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C.S.M.P. Digest             Thu, 22 Oct 92       Volume 1 : Issue 196

Today's Topics:

    Free Code:  Watch Cursors
    More free code:  Simplifying the List Manager
    Need sample code of MPW tool using Apple Events
    What is the bandwidth of a CableTV channel?
    PaintBehind (was Re: NON-QUICKDRAW GAMES)
    List fields...
    Color Icons



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From: [e-mail] ("Sean J. Crist")
Subject: Free Code:  Watch Cursors
Date: 18 Sep 92 02:30:01 GMT


     The following free code is nothing particularly complicated or
unusual; it simply handles the work involved in showing watch cursors,
either with spinning or non-spinning hands.  I'm posting it here because
it may be helpful to new programmers, or
because it might save someone else the time of writing it over again.
     This code was written in Think Pascal 4.0.

How to use this code:
1.  Use ResEdit to copy the seven CURS resources from the Finder into your
application's resource file.  I lifted mine from 6.1.5 where they were
numbered beginning at 257.  I'm not sure whether or not these resource
numbers are the same under all
versions of the Finder; if yours are different, you will have to either
change the resource numbers or the code below.
     Also, I don't know how Apple feels about people stealing their
cursors.  However, since these seven CURS resources are a standard part of
the user interface, and since they are a minor part of the Finder, I doubt
that Apple is going to sue you for
using them.

2.  Include the global variables in the code below in your program's
global declarations.

3.  When your program initializes itself on startup, it should call
InitWatch once.  Alternately, you could eliminate this routine and paste
its one line of code into your own initialize routine.

4.  To show a simple still watch, call ShowWatch.  This routine is
functionally equivalent to InitCursor.

5.  To make the hands of the watch actually spin, don't call ShowWatch.
Instead, start the watch spinning by calling StartSpinningWatch.  While
you are doing your time-consuming processing, call SpinWatch as often as
possible (perhaps by including it in
some inner processing loop).  SpinWatch takes care of the timing involved
in spinning the watch hands; all you have to do is call it as often as
possible.

6.  When you are finished spinning the watch hands, be sure to call
StopSpinningWatch.  This deallocates the memory associated with the watch
cursors.

7.  This code spins the watch handle every 30 ticks (once every half
second).  To change this speed, edit the figure 30 in the SpinWatch
routine.  (I don't know whether Apple has established any guideline for
how often a cursor should spin.)

Please send bug reports, praise, etc. to [e-mail].  I hope
this code is useful to somebody.

unit SpinningWatch;

interface

{Global variables}
 var
  gWatchHandle: CursHandle;
  gSpinningWatchHandle: array[1..8] of CursHandle;
  gSpinningWatchTimer: LongInt;
  gSpinningWatchState: Integer;

{Call this at the beginning of your program.}
 procedure InitWatch;

{Call ShowWatch as you would InitCursor.}
 procedure ShowWatch;

{This routine is called when we want to first start displaying the moving
watch cursor.}
 procedure StartSpinningWatch;

{This routine is called when we want to rotate the watch to the next
position.  We should}
{just call this routine as often as possible; this routine worries about
the timing itself.}
 procedure SpinWatch;

{This routine deallocates the memory we used and inits the cursor.}
 procedure StopSpinningWatch;

implementation

 procedure InitWatch;
 begin
{Get a handle to that standard watch cursor and hold on to it for the rest
of the program.}
  gWatchHandle := GetCursor(WatchCursor);
 end;


 procedure ShowWatch;
{Set cursor to watch}
{We have no routine ShowPointer, because we can simply say InitCursor.}
 begin
  SetCursor(gWatchHandle^^);
 end;

{This routine is called when we first start want to display the moving
watch cursor.}
 procedure StartSpinningWatch;
  var
   counter: Integer;
 begin
  for counter := 1 to 7 do
   gSpinningWatchHandle[counter] := GetCursor(Counter + 256);
  gSpinningWatchState := 8;
  gSpinningWatchTimer := TickCount;
 end;

{This routine is called when we want to rotate the watch to the next
position.  We should}
{just call this routine as often as possible; this routine worries about
the timing.}
 procedure SpinWatch;
  var
   NewTime: LongInt;
 begin
  NewTime := TickCount;
  if (NewTime - 30) > gSpinningWatchTimer then
   begin
    gSpinningWatchState := gSpinningWatchState + 1;
    gSpinningWatchTimer := NewTime;
    if gSpinningWatchState > 8 then
     gSpinningWatchState := 1;
    if gSpinningWatchState = 8 then
     ShowWatch
    else
     SetCursor(gSpinningWatchHandle[gSpinningWatchState]^^);
   end;
 end;

{This routine deallocates the memory we used and inits the cursor.}
 procedure StopSpinningWatch;
  var
   counter: Integer;
 begin
  for counter := 1 to 7 do
   ReleaseResource(Handle(gSpinningWatchHandle[counter]));
 end;

end.




