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        Even though I had to stop programming in my Mac to do other
things, my old problem is still bugging me.  What I am trying to do is to
have my program to quit automagically if the computer shuts down.
Someone told me I should play with the project settings, but was not
specific to what I should do.  Knowing that I am running TC 5, can anyone
shed some light to my problem?

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Subject: Re: Again on quitting at shutdown

Mauricio C Tavares writes:

> Even though I had to stop programming in my Mac to do other
> things, my old problem is still bugging me.  What I am trying to do is
> to have my program to quit automagically if the computer shuts down.
> Someone told me I should play with the project settings, but was not
> specific to what I should do.  Knowing that I am running TC 5, can
> anyone shed some light to my problem?

I have seen documentation on this, but I can not seem to locate the
original text.  Here is what I remember.  The Finder tries to shutdown
each process by invoking a menu item.  It first looks under the "File"
menu for an item by the name of "Quit".  If it can not find that item, it looks
for some kind of resource that tells it which menu selection causes the
application to quit.  Unfortunatly, I do not remember the particulars.

Edward Ellis
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Hmm... is your application AppleEvent aware - if not it should be! It is a
while since I looked at the way the Finder shuts down applications under
System 6 but under System 7 your application should handle the 'quit'
AppleEvent. For this to work you need to install an AE handler and set the
AppleEvent aware finder flag.

Quentin

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Mauricio C Tavares writes:

> Even though I had to stop programming in my Mac to do other
> things, my old problem is still bugging me.  What I am trying to do is
> to have my program to quit automagically if the computer shuts down.
> Someone told me I should play with the project settings, but was not
> specific to what I should do.  Knowing that I am running TC 5, can
> anyone shed some light to my problem?

I have seen documentation on this, but I can not seem to locate the
original text.  Here is what I remember.  The Finder tries to shutdown
each process by invoking a menu item.  It first looks under the "File"
menu for an item by the name of "Quit".  If it can not find that item, it
looks
for some kind of resource that tells it which menu selection causes the
application to quit.  Unfortunatly, I do not remember the particulars.


>From [e-mail] Thu Apr  6 10:24:30 PDT 1995
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Subject: Unattended shutdown

I am writing a program to shut down my Mac at a user-specified date and
time.  I have only IM volumes 1-5 so have information on only the early
versions of the Shutdown Manager.  It appears that ShutDwnPower() does not
give each running application a chance to clean up, close files, etc.  Is
there a newer and better way to force a shutdown of an unattended Mac?

Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

-Gary

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        I have someone who is looking for some idle-time program ....
        (faceless background app?) to kick off a Macromind Director
        thingy (I guess those are just applications made by MMD).

        Any quickie code examples to choose from ? (faceless bkgnd app,
        plus how to save "the application to play" ... alias?)

        Or, better yet (as I'm horribly busy) ... anyone want to do it?
        I can put you in touch with them.

                        - joe

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>From Wiggins Thu Apr  6 19:31:14 PDT 1995
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Subject: Symantec C++ 8.0 on PPC603 and PPC604 models?
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 1995 22:33:52 -0400
From: John Wiggins (LS TP/414 508-262-1021) <[e-mail]>

Apple has just released its first PPC603-based machine, and the PPC604-based
machines with PCI bus are supposed to be out this summer.  Will the C++ 8.0
run on these machines, or will a patch be required?  Although I have not yet
upgraded from version 7, I would like to use it in a PPC-604 PowerMac, as soon
as I can get one.  ;-)

I suppose the Mac would trap if C++ 8.0 used any old IBM RS/6000 instructions?

Thanks,
John

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>From [e-mail] Thu Apr  6 20:24:50 PDT 1995
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>
> Apple has just released its first PPC603-based machine, and the PPC604-based
> machines with PCI bus are supposed to be out this summer.  Will the C++ 8.0
> run on these machines, or will a patch be required?  Although I have not yet
> upgraded from version 7, I would like to use it in a PPC-604 PowerMac, as soon
> as I can get one.  ;-)
>
> I suppose the Mac would trap if C++ 8.0 used any old IBM RS/6000 instructions?

