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FILE LIST Last Updated: 03-04-1994 ID# FILE NAME ACC. T UPLOADED BY DATE --- -------------------- ---- - ----------------------------------- ---------- 55 Bundles.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 10-29-1992 DESC: Bundles - A bundle is a collection of resources. Bundles can be used KEY: Bundles.sit KBytes: 6144 DESC: for a number of different purposes, and are currently used by the DESC: Finder ito tie an icon to a file type, allowing your application or DESC: data file to have its own icon. 52 ChangedResource.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 10-29-1992 DESC: ChangedResource - The toolbox trap ChangedResource is used to inform KEY: ChangedResource.sit KBytes: 5120 DESC: the Resource Manager that the contents of a resource have changed DESC: and should be written to disk. The actual write occurs on the next DESC: call to WriteResource (for the specific resource) or UpdateResFile DESC: (for the resource file containing the specified resource). When DESC: called, ChangedResource reserves enough disk space to contain the DESC: changed resource. A little-known “feature” of ChangedResource is DESC: that it reserves disk space every time it is called. DESC: DESC: 51 Clickless Sound.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 10-29-1992 DESC: Clickless Sound - This Technical Note formerly described how to use KEY: Clickless Sound.sit KBytes: 5120 DESC: the Sound Driver to produce continuous sound without clicking. DESC: Changes since March 1988. The continuous sound technique is no DESC: longer recommended. 48 Control Mgr Q&As.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 10-29-1992 DESC: Control Mgr Q&As - This Technical Note contains a collection of Q&As KEY: Control Mgr Q&As.sit KBytes: 7168 DESC: relating to a specific topic—questions you’ve sent the Developer DESC: Support Center (DSC) along with answers from the DSC engineers. DESC: While DSC engineers have checked the Q&A content for accuracy, the DESC: Q&A Technical Notes don’t have the editing and organization of DESC: other Technical Notes. The Q&A function is to get new technical DESC: information and updates to you quickly, saving the polish for when DESC: the information migrates into reference manuals. DESC: DESC: 43 Desktop Mgr Q&As.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 10-29-1992 DESC: Desktop Mgr Q&As - This Technical Note contains a collection of Q&As KEY: Desktop Mgr Q&As.sit KBytes: 6144 DESC: relating to a specific topic—questions you’ve sent the Developer DESC: Support Center (DSC) along with answers from the DSC engineers. DESC: While DSC engineers have checked the Q&A content for accuracy, the DESC: Q&A Technical Notes don’t have the editing and organization of DESC: other Technical Notes. The Q&A function is to get new technical DESC: information and updates to you quickly, saving the polish for when DESC: the information migrates into reference manuals. DESC: DESC: 42 Dialog Mgr Q&As.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 10-29-1992 DESC: Dialog Mgr Q&As - This Technical Note contains a collection of Q&As KEY: Dialog Mgr Q&As.sit KBytes: 16384 DESC: relating to a specific topic—questions you’ve sent the Developer DESC: Support Center (DSC) along with answers from the DSC engineers. DESC: While DSC engineers have checked the Q&A content for accuracy, the DESC: Q&A Technical Notes don’t have the editing and organization of DESC: other Technical Notes. The Q&A function is to get new technical DESC: information and updates to you quickly, saving the polish for when DESC: the information migrates into reference manuals. DESC: DESC: 40 Event Mgr Q&As.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 10-29-1992 DESC: Event Mgr Q&As - This Technical Note contains a collection of Q&As KEY: Event Mgr Q&As.sit KBytes: 12288 DESC: relating to a specific topic—questions you’ve sent the Developer DESC: Support Center (DSC) along with answers from the DSC engineers. DESC: While DSC engineers have checked the Q&A content for accuracy, the DESC: Q&A Technical Notes don’t have the editing and organization of DESC: other Technical Notes. The Q&A function is to get new technical DESC: information and updates to you quickly, saving the polish for when DESC: the information migrates into reference manuals. DESC: DESC: 39 FindDItem.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 10-29-1992 DESC: FindDItem - FindDItem is a potentially useful call which returns the KEY: FindDItem.sit KBytes: 4096 DESC: number of a dialog item given a point in local coordinates and a DESC: dialog handle. It returns an item number of –1 if no item’s DESC: rectangle overlaps the point. This is all well and good, except you DESC: don’t get back quite what you would expect. DESC: DESC: 38 Finder Flags.