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From: [e-mail] ("Sean J. Crist")
Subject: More free code:  Simplifying the List Manager
Date: 18 Sep 92 03:33:13 GMT


     The following code, once again, is nothing particularly glamorous; it
simply makes it easier to use the List Manager to create and manage lists
of strings.  One of the most common uses for the List Manager is
scrollable, one-dimensional, fixed-size
lists of strings (as in SFGetFile, SFPutFile).  The List Manager is good
for creating all kinds of lists (such as lists of icons), but a lot of
this functionality is a hassle for programmers who only need a simple list
of strings.
     The code below allows you create and dispose of lists of strings.  It
allows you to add, rename, and remove elements in the list, and handles
mouse clicks and update events.  It also keeps the lists in alphabetical
order.
     I remember having a lot of trouble learning how to call the List
Manager properly; I hope that this code helps somebody else.

How to use these routines:
     Every one of these routines takes a ListHandle as one of its
parameters.  It is OK to have several lists going at one time; just make
sure you pass the right ListHandle when you call one of these routines.

CreateList:  Call this routine to create a new list of strings.  Pass it
an empty ListHandle, as well as the pointer to the window to contain the
list, and the rectangle in which the list should be enclosed.  The list
can take up an entire window, or only
part of it, as you prefer.  The scroll bar will be drawn inside the
rectangle you specify, so you don't need to leave extra room for it.
Initially, the list will contain no strings.

UpdateList:  Call this in response to an Update event to redraw the
portions of the list which need it.  This routine assumes that you have
already called BeginUpdate for the window containing the list, and that
you have not yet called EndUpdate.

DoClick:  Call this function in response to a MouseDown event inside your
list's rectangle.  DoClick usually returns FALSE, but it returns TRUE if
this click is the second click of a double-click (i.e., TRUE means the
user double-clicked an item).

TurnOffSelection:  This routine unhilights the currently hilighted cell,
if any.

ListSelection:  This returns the string of the currently selected cell.
If no cell is currently selected, the empty string is returned.

AddCell:  Call this routine to add a new cell to the list.  The string you
pass to this routine is automatically alphabetized within the list.  Bug
alert:  the first element or two of the list are sometimes not in
alphabetical order.  If you take the time
to work out this kink, please let me know what you did (I could figure
this out, but I just haven't taken the time to).  This bug is cosmetic and
does not crash the program.

RenameCell:  Changes the string in a cell to another string, and
realphabetizes the list, if necessary.

DeleteCell:  Removes the cell with the given string from the list.

DisposList:  Call this routine when you are completely finished with a
list and want to deallocate its memory.

     Credit: The routines CreateList, UpdateList, DoClick, and DisposList
are loosely based on some code I received from somebody of
comp.sys.mac.programmer around two years ago.  I've rewritten these
routines, but credit is due to this contributor, whose
name I cannot remember.

     I have successfully called these routines for lists in regular
windows as well as in modal dialogs.  Please send bug reports, praise,
money, etc. to [e-mail].

unit StringListInterface;

interface

{Create a new list with no elements.}
 procedure CreateList (var TheListHandle: ListHandle; TheWindow:
WindowPtr; TheRect: Rect);

{Update the art of a list.}
 procedure UpdateList (TheListHandle: ListHandle);

{Handle a click in the list rectangle.  If it was a double-click, we will
return TRUE.}
 function DoClick (TheListHandle: ListHandle; TheWhere: Point): Boolean;

{Turn off any hilited item.}
 procedure TurnOffSelection (TheListHandle: ListHandle);

{Return the string currently selected; empty string if no selection.}
 function ListSelection (TheListHandle: ListHandle): string;

{Add a new cell containing the string parameter to the end of the list}
 procedure AddCell (TheListHandle: ListHandle; NewString: str255);

{Change the name of an existing cell}
 procedure RenameCell (TheListHandle: ListHandle; OldString, NewString:
Str255);

{Remove the cell with the given name from the list.}
 procedure DeleteCell (TheListHandle: ListHandle; TheString: string);