It's my understanding that version 8.0 is bootstrapped, -and- is
POWER-clean, that is, it doesn't use any of the 601-only instructions
that have to be emulated on the 603 and 604. So you should have no
problems with either 8.0 or applications that you build with it.

At any rate, for compatability reasons, the 603 and 604 Macs will
emulate in software the POWER instructions that are peculiar to the
601.

R.

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>>
>> Apple has just released its first PPC603-based machine, and the PPC604-based
>> machines with PCI bus are supposed to be out this summer.  Will the C++ 8.0
>> run on these machines, or will a patch be required?  Although I have not yet
>> upgraded from version 7, I would like to use it in a PPC-604 PowerMac, as
>>soon
>> as I can get one.  ;-)
>>
>> I suppose the Mac would trap if C++ 8.0 used any old IBM RS/6000
>>instructions?
>
>It's my understanding that version 8.0 is bootstrapped, -and- is
>POWER-clean, that is, it doesn't use any of the 601-only instructions
>that have to be emulated on the 603 and 604. So you should have no
>problems with either 8.0 or applications that you build with it.
>
>At any rate, for compatability reasons, the 603 and 604 Macs will
>emulate in software the POWER instructions that are peculiar to the
>601.
>
>R.

Just to officially confirm Rich's understanding that SC++ 8.0 _is_
bootstrapped, and the compilers do not use POWER or 601-only instructions.
I wish we were a little further ahead of the curve on access to 603's and
604's.

If we did find an incompatibility with a newly-released machine or system
(and OS releases seem more problematic than hardware these days), it would
be our highest priority to address this in an update.

Thanks, Rich, for jumping in with the answer.

Doug Knowles
Symantec

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Mac Dev Tools Group
Symantec Corporation
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From: [e-mail] (Craig Hofmeister)
Subject: Pathnames

Here's a Macintosh toolbox question I have using Think C.
Anybody have any ideas?

Quick question: using the FSSpec structure returned from StandardPutFile,
how can I obtain the full pathname of the file to be saved before actually
creating the file?

Thanks,
Craig Hofmeister
Electronic Book Technologies


>From [e-mail] Sat Apr  8 13:34:04 PDT 1995
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Subject: Re: Pathnames

>Here's a Macintosh toolbox question I have using Think C.
>Anybody have any ideas?
>
>Quick question: using the FSSpec structure returned from StandardPutFile,
>how can I obtain the full pathname of the file to be saved before actually
>creating the file?
>
>Thanks,
>Craig Hofmeister
>Electronic Book Technologies

FSSpec contains the full path. If you are asking how can I get
"folder:folder:file", that is documented in NIM as well as Think Ref.

Good luck!

Lloyd


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>From [e-mail] Sat Apr  8 18:54:54 PDT 1995
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From: [e-mail] (Owen Hartnett)
Subject: Re: Pathnames

At 1:37 PM 4/8/95, L. Sargent wrote:
>>Here's a Macintosh toolbox question I have using Think C.
>>Anybody have any ideas?
>>
>>Quick question: using the FSSpec structure returned from StandardPutFile,
>>how can I obtain the full pathname of the file to be saved before actually
>>creating the file?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Craig Hofmeister
>>Electronic Book Technologies
>
>FSSpec contains the full path. If you are asking how can I get
>"folder:folder:file", that is documented in NIM as well as Think Ref.
>

Also, check out the comp.sys.mac.programmer FAQ, for these and other file
system situations. Also, note that using the full pathname of a file is
strongly discouraged, as there are better ways of keeping track of your
files.

-Owen

P.S. the comp.sys.mac.programmer FAQ is available at rtfm.mit.edu as well
as other sites.

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Subject: Full pathnames: the full answer

Hey guys thanks for all the suggestions about pathnames.  I was originally
hoping that there would be a simple toolbox call, but apparently climbing
your way up HFS hierarchy works best.

The best solution I got, strangely enough, was from Think Reference 2.0.1
(search for "full pathname") and was adapted using the new Universal
Headers as follows...

