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- From: jpugh@apple.com (Jon Pugh)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
- Subject: Re: Map (was: Australian Mac systems)
- Message-ID: <jpugh-180892220449@90.20.3.212>
- Date: 19 Aug 92 05:13:20 GMT
- References: <1992Aug12.093523.3242@otago.ac.nz> <SES.92Aug18094734@cmns-moon.think.com>
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- Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.
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- >This won't work for two reasons:
- >
- >1. Most users don't bother to set their location in the Map control panel.
- >
- I certainly haven't. Is there any advantage in doing so?
- >
- > If you're using a powerbook, it really helps when you change back and forth
- > between timezones; if only it supported daylight saving time..
-
- I wrote an XCMD to set the time so that I could click a button and change
- the time from east to west coasts. Then I realized that I should set the
- Map location and did some experiments. It turns out the Map cdev
- automatically changes the time when you change the location. So I wrote an
- XFCN that returns the location and time zone from the map cdev. I use it
- to display a couple of clocks which have Eastern and Pacific time in
- Hypercard.
-
- I believe that I saw an astronomy program that allowed you to set its
- location from the PRAM settings.
-
- Jon
-