{Get rid of the list when we're done with it, cleaning up all the memory.}
 procedure DisposList (TheListHandle: ListHandle);

implementation

 procedure CreateList;
  const
   StandardList = 0;
  var
   ViewRect: Rect;
   DataBounds: Rect;
   CellSize: Point;
   TempInteger: Integer;  {Just to do a little math}
 begin
{Inset the box to make room for the scroll bar.  Also inset it so we've
got room for a border.}
  ViewRect := TheRect;
  InsetRect(ViewRect, 1, 1);
  ViewRect.Right := ViewRect.Right - 15;
{Set the cell size to the size of the cell}
  CellSize.v := TheWindow^.txSize + 3;
  if CellSize.v = 3 then  {If it hasn't been set, then make it 12 point.}
   begin
    TextSize(12);
    CellSize.v := 15;
   end;
  CellSize.h := ViewRect.Right - ViewRect.Left;
{Now adjust the ViewRect to avoid cutting off the last visible cell}
  TempInteger := (ViewRect.Bottom - ViewRect.Top) div CellSize.v;
  ViewRect.Bottom := ViewRect.Top + (TempInteger * CellSize.v);
{Create the new list.}
  SetRect(DataBounds, 0, 0, 1, 0);
  TheListHandle := LNew(ViewRect, DataBounds, CellSize, StandardList,
TheWindow, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, TRUE);
  UpdateList(TheListHandle);
 end;

{Update the display of a list.}
 procedure UpdateList;
  var
   ViewRect: Rect;
   ListUpdateRgn: RgnHandle;
 begin
  SetPort(TheListHandle^^.Port);
{Get the List manager to update the list.}
  ViewRect := TheListHandle^^.rView;
  LDoDraw(true, TheListHandle);
  ListUpdateRgn := NewRgn;
  RectRgn(ListUpdateRgn, ViewRect);
  LUpdate(ListUpdateRgn, TheListHandle);
{Draw the border}
  InsetRect(ViewRect, -1, -1);
  FrameRect(ViewRect);
{Clean up after ourselves}
  DisposeRgn(ListUpdateRgn);
 end;

{Handle a click in the list rectangle.  If it was a double-click, we will
return TRUE.}
 function DoClick;
 begin
  SetPort(TheListHandle^^.Port);
  LDoDraw(TRUE, TheListHandle);
  DoClick := LClick(TheWhere, 0, TheListHandle);
 end;

{Turn off any hilited item.}
 procedure TurnOffSelection;
  var
   ResultPoint: Point;
 begin
  SetPt(ResultPoint, 0, 0);
  if LGetSelect(TRUE, ResultPoint, TheListHandle) then
   LSetSelect(FALSE, ResultPoint, TheListHandle);
 end;

{Return the string currently selected; empty string if no selection.}
 function ListSelection;
  var
   ResultPoint: Point;
   ResultString: Str255;
   StringPointer: Ptr;
   StringLength: Integer;
 begin
  SetPt(ResultPoint, 0, 0);
  if LGetSelect(TRUE, ResultPoint, TheListHandle) then
{If there is a cell selected, then get the string value of that string.
There ought to be an}
{easier way to do this than mucking around in the memory like this.  >:-(
  }
   begin  {If there is a cell selected, then return the string of the cell.}
    StringPointer := Ptr(Ord(@ResultString) + 1);
    StringLength := 255;  {This is the maximum amount of data we are
allowed to move.}
    LGetCell(StringPointer, StringLength, ResultPoint, TheListHandle);
    StringPointer := Ptr(Ord(@ResultString));
    StringPointer^ := StringLength;
    ListSelection := ResultString;
   end
  else  {Otherwise, return the empty string to show that nothing is selected.}
   ListSelection := '';
 end;

{Add a new cell containing the string parameter to the end of the list}
 procedure AddCell;
  var
   Counter: Integer;
   CellPoint: Point;
   OldString: Str255;
   CompResult: Integer;
   StringLength: Integer;
   StringPointer: Ptr;
   done: Boolean;
 begin
{Step 1:  Circle through the loop and figure out where we should insert
the new}
{cell.  We do this to put the list in alphabetical order, and to keep it
that way as}
{new items are added.}
  CellPoint.h := 0;
  CellPoint.v := 0;
  Done := false;
  while not done do
   begin
    if LNextCell(TRUE, TRUE, CellPoint, TheListHandle) then
     begin
      StringPointer := Ptr(Ord(@OldString) + 1);
      StringLength := 255;  {This is the maximum amount of data we are
allowed to move.}
      LGetCell(StringPointer, StringLength, CellPoint, TheListHandle);
      StringPointer := Ptr(Ord(@OldString));
      StringPointer^ := StringLength;
{Now, compare the new string with the contents of the cell and decide
whether the new string}
{should come before or after this cell.}
      CompResult := RelString(NewString, OldString, false, true);
      case CompResult of
       sortsBefore, sortsEqual:
       done := true;
       SortsAfter:
       ;
      end;
     end
    else
{There are no more rows, so that's all.}
     begin
      done := true;
     end;
   end;