//********************************************************************
// Name: GrabDirectory
//********************************************************************
void GrabDirectory (DialogPtr thedialog,keyInfoRecord key)
{
        long                            parentID,feature;
        OSErr                           err;
        StandardFileReply       reply;
        StringPtr                       prompt,fileName;
        Str255                          outputDir;
        FInfo                           fnderInfo;
        char                            *temp;

        err = Gestalt (gestaltStandardFileAttr,&feature);
        if (err == noErr)       {
                prompt = C2PStr((Ptr)"Save file as:");
                if (feature & (1 << gestaltStandardFile58))             {
                        StandardPutFile (prompt,"\p",&reply);
                        outputDir[0] = '\0';
                        PathNameFromDirID(reply.sfFile.parID,
                                          reply.sfFile.vRefNum,
                                          (StringPtr)&outputDir);
                        fileName = reply.sfFile.name;
                        PutDlgString(thedialog,BOOKNAME,fileName, FALSE);
                        PutDlgString(thedialog,OUTPUTDIR,outputDir, FALSE);
                }
        }
}

//********************************************************************
void PathNameFromDirID(long dirID, short vRefNum, StringPtr fullPathName)
{
        CInfoPBRec              pb;
    Str255              directoryName;
    OSErr               err;

    fullPathName[0] = '\0';

    pb.dirInfo.ioDrParID = dirID;
    pb.dirInfo.ioNamePtr = directoryName;
    do {
        pb.dirInfo.ioVRefNum = vRefNum;
        pb.dirInfo.ioFDirIndex = -1;
        pb.dirInfo.ioDrDirID = pb.dirInfo.ioDrParID;
        err = PBGetCatInfo(&pb, FALSE);
        if (err == noErr)       {
                        pstrcat(directoryName, (StringPtr)"\p:");
                pstrinsert(fullPathName, directoryName);
            }
            else        {
                pb.dirInfo.ioDrDirID = 2;
                fullPathName[0] = '\0';
            }
    } while (pb.dirInfo.ioDrDirID != 2);
}

// ------------------------------
// Utility Routines
// ------------------------------
//********************************************************************
// pstrcat - add string 'src' to end of string 'dst'
void pstrcat(StringPtr dst, StringPtr src)
{
        /* copy string in */
        BlockMove(src + 1, dst + *dst + 1, *src);
        /* adjust length byte */
        *dst += *src;
}

//********************************************************************
//pstrinsert - insert string 'src' at beginning of string 'dst'
void pstrinsert(StringPtr dst, StringPtr src)
{
        /* make room for new string */
        BlockMove(dst + 1, dst + *src + 1, *dst);
        /* copy new string in */
        BlockMove(src + 1, dst + 1, *src);
        /* adjust length byte */
        *dst += *src;
}

Happy coding,
Craig


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To: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: Pathnames

Gee, here's a novel idea...
How about instead of telling him where to go, someone actually gives him an
answer that will do him some good!

It seems quite obvious to me that anyone posting a question up here has
already exhausted most resources availble to him.  If you don't want to
answer the question then don't.  But it does no one any good to come out with
something as trite as "Well, I know how to do that, but because Apple doesn't
support it I'm certainly not going to tell you about it." or the classic -
"Why don't you just check on page 796 of that manual I know you don't have.
 There is a one line sentence there that will solve all your problems!"

I'm sorry if I've pi**ed some people off, I'm just airing some frustrations
I've had with this group, and if I feel this way, I'm sure others do too.

Craig - I have some sample code that does what you want.  Drop me a note and
I can BinHex it to you.

-Dan
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From: [e-mail] (Owen Hartnett)
Subject: Re: Pathnames

At 5:28 PM 4/10/95, [e-mail] wrote:
>Gee, here's a novel idea...
>How about instead of telling him where to go, someone actually gives him an
>answer that will do him some good!
>
>It seems quite obvious to me that anyone posting a question up here has
>already exhausted most resources availble to him.  If you don't want to
>answer the question then don't.  But it does no one any good to come out with
>something as trite as "Well, I know how to do that, but because Apple doesn't
>support it I'm certainly not going to tell you about it." or the classic -
>"Why don't you just check on page 796 of that manual I know you don't have.
> There is a one line sentence there that will solve all your problems!"
>
>I'm sorry if I've pi**ed some people off, I'm just airing some frustrations
>I've had with this group, and if I feel this way, I'm sure others do too.
>
>Craig - I have some sample code that does what you want.  Drop me a note and
>I can BinHex it to you.


