that it would indeed be...	506 Views / 1 Replies
Hi Ilesh, I beleive that it would indeed be possible to do this without the use of a commercial plug-in. For specific help with scripting FileMaker Pro via its own ScriptMaker language and/or via...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on Sep 16, 2001 at 02:38 AM, in Developer Center

Hi, If you're running a recent version of...	460 Views / 1 Replies
Hi, If you're running a recent version of Mac OS Classic (9.x), there's usually a subsection of Mac Help that describes how to create your own speakable items for an application. For example,...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on Sep 15, 2001 at 11:08 PM, in Developer Center

Hi, Sorry about this delayed response... ...	481 Views / 1 Replies
Hi, Sorry about this delayed response... Since 'MP3' is just an abbreviation for MPEG Audio Layer 3, you could check out any reference site devoted to MPEG formats. For example, there's Moving...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on Sep 15, 2001 at 06:28 AM, in Developer Center

Hi, Sorry about this delayed response... ...	465 Views / 1 Replies
Hi, Sorry about this delayed response... In terms of Apple Guide help modules, isn't the new-fangled Help Manager of recent Mac OS Classic versions already backward-compatible with them? I.e.,...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on Sep 15, 2001 at 05:01 AM, in Developer Center

Hi, Sorry about this very delayed...	480 Views / 1 Replies
Hi, Sorry about this very delayed response... You could probably start by checking out the Photoshop SDK, if you haven't already done so. It's downloadable from the Adobe Solutions Network (ASN) -...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on Sep 15, 2001 at 02:44 AM, in Developer Center

Hi Eric, Sadly, I (like many other folks)...	522 Views / 2 Replies
Hi Eric, Sadly, I (like many other folks) don't always have as much time as I'd like to keep track of this Forum. By now, I guess you've already resolved the problem? If not, I can perhaps...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on Sep 15, 2001 at 02:19 AM, in Developer Center

Hi all, To GK and anyone else interested in...	400 Views / 1 Replies
Hi all, To GK and anyone else interested in e-mail scripting, I just wanted to mention that several earlier threads contain links to dedicated websites (e.g., the AppleScript Central...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on Sep 14, 2001 at 04:11 PM, in Developer Center

Hi again, OK, that's what I'd meant earlier,...	4,163 Views / 3 Replies
Hi again, OK, that's what I'd meant earlier, i.e., about your hard drive being on an ATA/IDE bus by itself... If your single hard drive is indeed ATA/IDE (as opposed to SCSI), it might be...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on Aug 10, 2001 at 12:09 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS

Hi SpiffyGuyC, If you haven't yet found or...	1,126 Views / 1 Replies
Hi SpiffyGuyC, If you haven't yet found or written a suitable script, you could try searching the usual suspects such as MacScripter's ScriptBuilders (Script Library)...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on Jul 27, 2001 at 06:11 PM, in Developer Center

Hi Richyfp, [1] The 'choose from list'...	1,121 Views / 1 Replies
Hi Richyfp, [1] The 'choose from list' command returns a value of varying type (e.g., a list, a string, or even a boolean), depending on the parameters supplied to the command and on whether the...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on Jul 27, 2001 at 06:03 PM, in Developer Center

Hi all, AFAIK, the MacBinary format and the...	1,029 Views / 5 Replies
Hi all, AFAIK, the MacBinary format and the BinHex format are similar in that they both attempt to encode a "complex" file -- e.g., a Macintosh file that usually has up to two forks (data &...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on Jul 27, 2001 at 05:58 PM, in Developer Center

Hi all, Just wanted to add a very belated...	587 Views / 6 Replies
Hi all, Just wanted to add a very belated note that there are also some earlier related Forum threads which might be of some use, e.g.:- The C++...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on Jul 27, 2001 at 09:06 AM, in Developer Center