{Add the new row at the top of the list.}
  CellPoint.v := LAddRow(1, CellPoint.v, TheListHandle);
{Put the string into the cell.  Once again, there ought to be an easier
way to do this.}
  LSetCell(Pointer(Ord(@NewString) + 1), Length(NewString), CellPoint,
TheListHandle);
 end;


 procedure RenameCell;
  var
   CellPoint: Point;
   DataPtr: Ptr;
   DataLen: Integer;
 begin
  SetPt(CellPoint, 0, 0);
  DataPtr := Pointer(Ord(@OldString) + 1);
  dataLen := Length(OldString);
  if LSearch(dataPtr, dataLen, nil, CellPoint, TheListHandle) then
   begin
    DataPtr := Pointer(Ord(@NewString) + 1);
    dataLen := Length(NewString);
    LSetCell(DataPtr, dataLen, CellPoint, TheListHandle);
   end
  else
   begin
{The programmer asked us to rename a cell which doesn't exist.  We'll just
beep angrily}
{three times.  It's the programmer's responsibility to see that the cell
in question actually}
{does exist before calling this routine.}
    Sysbeep(1);
    Sysbeep(1);
    Sysbeep(1);
   end;
 end;


{Remove the cell with the given name from the list.}
 procedure DeleteCell;
  var
   CellPoint: Point;
   DataPtr: Ptr;
   DataLen: Integer;
 begin
  SetPt(CellPoint, 0, 0);
  DataPtr := Pointer(Ord(@TheString) + 1);
  dataLen := Length(TheString);
  if LSearch(dataPtr, dataLen, nil, CellPoint, TheListHandle) then
   begin
    LDelRow(1, CellPoint.v, TheListHandle);
   end
  else
   begin
{The programmer asked us to delete a cell which doesn't exist.  We'll just
beep angrily}
{three times.  It's the programmer's responsibility to see that the cell
in question actually}
{does exist before calling this routine.}
    Sysbeep(1);
    Sysbeep(1);
    Sysbeep(1);
   end;
 end;

{Get rid of the list when we're done with it, cleaning up all the memory.}
 procedure DisposList;
 begin
  LDispose(TheListHandle);
 end;


end.

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From: [e-mail] (Tom Cunningham)
Subject: Need sample code of MPW tool using Apple Events
Date: 17 Sep 92 18:18:19 GMT
Organization: Motorola Inc., Austin, Tx


Does anyone have some code for an MPW tool using Apple Events that
they could send me?  In particular, I want to communicate with the
Tool Server (e.g. run a script) via Apple Events from within an MPW
tool.  Thanks.
- --
Tom Cunningham  Motorola Inc.  Austin TX
[e-mail]
cs.utexas.edu!oakhill!dsp!bouwsma!tomc

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From: [e-mail] (Keith Rollin)
Organization: Taligent
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1992 01:50:18 GMT

In article <[e-mail]>,
[e-mail] (Tom Cunningham) wrote:
>
>
> Does anyone have some code for an MPW tool using Apple Events that
> they could send me?  In particular, I want to communicate with the
> Tool Server (e.g. run a script) via Apple Events from within an MPW
> tool.  Thanks.

I used the following in a tool I wrote to kill and restart the Finder. This
was in the hopes that shutting down the Finder would help speed up my long
compiles (it didn't). Remember that you have to have one of the MPW Shells
that comes with its High-Level Event Aware bit set:

void KillFinder()
{
    OSErr            err;
    OSType            signature = 'MACS';
    AEAddressDesc    target;
    AppleEvent        theEvent;
    Str255            s;
    ProcessSerialNumber    pPsn;

    err = FindProcessBySignature(signature, &pPsn);
    if (err == noErr) {
        err = AECreateDesc(typeProcessSerialNumber, (Ptr) &pPsn, sizeof(pPsn),
&target);
        if (err == noErr) {
            err = AECreateAppleEvent('aevt', 'quit', &target,
                                        kAutoGenerateReturnID, kAnyTransactionID, &theEvent);
            if (err == noErr) {
                err = AESend(&theEvent, nil, kAENoReply, kAENormalPriority, kNoTimeOut,
nil, nil);
                if (err != noErr) {
                    fprintf(stderr, "### - Error while trying to send Apple Event.\n");
                    GetSysErrText(err, s);
                    fprintf(stderr, "### %s.\n", s);
                    exit(kBadAESend);
                }
            } else {
                fprintf(stderr, "### - Error while trying to create Apple Event.\n");
                GetSysErrText(err, s);
                fprintf(stderr, "### %s.\n", s);
                exit(kBadAppleEvent);
            }
        } else {
            fprintf(stderr, "### - Error while trying to create Finder address.\n");
            GetSysErrText(err, s);
            fprintf(stderr, "### %s.\n", s);
            exit(kBadAddress);
        }
    } else {

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From: [e-mail] (Kent Sandvik)
Date: 18 Sep 92 22:22:53 GMT
Organization: Apple

In article <[e-mail]>,
[e-mail] (Tom Cunningham) wrote:
> Does anyone have some code for an MPW tool using Apple Events that
> they could send me?  In particular, I want to communicate with the
> Tool Server (e.g. run a script) via Apple Events from within an MPW
> tool.  Thanks.