Wow! First you excoriate people for not given him an answer, and pointing
him to a reference, then you don't give him an answer, but point him to a
reference (yourself).

The reference pointed to was the comp.sys.mac.programmer FAQ, which is
widely available free from a variety of sources. Since the topic is covered
extremely well there, it doesn't make sense to post it to a list where
people who don't need it won't have it clogging their mailboxes (it's not a
small routine).

Next time, read the posts and think before you flame.

-Owen

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much higher."
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Subject: Re: Pathnames

No flames please, I am not taking sides, but I too would like to see the
code posted here so who ever wants it can grab it conveniently, and whoever
doesn't can ignore it.  Things ghave been too quiet here since the last
flame war, so let's all chill a bit- huh!


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To: [e-mail]
From: [e-mail] (L. Sargent)
Subject: Re: Pathnames

>Gee, here's a novel idea...
>How about instead of telling him where to go, someone actually gives him an
>answer that will do him some good!
>
>It seems quite obvious to me that anyone posting a question up here has
>already exhausted most resources availble to him.  If you don't want to
>answer the question then don't.  But it does no one any good to come out with
>something as trite as "Well, I know how to do that, but because Apple doesn't
>support it I'm certainly not going to tell you about it." or the classic -
>"Why don't you just check on page 796 of that manual I know you don't have.
> There is a one line sentence there that will solve all your problems!"
>
>I'm sorry if I've pi**ed some people off, I'm just airing some frustrations
>I've had with this group, and if I feel this way, I'm sure others do too.
>
>Craig - I have some sample code that does what you want.  Drop me a note and
>I can BinHex it to you.
>
>-Dan

Sorry, Dan, but I do think the subject is covered in a LOT of places!
(Heck, even *I* found it!). What's more, Craig found it in EXACTLY THE SAME
PLACE I DID! (Some place that I pointed out, I might add).

I think we are ALL willing to help up to a point. Then it gets into writing
some guys/gals code for him/her for free!

Personally, I feel that if you are going to write code, INVEST IN THE
RESOURCES REQUIRED (like books!). Buy Think Ref (cheap and chock full of
useful stuff). Buy the books (yeah, $40/piece is not cheap, but you have to
consider that the information you are buying is not cheap either). Become
an Apple Associate (not cheap either, but man, oh, man, the resources are
incredible!).

BTW, some of us CAN'T post code that we have developed without violating
contractual agreements, no matter how much we would like to...

Lloyd

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Subject: Re: Pathnames

>The reference pointed to was the comp.sys.mac.programmer FAQ, which is


Where in the FAQ is the FAQ??  I've looked at rtfm.mit.edu but couldn't
find the directory it was in...  I know it is available lot's of places but
I pay long distance for my dial-up service.  Could someone please clue me
in with a path please.  Thanx

ak

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Hi,

What have they done to THINK C?

I got my new THINK C/C++ yesterday, but I am really confused. The
reason is that when I tried to compile an old project I have some
strange error messages like:

first argument to function '...' does not match prototype

e.g.,

   Pattern thePat;

   GetIndPattern(thePat, sysPatListID, 4);

Thats not wrong!!!

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But there is no redeclaration of that function.

Is there any workaround to this problem?

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From: [e-mail] (Owen Hartnett)
Subject: Re: Pathnames

At 11:48 PM 4/11/95, Andy Kington wrote:
>>The reference pointed to was the comp.sys.mac.programmer FAQ, which is
>
>
>Where in the FAQ is the FAQ??  I've looked at rtfm.mit.edu but couldn't
>find the directory it was in...  I know it is available lot's of places but
>I pay long distance for my dial-up service.  Could someone please clue me
>in with a path please.  Thanx


Here's one:

ftp://mirrors.aol.com//mir01/RTFM/pub/usenet-by-group/comp.sys.mac.programme
r/The_Mac_Programming_FAQ_Answer_sheet._[READ_ME!]


