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- From: mlanett@Apple.COM (Mark Lanett)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
- Subject: Re: ETO #8 - Problems With MacApp 3.0.1 and Latest MPW
- Message-ID: <71421@apple.Apple.COM>
- Date: 20 Aug 92 04:46:41 GMT
- References: <1992Aug19.201204.23405@udel.edu>
- Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
- Lines: 128
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- gray@brain.asel.udel.edu (John Gray) writes:
-
- >I just recieved ETO #8. After installing MacApp 3.0.1 and the
- >MPW from the Latest MPW folder into my system I proceeded to build
- >a library with the ModelFar option. I could not AutoBuild MacApp.
- >When Rezzing MacApp.r it failed when trying to compile a aedt resource.
- >After poking around for a while I discovered a that in the MPW Types.r
- >file that there was a comment that the aedt resource type is obsolote
- >and has been removed. Has anyone else tried to Autobuild MacApp 3.0.1
- >with the latest MPW. Anyone know a simple fix that is safe. I don't
- >really know what the resource does so I am a bit reluctant to just
- >delete it out of MacApp.r.
-
- There are a few problems with ETO 8:
- aedt is used to map AppleEvents to MacApp command numbers.
-
- /*
- File: Types_r
- Contains: Type Declarations for Rez and DeRez
- Copyright: ) 1986-1992 by Apple Computer, Inc., all rights reserved.
- */
- type 'aedt' {
- wide array {
- unsigned longint; /* Event Class */
- unsigned longint; /* Event ID */
- unsigned longint; /* Value */
- };
- };
-
- The C compiler (3.2.3) generates bad code for CStr255::Delete leading to a
- window title parsing problem; the solution is to turn off inlining for that
- function or switch back to C 3.2.2.
-
- There is also a bug in TWindow::PoseModally: GetDialogBehavior will return nil.
- Move the "this->Open" line to *before* "this->GetDialogBehavior".
-
- This seems like a good time to post again on how to join the MacApp 3 and 2
- mailing lists...
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Hello everyone,
-
- Apple's communication system, AppleLink, has two mailing lists
- devoted to MacApp, MacApp2Tech$ and MacApp3Tech$. To enable internet users
- to subscribe to these lists, Apple has set up internet feeds. Anyone
- who wishes to subscribe to the lists may do so. It's a free service and you do
- not need to be an Apple developer.
-
- To sunscribe (or unsubscribe) from the AppleLink mailing lists, send mail to
- MacApp.Admin@AppleLink.Apple.com
- This is a real person, not an automated mailing list server, so please have
- patience (and don't send any cryptic subject lines like you would for a list
- server).
-
- Here are some notes for those unfamiliar with AppleLink, and what the AppleLink-
- internet hybrid means for you.
-
- * Enclosures
- Sending: Since most AL users are coming over the modem, AL does not
- download enclosures unless explicitly requested to do so. However, the gateway
- software can't recognize internet enclosures as such and will treat them as
- part of the text, with the result that AL users are forced to download
- potentially large (i.e. expensive) files (and convert them manually). Therefore,
- please do not post large enclosures to the list! Send mail announcing them,
- and mail them individually to those who request it. Note that anonymous
- ftp is not an option for AL users. Eudora can recognize and translate AppleLink
- enclosures. However, AppleLink users are also requested not to post large
- enclosures because some internet users may be hooked up via modem and unable to
- choose not to download large mail messages (although Eudora has such an option).
- If an AL user puts an enclosure into an AppleLink archive rather than mailing,
- you intenet users won't be able to get to it, so just mail them and ask them to
- resend it to you (AL users can resend mail as often as desired; sent mail is
- kept on the mainframe).
- Receiving: What do you do if you're *not* using Eudora or some other
- AL enclosure-aware program and someone sends you an AppleLink enclosure?
- AL enclosures are uuencoded apple-single files. You will see a line like
- 'begin some-digits some-words', followed by ascii, ending with 'end'.
- Save this file somewhere and type 'uudecode foo' (or whatever you saved it as).
- If you have a stupid uudecode, you may need to delete all the text before the
- "begin" and after the "end" lines. A Mac uuencode can be found on
- sumex-aim.stanford.edu, as info-mac/util/ uutool-212b.hqx, or
- wuarchive.wustl.edu as mirrors/info-mac/util/ uutool-212b.hqx.
-
- * Mail
- The AL groups (well, at least MA3) are fairly busy. Those who use
- /bin/mail may find themselves getting more mail than one can easily handle
- with it. I strongly suggest those of you not using a good Mac-based mail
- program (such as Eudora) to start doing so. Eudora is an excellent and free
- Mac-based mail program available via anonymous ftp from ux1.cso.uiuc.edu, as
- pub/mac/eudora/eudora1.2.2.i.sit.hqx, or pub/mac/eudora/beta/
- eudora1.3b34.sit.hqx. I believe the AppleLink support is only in the beta
- version (that's the one I'm using; it behaves fine).
-
- * Addresses
- You send mail to AppleLink addresses by appending "@AppleLink.Apple.com"
- to them. For example, my AL address is "FOO", so mail sent to
- foo@applelink.apple.com will get to me. Case is not important.
- Mail is sent out from AppleLink by appending "@INTERNET#" to the internet
- address. So if I wanted to tell an AL user how to send mail to my unix
- account, I would tell them to send mail to "mlanett@apple.com@INTERNET#".
- The reply header should already be set up correctly, so addresses
- for normal mail should not, in general, be a problem.
-
- Here's a note from Malcolm Slaney, who is more directly involved in the
- internet feed:
-
- >From: malcolm@apple.com
- >
- >The MacApp mailing lists are available to EVERYBODY. Requests from
- >Internet/Usenet users should be sent to macapp.admin@applelink.apple.com
- >and Joel will then forward the requests to me. There is no charge for
- >any of this. Be sure to specify if you want on the MacApp2 or MacApp3
- >mailing lists (or both).
- >
- >I would dearly love to see a newsgroup set up for this....it would mean
- >less names for me to add and it would be more convenient for the readers.
- >But this will take effort from somebody with more patience with the Usenet
- >politics then I have. If somebody wants to create the newsgroup I'll provide
- >the bits. It should be set up as a moderated newsgroup so that all submissions
- >get to AppleLink and then distributed from there.
- >
- >Cheers.
- >
- > Malcolm
-
- Created: 6/16/92
- --
- Have a bajillion brilliant Jobsian lithium licks.
- Mark Lanett, NOT speaking for anyone. Personal opinion only.
-