The System 7 CD had an MPW tool called SendAE that you could use.
The AEs for Toolserver are documented in the Toolserver Release
Notes.

Finally, the Developer CD should have a lot of small AE snippets
could reused for AE code.

Kent/DTS

"You should really just relax" -MST3K
- -------------------
Kent Sandvik (UUCP: ....!apple!ksand; INTERNET: [e-mail])
DISCLAIMER: Private activities on the Net.

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From: [e-mail] (Matthew Xavier Mora)
Subject: What is the bandwidth of a CableTV channel?
Date: 17 Sep 92 17:51:58 GMT
Organization: SRI International

This question probably doesn't belong here but I figure this is the
smartest group on the net anyway so you might know. :-)

What is the bandwidth of a cable tv channel and could ethernet pass through
it? How about appletalk? You see what I'm getting at don't you. :-)

Thanks

Matt

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From: Anders Wallgren <[e-mail]>
Organization: Verity, Mountain View, CA, USA
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 92 03:18:52 GMT

In article <[e-mail]> Matthew Xavier
Mora, [e-mail] writes:
>What is the bandwidth of a cable tv channel and could ethernet
pass through
>it? How about appletalk? You see what I'm getting at don't you. :-)

Well, one NTSC TV channel is 6MHz, so assume a 100 channel capacity
(perhaps generous, but it makes the math easier), which means
something like 600MHz.

anders

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From: [e-mail] (Robert Beckett)
Date: 18 Sep 92 16:32:35 GMT
Organization: Vanderbilt University Computer Center

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
(Matthew Xavier Mora) wrote:
>
> This question probably doesn't belong here but I figure this is the
> smartest group on the net anyway so you might know. :-)
>
> What is the bandwidth of a cable tv channel and could ethernet pass through
> it? How about appletalk? You see what I'm getting at don't you. :-)
>

On our braodband, cable TV and data channels co-exist.  Cable TV channels
are 6Mhz wide.  We have AppliTeks which have send and receive channels,
each of which is 6Mhz wide.  We also have Chipcoms which use 12Mhz channels
that somehow manage to send and receive.  So it appears that if you wish to
do full ethernet on cable, you need to set aside 2 cable channels to do it.
 I am no networking expert, but this is my understanding of the situation
here.

I am reminded somehow of the old Sony PCM F1 digital audio processor, which
allowed one to record full 16bit/44.056Khz 2 channel audio (about 1.4 Mb/s)
onto regular VHS or Beta VCR's.  Of course, Ethernet (at 10 Mb/s) is much
faster.


- --Robert    [e-mail]
            Vanderbilt University Computer Center

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From: [e-mail] (Paul Potts)
Date: 18 Sep 92 20:10:16 GMT
Organization: Instructional Technology Laboratory, University of Michigan

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Robert Beckett) writes:
>In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
>(Matthew Xavier Mora) wrote:
>>
>> This question probably doesn't belong here but I figure this is the
>> smartest group on the net anyway so you might know. :-)
>>
>> What is the bandwidth of a cable tv channel and could ethernet pass through
>> it? How about appletalk? You see what I'm getting at don't you. :-)
>>
>
>On our braodband, cable TV and data channels co-exist.  Cable TV channels
>are 6Mhz wide.  We have AppliTeks which have send and receive channels,
>each of which is 6Mhz wide.  We also have Chipcoms which use 12Mhz channels
>that somehow manage to send and receive.  So it appears that if you wish to
>do full ethernet on cable, you need to set aside 2 cable channels to do it.
> I am no networking expert, but this is my understanding of the situation
>here.

We had a similar system back at the College of Wooster... there was a
cable TV plant campus-wide, and ChipCom boxes which passed Ethernet
over a couple of channels of the cable TV plant. It can be done without
too much trauma, although as I recall the boxes were quite expensive.
I don't know what the performance of the ChipComs were (they were called
EtherModems, I believe) but there didn't seem to be any noticeable bottleneck
when going from an Ethernet over the cable plant and back to another Ethernet.


- --
"...remove protective cap. Hold atomizer with thumb at base and nozzle
between first and second fingers. Without tilting head, insert nozzle into
nostril. Fully depress rim with a firm, even stroke and sniff deeply."
- -advice for presidential candidates from Paul Potts - [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail]
Date: 18 Sep 92 14:19:01 GMT
Organization: United States Coast Guard

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Matthew Xavier Mora) writes:
> What is the bandwidth of a cable tv channel and could ethernet pass through
> it? How about appletalk? You see what I'm getting at don't you. :-)

    The bandwidth of a single TV channel (cable, or anywhere else)
 is 6 MHz.  The bandwidth of the entire cable system is severawl
 hundred MHz.

    Ethernet is up to 10 million bits per second.  There are
 already companies which make "translators" to transport ethernet
 on a Cable TV cable.  I think it uses more than one channel.