-Owen

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Hi,
        I have a large file (around 30 MB) that represents the x,y
coordinates of an eye during an experiment. I want to "animate" these
coordinates by moving a crosshair around in a window. It would be nice
to be able to move the crosshair (eye) at the same 1 ms rate that the
data was collected and also be able to speed things up.
        I was wondering if Quicktime could be used to do this. I'm
vaguely familiar with it and one thing I thought is I could use the time
component to set up my rate and have the callbacks do an animation. Is
there  example quicktime code out there or mailing lists or new's
groups, or FAQ's.

thanks for any help

Gary Leydon
[e-mail]

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From: "JOHN J. WEINHOFER" <[e-mail]>
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Speaking of books and other resources, I've got some I'd like to sell.
Inside Macintosh--- Files, QuickTime,and Memory  $10.00 each.
Other books-- ResEdit Complete, C Programming by example. $10.00 ea.
I also have Think Reference--$20.00
Think C 6.0 and all Manuals -- $100.00
If your interested let me know.
John

On Tue, 11 Apr 1995, L. Sargent wrote:

> >Gee, here's a novel idea...
> >How about instead of telling him where to go, someone actually gives him an
> >answer that will do him some good!
> >
> >It seems quite obvious to me that anyone posting a question up here has
> >already exhausted most resources availble to him.  If you don't want to
> >answer the question then don't.  But it does no one any good to come out with
> >something as trite as "Well, I know how to do that, but because Apple doesn't
> >support it I'm certainly not going to tell you about it." or the classic -
> >"Why don't you just check on page 796 of that manual I know you don't have.
> > There is a one line sentence there that will solve all your problems!"
> >
> >I'm sorry if I've pi**ed some people off, I'm just airing some frustrations
> >I've had with this group, and if I feel this way, I'm sure others do too.
> >
> >Craig - I have some sample code that does what you want.  Drop me a note and
> >I can BinHex it to you.
> >
> >-Dan
>
> Sorry, Dan, but I do think the subject is covered in a LOT of places!
> (Heck, even *I* found it!). What's more, Craig found it in EXACTLY THE SAME
> PLACE I DID! (Some place that I pointed out, I might add).
>
> I think we are ALL willing to help up to a point. Then it gets into writing
> some guys/gals code for him/her for free!
>
> Personally, I feel that if you are going to write code, INVEST IN THE
> RESOURCES REQUIRED (like books!). Buy Think Ref (cheap and chock full of
> useful stuff). Buy the books (yeah, $40/piece is not cheap, but you have to
> consider that the information you are buying is not cheap either). Become
> an Apple Associate (not cheap either, but man, oh, man, the resources are
> incredible!).
>
> BTW, some of us CAN'T post code that we have developed without violating
> contractual agreements, no matter how much we would like to...
>
> Lloyd
>
> ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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>
>
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Cc: [e-mail]

>I got my new THINK C/C++ yesterday, but I am really confused. The
>reason is that when I tried to compile an old project I have some
>strange error messages like:
>
>first argument to function '...' does not match prototype
>
>e.g.,
>
>   Pattern thePat;
>
>   GetIndPattern(thePat, sysPatListID, 4);
>
>Thats not wrong!!!

Jan,

        It is possible that because your project is old that 7.0.3 is using
newer headers, such as the universal headers, than what your project was
originally built under.  The universal headers and other header updates
before it made many changes that require source code modification to be
fully compatible.  As for your problem with patterns, I note that the
Quickdraw.h universal header contains the following comment:

/***   IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING PATTERN  **************
   Patterns were originally defined as:
                typedef unsigned char Pattern[8];
   The old array defintion of Pattern would cause 68000 based CPU's to
crash in certain circumstances. The new struct definition is safe, but may
require source code changes to compile.

   Read the details in Appendix J of:
                "MPW E.T.O. #6 Latest Libraries/Interfaces"

   Developers were warned that they should stop using the
"dangerousPattern" definition of patterns so most of them should no longer
use them. We are finally removing this definition for good.
********************************************************/

        My suggestion is to either go back to your original headers, or
better yet, convert your project to use the latest universal headers,
especially if you want to eventually port your project to PPC.

Hope this helps,


Bruce Alspaugh

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From: [e-mail] (Jerome Jahnke)
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You asked for it, there is a very active QuickTime mailing list and
resource in general, and this is the FAQ.

