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- From: fixer@faxcsl.dcrt.nih.gov (Chris Spiral Catfish Tate)
- Subject: Re: INIT icons at startup
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.130730.9947@alw.nih.gov>
- Sender: postman@alw.nih.gov (AMDS Postmaster)
- Reply-To: fixer@faxcsl.dcrt.nih.gov
- Organization: Computer Systems Laboratory, DCRT, NIH
- References: <Nov19.040356.21609@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 13:07:30 GMT
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- In article <Nov19.040356.21609@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>,
- cantrell@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Carol Cantrell) writes:
- >
- >How do I get an INIT to display its icon at the bottom of the screen during
- >startup? This seems as though it might be tricky, since an A4-based INIT
- >doesn't have QD globals. Is there a standard method? (I don't have the Mac
- >technical notes, which is probably where this one is.)
-
- You just want to put another INIT resource in your System Extension or
- Control Panel file that does this. It's easier, and you don't have to worry
- about doing the graphics work yourself, since you can use The Standard
- Method - the ShowINIT code, by Paul Mercer and others.
-
- If you look around at your favorite FTP sites, you can probably find the
- source code to it, along with a compiled seperate-INIT-resource version to
- drop into your Extension/CP. If you can't find it, drop me a note and I'll
- send you a copy.
-
- (Y'know, this really should be in the FAQ list...)
-
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