    Appletalk on a local talk cable is somwhere around 233 k BPS.
 I don't know any commercial hardware to transport it on a cable
 network, but there may well be some.  (I built some hardware that
 would do stuff like this for my Masters of Engineering degree,
 but it never went commercial :-).  I'm sure there is stuff to put
 medium speed channels on a Cable, but they're going to be in
 standard multiples (like 64k BPS, or 256k BPS).

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From: [e-mail] (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University)
Subject: PaintBehind (was Re: NON-QUICKDRAW GAMES)
Date: 19 Sep 92 06:11:52 GMT
Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Ben Haller) writes:
> In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University) writes:
>>In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Ben Haller) writes:
>>> In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:
>>> void InvalScreen()
>>> {
>>>     DrawMenuBar();
>>>     PaintOne(0L,GrayRgn);
>>>     PaintBehind(WindowList,GrayRgn);
>>> }
>>
>>The PaintOne call is redundant; PaintBehind does it all. Also, why refer
>>to the WindowList when you can use FrontWindow?
>   The PaintOne call, if I recall correctly, repaints the desktop.  This
> would not be done by the PaintBehind call, as far as I know.

I have an FKEY installed on my machine for refreshing the screen. It
basically does a PaintBehind call. I never bothered with DrawMenuBar, since
the menu bar gets redrawn on a major switch anyway.

Every time I invoke this FKEY, I can see the Finder redrawing the icons on
the desktop.

Here, try it yourself:

(This file must be converted with BinHex 4.0)

Lawrence D'Oliveiro                       fone: [phone]
Computer Services Dept                     fax: [phone]
University of Waikato            electric mail: [e-mail]
Hamilton, New Zealand    37^ 47' 26" S, 175^ 19' 7" E, GMT+12:00

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From: [e-mail] (Ben Haller)
Date: 18 Sep 92 17:04:59 GMT
Organization: Stick Software

In article <[e-mail]>
  [e-mail] (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University) writes:
[several levels of quoting and attribution have been removed; not all
of this was written by Lawrence, some was written by me...]
> void InvalScreen()
> {
>     DrawMenuBar();
>     PaintOne(0L,GrayRgn);
>     PaintBehind(WindowList,GrayRgn);
> }
>
>I have an FKEY installed on my machine for refreshing the screen. It
>basically does a PaintBehind call. I never bothered with DrawMenuBar, since
>the menu bar gets redrawn on a major switch anyway.
>
>Every time I invoke this FKEY, I can see the Finder redrawing the icons on
>the desktop.

  Maybe the PaintOne is needed in System 6; this makes sense, since in
System 7 the Desktop is really a window in the windowlist of the Finder.
So I bet your FKEY wouldn't work in System 6.0.x (but I can't try it,
not having a machine to try it on... anyone want to check & make sure?)
  I really feel fairly sure that the PaintOne is necessary for some
reason...
  As for the DrawMenuBar call, well, not everyone calls this function
immediately before generating a major context switch... screensavers
being a good example...

- -Ben Haller ([e-mail])

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From: [e-mail] (Rick E Romkey)
Subject: List fields...
Date: 17 Sep 92 12:06:45 GMT
Organization: United Technologies Research Center


I have been having some problems trying to figure out how
to get a custom List working.  Here's the scoop:

I wanna place a '\n' delimited string into a field as separate
cells.  It should only allow a single field to be selected.  I seem
to have created the cells ok, but for the life of me, I can't
get it to write within them.

This field is part of a modal dialog (maybe a modeless someday,
but for now I'll be happy with a modal).   Anyone have some
easy-to-follow source code?

Rick E Romkey

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From: [e-mail] (Carl W. Haynes III)
Date: 19 Sep 92 00:21:26 GMT
Organization: Purdue University

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Rick E Romkey) writes:
>
>I wanna place a '\n' delimited string into a field as separate
>cells.  It should only allow a single field to be selected.  I seem
>to have created the cells ok, but for the life of me, I can't
>get it to write within them.
>

In your LDEF Proc, you do all your drawing in when you get
the lDrawMsg. lRect gives you the rect to draw into. to get the
text of the cell you want to draw.

here's an example LDEF that simply makes sure that the text is drawn
in 12 point applFont. I ripped out a bunch of code that was specific
to my application (I was doing some extra formatting), but everything
should still work.