Jer,

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Subject: FAQ - Introduction to the Quicktime Developers Mailing List

This copy of the Introduction posted on  Wed Mar 15 00:00:28 PST 1995
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The archives are cataloged and available through the WWW. Use the
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---- end of quicktime-dev.INTRO ----


>From [e-mail] Wed Apr 12 12:39:40 PDT 1995
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From: [e-mail] (Lucena Systems)
Subject: Re: THINK C/C++ 7.03

>What have they done to THINK C?
>
>I got my new THINK C/C++ yesterday, but I am really confused. The
>reason is that when I tried to compile an old project I have some
>strange error messages like:
>
>first argument to function '...' does not match prototype
>
>e.g.,
>
>   Pattern thePat;
>
>   GetIndPattern(thePat, sysPatListID, 4);
>
>Thats not wrong!!!
>
>Other errors are:
>
>invalid redeclaration of FUNCTION
>
>But there is no redeclaration of that function.
>
>Is there any workaround to this problem?

Alspaugh is correct about the new Pattern definition. Ideally what you
should do is go around changing lines like the previous one to something
like

         GetIndPattern (&thePat, sysPatListID, 4);

and the problem will go away.

As to your "FUNCTION" problem, I've noticed that THINK C has become more
sensitive to preprocessor errors and prototype issues. Most likely, what
you did is #include the same header file in two different places without
checking to see if it had already been #include'd. The second most likely
possibility is that you simply didn't prototype the function at all, and
THINK C is interpreting the successive calls to the function as
declarations. Ideally, you should prototype all functions, but the
workaround would be to go into the THINK C options and turn off "Strict
Prototype Enforcement", or whatever it's called...

Good luck!

                                                        Steve



>From [e-mail] Wed Apr 12 13:11:58 PDT 1995
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With respect to you're compiler errors, one think I always do during
development is make sure I have every kind of error checking on at all times.
 I always have a project set to required prototypes, check pointer types,
report any error or warning generated.  Also, if I'm working in straight C, I
run it through the C++ compiler, because it catches many errors that the C
compiler doesn't even check for.  If you do this during development, even
upgrading the compiler will not cause errors to start showing up, because
everything was done properly the first time.
  I've notice every time I've tried to compile a project of code written by
someone else, I spend a considerable time correcting errors (parameters not
sent correctly, can't find prototypes), before I can get the think to even
compile.  But once it compiles, I'm certain all functions were correctly
protyped and all parameters were correctly sent.  It pays off in the long
run!
______________________________________
Dennis J. Hagner
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e-mail: [e-mail]

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Subject: Template won't compile

I'm using Symantec C++ 7.0.4  (Mac)  and the following code  (from the
Standard Templates Library of HP) won't compile

     template <class T, class Compare>
     inline const T& min(const T& a, const T& b, Compare comp) {
         return comp(b, a) ? b : a;
     }

I get the error:

        Error:   illegal combination of types

Any ideas?  TIA

======
David Fisco
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To: "think-c list" <[e-mail]>
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Mail*Link(r) SMTP               [Q] Illegal Instruction on IIsi due to try_
within

Anyone seen this?  I've been successful creating standard TCL C++(7.04)
projects on a IIfx.  However, when I run them on a IIsi, it fails with an
illegal instruction in the first try_ (in the HandleForeignExceptions method
of class CApplication).  Removing the try_ there, causes the problem to move
to the next try_ in DoRun.  Using the Debugger to trace, I find I get the
error when I execute the first line of C code following the return from the
try_.  Disassembling did not reveal anything to me.  I used the provided
bedrock library and even made a stab at building the project with the bedrock
code itself with no difference in result.

What's with the IIsi?

  Jim Dix

>From [e-mail] Tue Apr 18 08:57:22 PDT 1995
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From: [e-mail] (Phil Shapiro)
Subject: Re: Template won't compile

>I'm using Symantec C++ 7.0.4  (Mac)  and the following code  (from the
>Standard Templates Library of HP) won't compile
>
>     template <class T, class Compare>
>     inline const T& min(const T& a, const T& b, Compare comp) {
>         return comp(b, a) ? b : a;
>     }
>
>I get the error:
>
>        Error:   illegal combination of types
>
>Any ideas?  TIA

In Symantec C++, the name "comp" is a keyword -- it's the name for the SANE
computational type (64 bit integer). In our version of the STL, we had to
rename all instances of "comp" to something else, like "compfunc".