Hi Euphrates, Just out of curiosity, is your...	4,163 Views / 3 Replies
Hi Euphrates, Just out of curiosity, is your 8GB drive on an ATA/IDE bus by itself? For some brands of IDE drives in beige G3s, it seems that Mac OS 9.1 is much fussier about the drive being set...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on Jul 27, 2001 at 05:32 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS

Hi mindwaves, As promised, I took a look at...	439 Views / 4 Replies
Hi mindwaves, As promised, I took a look at this thread (that was linked from your other "Advice on how to start this program" thread). Again, my apologies that I've been away from this Forum for...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on Jul 27, 2001 at 04:30 AM, in Developer Center

Hi again mindwaves, Well, my bad... It's now...	420 Views / 7 Replies
Hi again mindwaves, Well, my bad... It's now two months later that I'm crawling back to this Forum. :-( I'm still swamped in some private work & other stuff, but I will definitely try to check in...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on Jul 26, 2001 at 01:41 PM, in Developer Center

Hi all, Just wanted to note that, in...	673 Views / 2 Replies
Hi all, Just wanted to note that, in addition to the Google Groups mirror, Apple also maintains an archive of digests for the AppleScript-Users list...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on Jul 26, 2001 at 01:33 PM, in Developer Center

Hi all, Just to add one more to the mix, the...	551 Views / 3 Replies
Hi all, Just to add one more to the mix, the ubiquitous Akua Sweets (http://www.akua.com/Software/AkuaSweets/index.html) OSAX tends to do a better job of retaining a folder's window position &...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on Jul 25, 2001 at 07:22 PM, in Developer Center

Hi Jacke, [Sorry for this delayed response,...	468 Views / 1 Replies
Hi Jacke, [Sorry for this delayed response, but private work & other stuff has taken me away from this Forum for over two months, and I'm now trying to catch up...] Were you looking for a...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on Jul 25, 2001 at 06:34 PM, in Developer Center

Hi all, Just wanted to note that there are...	453 Views / 3 Replies
Hi all, Just wanted to note that there are also some earlier related threads in this Forum (e.g., the New to AppleScript (http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/Forum16/HTML/000072.html) thread and the...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on May 31, 2001 at 01:16 PM, in Developer Center

Hi djcoolbreeze, I guess you could try...	422 Views / 1 Replies
Hi djcoolbreeze, I guess you could try Connectix' Copy Agent (http://www.connectix.com/products/cca.html) (CA) utility, which includes a "TurboKeys" feature. It should be a good fit for you, if...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on May 31, 2001 at 10:30 AM, in Developer Center

Hi mindwaves, Congrats on your solution!...	420 Views / 7 Replies
Hi mindwaves, Congrats on your solution! It's a pretty good simulation of a stack, given that the grammar for the mathematical expressions wasn't too complex. Did you eventually get the...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on May 31, 2001 at 09:00 AM, in Developer Center

Hi all, For those who're keen on lower-level...	4,024 Views / 15 Replies
Hi all, For those who're keen on lower-level perspectives on this topic, there's also an ancient related Why is MacOs not good at Multitasking?(compared with NT or 2000)...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on May 14, 2001 at 10:42 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS

Hi all, Good advice from everyone above... I...	3,932 Views / 12 Replies
Hi all, Good advice from everyone above... I guess the general thrust is to pick a scheme that works best for you personally. However, note that Apple's recent Mac OS 9.1 update is very much in...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on May 14, 2001 at 07:02 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS

Hi all, Actually, it is possible to achieve...	3,930 Views / 13 Replies
Hi all, Actually, it is possible to achieve remote-control of the Control Strip (CS) via various mechanisms. If you want to go the AppleScript route, there are at least two techniques you could...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on May 3, 2001 at 02:12 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS

Hi again mindwaves, Been away for a while...	509 Views / 13 Replies
Hi again mindwaves, Been away for a while again... Thanks again for all the kind words! However, as you might have guessed, very often the reason I might be aware of potential problems/solutions...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on Apr 26, 2001 at 09:16 AM, in Developer Center