Macintosh Programming Secrets (2nd edition) also has an example LDEF.
I've always found the List Manager chapter of Inside Mac one of
the better writtendefinately read through that again.
The UseNet Macintosh Programmers Guide (available at the usual archives)
also has an example LDEF.

carl

pascal void exampleLDEF( short       lMessage,
                         Boolean     lSelect,
                         Rect        *lRect,
                         Cell        *lCell,
                         short       lDataOffset,
                         short       lDataLen,
                         ListHandle  lHandle)
{
char    listState;

   listState = HGetState(lHandle);
   HLock(lHandle);

   switch (lMessage)
   {
      case lInitMsg:
         break;
      case lDrawMsg:
      {
      Rect          tempRect;
      PenState      savedPenState;
      short         savedFont;
      short         savedFontSize;
      Str255        cellContents;

         //
         //    Save everything we can since we don't know
         //    what we may be dealing with
         //

         GetPenState(&savedPenState);
         PenNormal();

         savedFont = (*(**lHandle).port).txFont;
         savedFontSize = (*(**lHandle).port).txSize;

         //
         //    Set up things the way we like 'em
         //

         TextFont(applFont);
         TextSize(12);

         EraseRect(lRect);

         //
         //    Write the text
         //

         BlockMove( &*(**lHandle).cells[0] + lDataOffset,
                    cellContents,
                    (Size)lDataLen);

         tempRect = *lRect;
         InsetRect(&tempRect, 2, 0);
         TextBox(cellContents, (long)lDataLen, &tempRect, teJustLeft);

         //
         //    Invert it if necessary
         //

         if (lSelect)
            InvertRect(lRect);

         //
         //    Set everything back
         //

         TextFont(savedFont);
         TextSize(savedFontSize);
         SetPenState(&savedPenState);

         break;
      }
      case lHiliteMsg:
         InvertRect(lRect);
         break;
   }

   HSetState(lHandle, listState);
}

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From: bberqu@sagpd1
Subject: Color Icons
Date: 26 Aug 92 23:38:00 GMT

Hi,

I'm trying to create some color icons using ResEdit in 256 color mode, so
I create the Icons with certain colors (like yellows/oranges ...) just
fine, I copy them to the scrap and then paste them into the getinfo
window, however, most of the (if not all) orange/yellow colors don't
show up when the icon is pasted, all shades of the blues show up just
fine.  I also tried the apple colors pallete in ResEdit also with oranges
and reds, still no success.  I hope this isn't a FAQ, Any explanations
would be appreciated.

Programmers question:

I'm trying to use ModalDialog with a filterProc function which will
handle popupmenus,  when I call ModalDialog and just let it sit there
no mouse movement or anything, after a while, I get, I believe a system
error #26 according to MacsBug, all my filter proc function does is
return (TRUE), I've also tried FALSE.  My impression from IM is that
ModalDialog sits there and waits for a mousedown event within the dialog
and when it gets either a itemhit or incontent or whatever, it then calls
the filterProc function (if defined), is this true? I assume that it
passes the dialog poointer/event record pointer/itemhit pointer, is this
true?  It looks like its calling my filterProc constantly, if this is true
do I need handle events within the filterProc?  Assuming all my parameters
are correct for filterProc are correct, what am I doing wrong?

An explanation of how ModalDialog and the filterProc functions work with
each other would be nice.

Thanks in advance

Brian

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From: [e-mail] (Stepan Riha)
Date: 27 Aug 92 15:32:56 GMT
Organization: National Instruments, Austin, TX

In article <1992Aug26.233800.21347@sagpd1> bberqu@sagpd1 () writes:

Q: Why does the finder change some colors when you paste a picture into the
   Get Info Window?

When you paste a picture into the Get Info Window the finder maps the colors
to the 34 Apple Icon Colors.  You can set these in the cicn or icl8 dialog.
If you REALLY want to have your specific colors, you can edit the custom icons
directly in ResEdit once you paste them on your document in the GetInfo window.
The icons have id -16455 and type icl8, icl4, ICN#, ics8, etc.
Note that only colors from the Apple Icon Colors will by affected by the
color of a label or when the icon is selected.

    - Stepan
- --
   Stepan Riha -- [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail] (Paul Potts)
Date: 27 Aug 92 15:43:37 GMT
Organization: Instructional Technology Laboratory, University of Michigan

In article <1992Aug26.233800.21347@sagpd1> bberqu@sagpd1 () writes:
... stuff on color icons left out...
>
>Programmers question:
>
>I'm trying to use ModalDialog with a filterProc function which will
>handle popupmenus,  when I call ModalDialog and just let it sit there
>no mouse movement or anything, after a while, I get, I believe a system
>error #26 according to MacsBug, all my filter proc function does is
>return (TRUE), I've also tried FALSE.  My impression from IM is that
>ModalDialog sits there and waits for a mousedown event within the dialog
>and when it gets either a itemhit or incontent or whatever, it then calls
>the filterProc function (if defined), is this true?

Not quite. When you set up a filter procedure, ModalDialog
sends all the events to it for screening before it looks at them.
This includes idle events, if there are any: you can actually do things
on idle time in your filter procedure, if you don't need any guarantee that
you will get idle time (you wont' get it in a very busy system, at least
not consistently).