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 02-28-1994 DESC: Finder Flags - The Finder keeps and uses a series of file KEY: Finder Flags.sit KBytes: 6144 DESC: information flags for each file. These flags are located in the DESC: fdFlags field (a word at offset $28 into an HParamBlockRec) of the DESC: ioFlFndrInfo record of a parameter block. For directories, the DESC: flags are located in the frFlags field of the ioDrUsrWds record of DESC: a parameter block (also offset $28). They may change with newer DESC: versions of the Finder. Finder 7.1.1 assigns the following meanings DESC: to the flags (see the actual file). Changes since March 1988 - This DESC: version updates the meanings of several of the bits which changed DESC: in System 7 and System 7 Pro. 37 Finder Q&As.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 10-29-1992 DESC: Finder Q&As - This Technical Note contains a collection of Q&As KEY: Finder Q&As.sit KBytes: 19456 DESC: relating to a specific topic—questions you’ve sent the Developer DESC: Support Center (DSC) along with answers from the DSC engineers. DESC: While DSC engineers have checked the Q&A content for accuracy, the DESC: Q&A Technical Notes don’t have the editing and organization of DESC: other Technical Notes. The Q&A function is to get new technical DESC: information and updates to you quickly, saving the polish for when DESC: the information migrates into reference manuals. DESC: DESC: 34 Help Mgr Q&As.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 10-29-1992 DESC: Help Mgr Q&As - This Technical Note contains a collection of Q&As KEY: Help Mgr Q&As.sit KBytes: 17408 DESC: relating to a specific topic—questions you’ve sent the Developer DESC: Support Center (DSC) along with answers from the DSC engineers. DESC: While DSC engineers have checked the Q&A content for accuracy, the DESC: Q&A Technical Notes don’t have the editing and organization of DESC: other Technical Notes. The Q&A function is to get new technical DESC: information and updates to you quickly, saving the polish for when DESC: the information migrates into reference manuals. DESC: DESC: 33 Key Mapping.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 10-29-1992 DESC: Key Mapping - This Technical Note describes the Macintosh family key KEY: Key Mapping.sit KBytes: 11264 DESC: code mapping scheme when running System file 4.1 and later. This DESC: Note also provides a “safe” method for remapping keyboards. Changes DESC: since October 1990. Added a section on how 'KMAP' resources are DESC: matched to specific ADB keyboard types and a section on the DESC: original Macintosh and Macintosh Plus keyboards. DESC: 32 LDEF Madness.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 10-29-1992 DESC: LDEF Madness - This Technical Note uncovers a problem with writing KEY: LDEF Madness.sit KBytes: 6144 DESC: Pascal list definition procedures and two (yes, count ’em, two) DESC: different methods to work around it. DESC: 31 List Mgr Q&As.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 10-29-1992 DESC: List Mgr Q&As - This Technical Note contains a collection of Q&As KEY: List Mgr Q&As.sit KBytes: 7168 DESC: relating to a specific topic—questions you’ve sent the Developer DESC: Support Center (DSC) along with answers from the DSC engineers. DESC: While DSC engineers have checked the Q&A content for accuracy, the DESC: Q&A Technical Notes don’t have the editing and organization of DESC: other Technical Notes. The Q&A function is to get new technical DESC: information and updates to you quickly, saving the polish for when DESC: the information migrates into reference manuals. DESC: DESC: 30 Menu Mgr Q&As.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 10-29-1992 DESC: Menu Mgr Q&As - This Technical Note contains a collection of Q&As KEY: Menu Mgr Q&As.sit KBytes: 25600 DESC: relating to a specific topic—questions you’ve sent the Developer DESC: Support Center (DSC) along with answers from the DSC engineers. DESC: While DSC engineers have checked the Q&A content for accuracy, the DESC: Q&A Technical Notes don’t have the editing and organization of DESC: other Technical Notes. The Q&A function is to get new technical DESC: information and updates to you quickly, saving the polish for when DESC: the information migrates into reference manuals. DESC: DESC: 28 MultiFinder FAQ.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 12-27-1993 DESC: MultiFinder FAQ - New Technical Notes - This technical note provides KEY: MultiFinder FAQ.sit KBytes: 9216 DESC: answers to some of the more frequently asked questions about DESC: MultiFinder. The development name for MultiFinder was Juggler, so DESC: the term "juggle" is used in this technical note to denote a DESC: context switch. Some questions for which answers are given - How DESC: can I tell if WaitNextEvent is implemented? How can I tell if the DESC: MultiFinder Temporary Memory Allocation calls are implemented? How DESC: can I tell if my application is running in the background? When DESC: exactly does juggling take place? Can I disable suspend/resume DESC: events by passing the appropriate event mask to WNE/GNE/EventAvail? 