        -phil


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From: [e-mail] (Phil Shapiro)
Subject: Re: [Q] Illegal Instruction on

>Anyone seen this?  I've been successful creating standard TCL C++(7.04)
>projects on a IIfx.  However, when I run them on a IIsi, it fails with an
>illegal instruction in the first try_ (in the HandleForeignExceptions method
>of class CApplication).  Removing the try_ there, causes the problem to move
>to the next try_ in DoRun.  Using the Debugger to trace, I find I get the
>error when I execute the first line of C code following the return from the
>try_.  Disassembling did not reveal anything to me.  I used the provided
>bedrock library and even made a stab at building the project with the bedrock
>code itself with no difference in result.
>
>What's with the IIsi?

My guess is that the IIsi you've got doesn't have an FPU, and that the try_
macro (which expands to setjmp()) was built with FPU codegen on. setjmp()
uses FPU specific instructions to save and restore floating point
registers. Since the IIsi doesn't have the chip, the FPU instruction is
illegal and generates the exception.

Disassemble the code that crashes and look for a FMOVE instruction. If you
see it, turning off '881 codegen should fix it; you may have to rebuild the
TCL Headers as well with the option off.

        -phil


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Anybody have a source for public-domain, platform-independent source code
to implement precision math for use when hardware-induced rounding errors
are unacceptable?  We just started discussing different representations of
floating point numbers using long integers and it seems to me we are
certainly re-inventing the wheel.  I'm just hoping somebody out there is
giving copies of their wheel away for free!  :-)

BTW, C++ preferred, "straight" C most certainly acceptable.  TIA.

Mac Hale  [e-mail]


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Subject: Teach Yourself Mac C++ Prog...
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I previously posted some parts of these questions in the
comp.sys.mac.oops.tcl newsgroup, but since I haven't noticed a lot of
overlap I thought I'd try here too.

I have been trying to work my way through "Teach Yourself Mac C++
Programming in 21 days.  Everything was fine until I got to the VA
parts of the book. (The ones that couldn't just be copied from the
PC books).

First, he overwrites the "x_" files instead of the ones that are only
generated once.  I have tried to move all the things he overwrites in
x_CMain.cp to CMain.cp, and I manage to learn a few things. So even
though the author was stupid, I get something out of it. But that only
got me through chapters 14 and 15.

In chapter 16, he uses the function SetTextString on a member of
CStaticText. I'm using TPM 7.0.4 (and whatever was current a couple of
months ago when I updated).  SetTextString is a member of
CAbstractText. Was there a change that would have let his code work on
earlier versions? Is there a setting or an option I missed that would
allow CStaticText members to access this function. I can't figure out
why I get the message; CStaticText is a member of CEditText and
CEditText is a member of CAbstractText.  It should just flow right up
the chain.  Please tell me what gives.

If anyone has managed to adapt or correct this book - I'd like to
correspond with them.

Please, don't write to tell me the book is no good - I've already
figured that part out. I just want to see what I can learn by trying
to correct it. To be honest I haven't really seen a book I like on C++
using VA. Rhodes and Mckeehan is the best (and I have the earlier
edition), but nothing has enough on VA.
--
Josh Kuperman
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Subject: Help please, font manager?

Any info or code known that I could use to write a program to take the
place of suitcase.

I want to write something that will recurse through selected folders and
attach them to the globalfontlist (if there is such a thing)  of course it
would also have to keep track of printer fonts (insofar as sending them to
the printer when it's time to print) .

ANY help would be greatly appreciated.

I downloaded IM "text" the other day and about all I could get from it in
my short perusing was that for fonts to work a user dragged them to the
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Thanx

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Subject: Prefix Error

I have nothing in the prefix error of my Symantec C++ compiler  (vers.
7.0.4), yet I still get this error message:

Prefix "Symantec C++"; Line 240; While compiling "main.cp"
Error:   ')' expected

It just takes me to the empty prefix field  (under options)  when I
double-click.