ModalDialog *always* quits when it gets one of its triggering events,
like a keypress that it understands (return for the default button, for
example), or a mouse click in a button or on a checkbox. If you have, say,
ten check boxes and an OK button, and you want to keep the modal dialog up
until the OK button is hit, you have to call ModalDialog in a loop which
checks to see what was hit and only stops calling it if the OK button was
hit.

If you install a filter procedure, you return TRUE if you want ModalDialog
to quit. You have the event that got passed to your filter proc, so you
can change it if you want. You have a pointer to the item ID that ModalDialog
should return. Here's a diagram:

Without a filter proc (actually with the default filter proc)

- ---> event--->   ModalDialog  ---------> exit (return the item that was hit
                 Was a triggering              to dismiss the dialog)
                 event received?


With a filter proc

- ---> event---> FilterProc ----> ModalDialog ----> exit (return the item that
               look at the       Did filterProc         was hit to dismiss the
               event; return     send "True?"           dialog)
               TRUE to tell      If so, dismiss
               ModalDialog that  the dialog.
               this was a        Otherwise, handle
             "triggering event", the event.
               otherwise return
               false.

No doubt someone will have a correction or two to add to the above, but
it should give you the general idea.

Here's an example: if you want your filter procedure to do something
on its own when the dialog is passed an update event, code it like this:

(fragment from a filter procedure)

switch (theEvent->what)
{
    case (updateEvt):
    HandleUpdate(theDialog);
    return FALSE;
/*Do not return an item hit value.  Returning
FALSE tells modalDialog to handle the update
event.  We have just added our own handling
of the event. */
    break;

where "HandleUpdate" is a routine of mine that draws on the dialog.
Note that if your filter proc handles the event fully, and you don't want
ModalDialog to even see it, you can clear the event, although this generally
shouldn't be necessary since ModalDialog has useful default reactions to
most events.

>I assume that it
>passes the dialog poointer/event record pointer/itemhit pointer, is this
>true?  It looks like its calling my filterProc constantly, if this is true
>do I need handle events within the filterProc?  Assuming all my parameters
>are correct for filterProc are correct, what am I doing wrong?

It is calling your filterProc constantly: every event goes through it.

>
>An explanation of how ModalDialog and the filterProc functions work with
>each other would be nice.
>
>Thanks in advance

I hope this helps some with your understanding of modal dialogs. I'm not
sure how you should go about supporting a pop-up menu, but I tend to think
that doing all the mouse tracking in the filter proc is the wrong approach.
I was under the impression that there was pop-up support in the OS now.
Can anyone confirm or deny? If not you may want to build a window and
handle your own events from scratch, track the control, etc.

>
>Brian


- --
"It'sVerySad / toSeeTheAncientAndDistinguishedGameThatUsedToBe / aModelOf
DecorumAndTranquilityBecomeLikeAnyOtherSportABattlegroundForRivalIdeologies
toSlugItOutWithGlee." (from _Chess_). [e-mail]-

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From: [e-mail] (Jim Walker)
Date: 27 Aug 92 19:36:41 GMT
Organization: USC  Department of Computer Science

In <1992Aug26.233800.21347@sagpd1> bberqu@sagpd1 () writes:
...
>I'm trying to use ModalDialog with a filterProc function which will
>handle popupmenus,  when I call ModalDialog and just let it sit there
>no mouse movement or anything, after a while, I get, I believe a system
>error #26 according to MacsBug, all my filter proc function does is
...

(Tried to mail, but it bounced.)

You sure it wasn't error 28, stack collides with heap?  That's probably
what would happen if you were using C and forgot to declare the filterProc
using the 'pascal' keyword, because ModalDialog would expect the filterProc
to clean up the stack after itself, and a C routine expects the caller to
clean up the stack.
- --

 -- Jim Walker  USC Dept. of Math.  [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail] (Jeremy Roussak)
Date: 28 Aug 92 19:56:51 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Dept, QMW, University of London

In <1992Aug26.233800.21347@sagpd1> bberqu@sagpd1 writes:

>I'm trying to use ModalDialog with a filterProc function which will
>handle popupmenus,  when I call ModalDialog and just let it sit there
>no mouse movement or anything, after a while, I get, I believe a system
>error #26 according to MacsBug, all my filter proc function does is
>return (TRUE), I've also tried FALSE.

1. You are programming in C
2. You have forgotten to declare your filterproc as "pascal"
3. The error is really 28

Just a wild guess...

Jeremy

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From: [e-mail]  (bob cent)
Organization: university of washington
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1992 22:59:30 GMT

I would like to learn how to change my b/w application icons to color, but have
not found a good receipe to follow.  I've fiddled a bit with 'cicn', but had no
luck.  Also, do the color icons work on os6 as well as os7?

Thanks.

Bob Cent, Engineering Technician
[e-mail]
Seattle, Washington



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