Hi all, Just wanted to note that the Control...	3,914 Views / 5 Replies
Hi all, Just wanted to note that the Control Strip Extension (the companion to the Control Strip control panel) is a special kind of application which is always resident in the backround (even...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on Apr 26, 2001 at 07:22 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS

Hi all, Unfortunately, this "shy" behaviour...	3,930 Views / 13 Replies
Hi all, Unfortunately, this "shy" behaviour of the Control Strip (CS) is a known issue for non-Owner accounts in local Macintosh Manager (MM) / Multiple Users (MU) configurations. It has affected...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on Apr 26, 2001 at 05:43 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS

Hi again mindwaves, Not to worry, these...	509 Views / 13 Replies
Hi again mindwaves, Not to worry, these kinds of glitches are just an inevitable part of the coding / testing / debugging cycle... I bet you're beginning to have a lot more sympathy for software...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on Apr 21, 2001 at 10:47 AM, in Developer Center

Hi again J., The AppleShare client...	4,003 Views / 3 Replies
Hi again J., The AppleShare client auto-logon mechanism has changed somewhat in Mac OS 9. The AppleShare Prep pref-file is no longer as important as it used to be, and there's now a new Servers...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on Apr 21, 2001 at 06:45 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS

Hi Mad Frog, The easiest way to see the...	488 Views / 2 Replies
Hi Mad Frog, The easiest way to see the format of raw Apple Events in AppleScript is to first use Script Editor to create a script containing complex commands (including parameters) from one or...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on Apr 19, 2001 at 03:19 PM, in Developer Center

Hi mindwaves, You're certainly busy coding...	444 Views / 2 Replies
Hi mindwaves, You're certainly busy coding these days, eh? :-) Is it the case that the 'new.c' file is empty whenever you enter data for more than one student, but it has the expected contents...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on Apr 19, 2001 at 01:31 PM, in Developer Center

Hi jgates, I guess you want to emulate the...	4,169 Views / 2 Replies
Hi jgates, I guess you want to emulate the way a PostScript desktop-printer normally works (i.e., by directly printing a file without any user intervention), for non-PostScript documents? You...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on Apr 19, 2001 at 11:12 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS

Hi Erick, There doesn't seem to be any API...	505 Views / 3 Replies
Hi Erick, There doesn't seem to be any API available for controlling the fan on the PowerBook G3/G4 models... As you suggested, the fan appears to be hardwired to a temperature gauge on the...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on Apr 19, 2001 at 09:11 AM, in Developer Center

Hi all, Just wanted to note that there are...	597 Views / 9 Replies
Hi all, Just wanted to note that there are also a few earlier related threads in this Forum that discuss bulletin-board/web-forum systems, e.g., the So who knows how?...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on Apr 16, 2001 at 03:49 PM, in Developer Center

Hi cubeoid, Jag has given some very good...	381 Views / 2 Replies
Hi cubeoid, Jag has given some very good info on CodeWarrior Java resources in the post above. However, recent versions of CodeWarrior Java rely on Apple's MRJ JVM for runtime support, and...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on Apr 16, 2001 at 03:37 PM, in Developer Center

Hi again mindwaves, Glad to hear that you...	509 Views / 13 Replies
Hi again mindwaves, Glad to hear that you resolved all the remaining issues... way to go! :-) For the benefit of others who might be reading this thread, there are a couple of modifications...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on Apr 16, 2001 at 02:56 PM, in Developer Center

Hi cyberman, David Every has done some work...	3,252 Views / 1 Replies
Hi cyberman, David Every has done some work in adapting/extending Daniel Fanton's earlier Easter Eggs (EE) compilation; the current list can be found at MacKiDo.com's Mac Easter Eggs...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on Apr 16, 2001 at 12:11 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS

Hi again tonymac, No prob... It's these...	523 Views / 3 Replies
Hi again tonymac, No prob... It's these kinds of situations which make us glad that AppleScript supports plug-ins. Long live third-party OSAXen! :-) Regards, --Paul
Posted by Paul Crawford, on Apr 13, 2001 at 08:37 AM, in Developer Center

Hi tonymac, Unfortunately, AFAIK the Finder...	523 Views / 3 Replies
Hi tonymac, Unfortunately, AFAIK the Finder can't handle invisible items, at least up through Classic Mac OS 9.0.x. Instead, try using one of the freeware OSAXen that can set the visibility bit,...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on Apr 11, 2001 at 02:17 PM, in Developer Center

Hi Phil, Once again, I wish you all the very...	492 Views / 7 Replies
Hi Phil, Once again, I wish you all the very best in your C++ adventures. Like any other computer language (OOP or not), C++ inspires much joy and much pain, so just keep a level head and you'll...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on Apr 11, 2001 at 02:13 PM, in Developer Center

Hi again mindwaves, Sorry, I haven't checked...	509 Views / 13 Replies
Hi again mindwaves, Sorry, I haven't checked this Forum in a couple of days... 1. In terms of line-indentation in CodeWarrior's editor, unfortunately the "auto-indent" behaviour isn't quite as...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on Apr 11, 2001 at 12:48 PM, in Developer Center

Hi mindwaves, It usually doesn't matter...	509 Views / 13 Replies
Hi mindwaves, It usually doesn't matter whether the separators (between successive students' data) are newlines or spaces/tabs. For example, the 'fscanf()' routine is generally quite smart when...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on Apr 9, 2001 at 10:20 AM, in Developer Center

Hi Ryan, In your early stages of...	425 Views / 1 Replies
Hi Ryan, In your early stages of site-building, you could try hooking up with some of the folks running Darwin-related websites listed in the Netscape Open Directory Project's Darwin Directory...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on Apr 9, 2001 at 03:52 AM, in Developer Center

Hi Phil, As you can see from the above...	492 Views / 7 Replies
Hi Phil, As you can see from the above responses, the anwser to your question is 'Yes!' :-) For some additional C++/Mac programming resources, please see the related threads in this Forum -- e.g.,...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on Apr 9, 2001 at 03:42 AM, in Developer Center

Hi BGK, In addition to all the great...	417 Views / 2 Replies
Hi BGK, In addition to all the great pointers given by suthercd above, I just wanted to note that there are some other AppleScript (AS) resources listed in various related threads in this Forum,...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on Apr 9, 2001 at 03:41 AM, in Developer Center

Hi rjc3, AFAIK, the Multiple Users (MU)...	2,900 Views / 2 Replies
Hi rjc3, AFAIK, the Multiple Users (MU) Control Panel is neither recordable nor scriptable (at least under Mac OS 9.0.x; I don't know about 9.1)... However, it is possible to work around this...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on Apr 4, 2001 at 01:46 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS

Hi all, As spicyjeff indicated above, MS...	3,303 Views / 5 Replies
Hi all, As spicyjeff indicated above, MS Windows doesn't currently provide a "native" way to access iDisk. However, it is supposedly possible to do so if you install "suitable" AFP-over-IP...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on Apr 4, 2001 at 04:33 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS

Hi all, Just wanted to note that, for those...	3,101 Views / 9 Replies
Hi all, Just wanted to note that, for those who might have been reluctant to try Apple's recent Macintosh Manager (MM) 1.4 Update (http://asu.info.apple.com/swupdates.nsf/artnum/n12046), it does...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on Apr 2, 2001 at 11:32 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS

Hi Joe, Although the Finder's 'Print...	3,916 Views / 2 Replies
Hi Joe, Although the Finder's 'Print Window...' command can sometimes work well in Mac OS 9.0.x (as bluebean pointed out above), it does occasionally fail to print all contained items. This is a...
Posted by Paul Crawford, on Apr 1, 2001 at 12:54 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS

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