I'm trying to instantiate a vector class:  vector<char>name(data, end);
where data and end are char*.  I'm just getting bizarre errors like this.

Any ideas?  TIA.

___________________________________________________________
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From: [e-mail] (Phil Shapiro)
Subject: Re: Prefix Error
Cc: [e-mail]

>I have nothing in the prefix error of my Symantec C++ compiler  (vers.
>7.0.4), yet I still get this error message:
>
>Prefix "Symantec C++"; Line 240; While compiling "main.cp"
>Error:   ')' expected
>
>It just takes me to the empty prefix field  (under options)  when I
>double-click.
>
>I'm trying to instantiate a vector class:  vector<char>name(data, end);
>where data and end are char*.  I'm just getting bizarre errors like this.
>
>Any ideas?  TIA.

There are some problems with the 7.0 TPM architecture that prevent the C++
compiler from correctly reporting the site of an error for template-related
code. The compiler knows which file the error belongs in, but the TPM's
compiler API doesn't provide any way for the compiler to refer to that
file.

To find the problem, preprocess your source, save it into a .cp file, and
try compiling it. The compiler should be able to provide a better location
for the error message.

The compiler API for the 8.0 SPM doesn't have this problem and allows the
C++ compiler to better report template related errors.

        -phil


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Subject: JPEG Compression

If anybody has a code fragment that will convert a PictHandle to a
compressed JPEG (using quicktime), I would really appreciate it.
Alternatively the location of a manual/example on the net would also be
fine.

Thanks,

Philip Warner.


P.S. I know it is in 'IM: Quicktime', but at this stage I am not too
keen to buy it...


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Subject: CPrefsFile

I am looking for a Symantec C++ V8.0 compatible version of CPrefsFile,
orginally written by Jamie McCarthy.  I have Version 1.1, dated 13 April
1992, which was written for Think C 5.0, and TCL 1.0.  Any help would be
greatly appreciated.

Alternatively, if anyone knows of a good Pref file class, shareware,
commercial, or PD, please let me know.

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Subject: Re: CPrefsFile
Cc: [e-mail]

>I am looking for a Symantec C++ V8.0 compatible version of CPrefsFile,
>orginally written by Jamie McCarthy.  I have Version 1.1, dated 13 April
>1992, which was written for Think C 5.0, and TCL 1.0.  Any help would be
>greatly appreciated.

        I have a copy of it also.  Actually, it shouldn't be too hard to
modify it to use TCL 2.0.x and C++ 8.0.  The main thing you need to do is
to replace the dispose method with a destructor and add a true constructor
to supplement the IClassName(...) methods.  Also, you might want to stick
in the RTTI macros.  I've done this myself with other classes I got from
the TCL archives like CDividedPane and it wasn't too hard.

Hope this helps,


Bruce Alspaugh

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To: [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]
From: [e-mail] (Craig Hofmeister)
Subject: Setting up an A4 world in Symantec C/C++ for MPW

Hello, I am attemping to write a code resource for Symantec C/C++ for MPW
which will act as a plugin to our Macintosh product, DynaText.  The
plugin's only interaction with Dynatext will be at initialization and later
through any callbacks it registered during the initialization routine.

Most plugins will use a number of global variables, string literals,
contain multiple segments, and CANNOT create their own A5 worlds because of
their close interaction with the main application.  The first couple of
conditions can be met using different compiler options: -sg to link to a
single segment, -br 020 to get by the 32k limit essentially, -b to handle
string literals, etc.  BUT I don't know any way to imitate how Think C or
Metrowerks CodeWarrior deal with stand-alone code resources -- by creating
an A4 world.

Symantec C/C++ 7.0.4 and Metrowerks CodeWarrior (5.5) provide all sorts of
help and assembly language snippets that I would just love to combine in
some sort of neat way to make creating an A4 world possible in MPW, but I
can't seem to get MPW's LINK command to approve of my efforts.

If anyone has any ideas or anywhere else I should post this message, please
let me know.

Thanks in advance,

Craig Hofmeister ([e-mail])
Electronic Book Technologies


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