21 OpenRFPerm.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 10-29-1992 DESC: OpenRFPerm - This note corrects an error in the description of the KEY: OpenRFPerm.sit KBytes: 5120 DESC: Resource Manager routine OpenRFPerm found in Inside Macintosh Volume DESC: IV. DESC: 13 Scrap Mgr Q&As.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 10-29-1992 DESC: Scrap Mgr Q&As - This Technical Note contains a collection of Q&As KEY: Scrap Mgr Q&As.sit KBytes: 5120 DESC: relating to a specific topic—questions you’ve sent the Developer DESC: Support Center (DSC) along with answers from the DSC engineers. DESC: While DSC engineers have checked the Q&A content for accuracy, the DESC: Q&A Technical Notes don’t have the editing and organization of DESC: other Technical Notes. The Q&A function is to get new technical DESC: information and updates to you quickly, saving the polish for when DESC: the information migrates into reference manuals. DESC: DESC: 10 SICNs in Menus.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 10-29-1992 DESC: SICNs in Menus - This Technical Note describes a new facility of the KEY: SICNs in Menus.sit KBytes: 7168 DESC: Menu Manager which allows you to add reduced icons and small icons DESC: to your menus. Changes since August 1989. Corrected references to DESC: SetItemCmd from SetItmCmd. 9 Sound Input Q&As.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 10-29-1992 DESC: Sound Input Q&As - This Technical Note contains a collection of Q&As KEY: Sound Input Q&As.sit KBytes: 5120 DESC: relating to a specific topic—questions you’ve sent the Developer DESC: Support Center (DSC) along with answers from the DSC engineers. DESC: While DSC engineers have checked the Q&A content for accuracy, the DESC: Q&A Technical Notes don’t have the editing and organization of DESC: other Technical Notes. The Q&A function is to get new technical DESC: information and updates to you quickly, saving the polish for when DESC: the information migrates into reference manuals. DESC: DESC: 8 Sound Mgr Q&As.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 10-29-1992 DESC: Sound Mgr Q&As - This Technical Note contains a collection of Q&As KEY: Sound Mgr Q&As.sit KBytes: 19456 DESC: relating to a specific topic—questions you’ve sent the Developer DESC: Support Center (DSC) along with answers from the DSC engineers. DESC: While DSC engineers have checked the Q&A content for accuracy, the DESC: Q&A Technical Notes don’t have the editing and organization of DESC: other Technical Notes. The Q&A function is to get new technical DESC: information and updates to you quickly, saving the polish for when DESC: the information migrates into reference manuals. DESC: DESC: 6 Toolbox Karma.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 10-29-1992 DESC: Toolbox Karma - This Technical Note discusses Macintosh Toolbox KEY: Toolbox Karma.sit KBytes: 6144 DESC: compatibility and what you can do to help the Macintosh continue DESC: evolving in the future. DESC: 3 Window Mgr Q&As.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 02-28-1994 DESC: Window Mgr Q&As - This Technical Note contains a collection of Q&As KEY: Window Mgr Q&As.sit KBytes: 12288 DESC: relating to a specific topic—questions you’ve sent the Developer DESC: Support Center (DSC) along with answers from the DSC engineers. DESC: While DSC engineers have checked the Q&A content for accuracy, the DESC: Q&A Technical Notes don’t have the editing and organization of DESC: other Technical Notes. The Q&A function is to get new technical DESC: information and updates to you quickly, saving the polish for when DESC: the information migrates into reference manuals. New Q&As in this DESC: Technical Note - How to save and restore window positions. DESC: 2 WMgrPort.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 10-29-1992 DESC: WMgrPort - Where WMgrPort (the Window Manager’s port), MultiFinder, KEY: WMgrPort.sit KBytes: 6144 DESC: and drawing outside of one’s windows will be reconciled. DESC: DESC: 1 ZoomWindow.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 10-29-1992 DESC: ZoomWindow - This Technical Note contains some hints about using KEY: ZoomWindow.sit KBytes: 9216 DESC: _ZoomWindow. Changes since February 1990. Fixed a bug in DoWZoom DESC: which caused crashes if the content of a window did not intersect DESC: with any device’s gdRect. Also made DoWZoom more robust by making DESC: savePort a local variable and checking for off-screen and inactive DESC: GDevice records. (One variable name has changed.) Additional DESC: minor changes: Corrected original sample code to use _EraseRect DESC: before zooming and added references to Human Interface Note #7, DESC: Who’s Zooming Whom? for more subtle and application- specific DESC: considerations.