C.S.M.P. Digest Fri, 05 Jan 96 Volume 3 : Issue 130 Today's Topics: Achieving constant frame rates for a game Async I-O, timer routines, on Power PCs - where documented? BalloonWriter? Resourcer? or... Code Compiling on the fly? [PPC] Creating AE "whose" clause (using formTest) from C? From FSSpec to DirID Getting th…

C.S.M.P. Digest Tue, 18 Feb 97 Volume 4 : Issue 36 Today's Topics: 1-bit depth GWorld has colour?(!) 3D Info? Application-like CPs Controlling freePPP Determining if serial port in online? Faster line drawing routines? Floating palettes Is LINUX available for Macintosh? Is palette animation w- > 256 colors possible? …

C.S.M.P. Digest Fri, 13 Oct 95 Volume 3 : Issue 116 Today's Topics: ANSI C++, exceptions, globals, etc, in shared libs?!? Creating an Alias DNR lib and MacTCP.h Getting Volume Icon? How do I tell if Time Manager task install was successful? How to unlock a volume? MakeDataExecutable()? Q: Open-Close PPP from Code? Qu…

C.S.M.P. Digest Thu, 14 Nov 96 Volume 4 : Issue 21 Today's Topics: Ejecting an empty CD Caddy HELP: Circular Definition Help in programming game!!! How do you get the pixel depth of the Main Device? PPC Trap Patching... Think Reference vs Mac Programmers Toolbox Assistant [ANN] Metrowerks CodeWarrior IDE 1.7.2 i [Q] …

C.S.M.P. Digest Thu, 30 Nov 95 Volume 3 : Issue 125 Today's Topics: Best Balloon Utility?? COMPONENTS don't seem to work in DRIVERS (Apple, why?) Can't lock directory using HSetFLock? Game Network Model Help How to draw Japanese Text by GX. Hierarchical Menus in Apple Menu How do I patch SFGetFile (or packages in gen…

C.S.M.P. Digest Tue, 26 Dec 95 Volume 3 : Issue 129 Today's Topics: Alt.Sources.Mac Archive Apple Disk Copy Image Format Needed! Apple Events to Eudora to send mail... Block copy on 604 slow Choosing a Help Authoring Tool Events vs. GetKeys How do I draw dashed lines? Network code on a PPC native project? Spheres in …

C.S.M.P. Digest Sat, 14 Dec 96 Volume 4 : Issue 29 Today's Topics: 'ictb' resources Accessing Volumes directory? Drag Manager in IM? Is it OK to distribute Sprocket Libs with shareware? Opening folders in the Finder Playing Sounds PrintDefault fails for certain printers Question about Updating Scroll Bars (include co…

C.S.M.P. Digest Mon, 11 Sep 95 Volume 3 : Issue 109 Today's Topics: C to Pascal FAQ (1 of 2) C to Pascal FAQ (2 of 2) Can't Deactivate Default Item?? MacTCP Question The Comp.Sys.Mac.Programmer Digest is moderated by Francois Pottier (pottier@clipper.ens.fr).

C.S.M.P. Digest Sat, 18 Mar 95 Volume 3 : Issue 89 Today's Topics: Asynchronous file read-write example Getting the real time frame rate of QT movies Help! Scroll bars are crashing!!! Help! JPEG-QT decompression How can I open a System7 sound file? Is it safe to call LaunchApplication from an extension? My own Color …

C.S.M.P. Digest Thu, 08 Feb 96 Volume 3 : Issue 135 Today's Topics: Command-Shift-Keys CustomPutFile Puzzle? Detecting QuickTime PowerPlug How can you use 68K MPW .o file in PPC apps? How do I create many menus from one MENU resource? MacApp newbie questions Matching struct definitions to TMPL resources Menu Manager …

C.S.M.P. Digest Thu, 24 Aug 95 Volume 3 : Issue 108 Today's Topics: Asynchronous File I-O Saving and restoring current drawing port - necessary? Where are my command line arguments? The Comp.Sys.Mac.Programmer Digest is moderated by Francois Pottier (pottier@clipper.ens.fr).

C.S.M.P. Digest Fri, 21 Apr 95 Volume 3 : Issue 94 Today's Topics: ANNOUNCE: The Mops Page (Programming lang.) Accessing large arrays BSP Tree Demo Application and Source CW's SIOUX don't do the job Determining if GDevice in color or grayscale mode? Do games use WaitNextEvent FYI QuickTime 2.0 Dev Guide for Macintosh…

C.S.M.P. Digest Tue, 19 Nov 96 Volume 4 : Issue 24 Today's Topics: Amount ram for dev 8500? AppleScript Commands FindAllResIDsInFileGivenResourceType() ??? Floating Windoids in System 7.5 Help needed to create Mac files on a PC Help!!! Welcome to Macintosh Help: endian conversuin How common is 512 x 342 max res? ML f…

C.S.M.P. Digest Fri, 23 Dec 94 Volume 3 : Issue 76 Today's Topics: AEInstallEventHandler Problem How do I keep my program from coming to the foregroud for drags?!?! How do you use the mouse as a relative motion device? How to convert a Picture to a PixPat? Info on BlockMoveData ? Installer advice please? Mac FAQ now …

C.S.M.P. Digest Tue, 31 Oct 95 Volume 3 : Issue 119 Today's Topics: I've hit a brick wall! Implementing Command-. and Escape for cancel in dialogue PPC ProcPtr functions? Perl for Mac? Popup Menus in 9-pt geneva ????? Q: using OSAExecute to singlestep AppleScript Reading Notification Manager queue? The Comp.Sys.Mac.…

C.S.M.P. Digest Fri, 24 Nov 95 Volume 3 : Issue 123 Today's Topics: Backgrounding during printing? Books on programming in assembly? Getting PC Exchange file names Is this code necessary? Memory move-purge and HLock Question??? Multiple frame buffers and page flipping Photoshop "CLUT" into 'clut' Question: Best forma…

C.S.M.P. Digest Mon, 02 Dec 96 Volume 4 : Issue 27 Today's Topics: ?? Sound Manager freqCmd question Apple telephony and Apple events AppleScript command always crashing Custom Appletalk driver to tunnel through TCP-IP Detecting the Scriptable Finder reliably? Drag gray rgn How Do I Disable Power Key? How do I conver…

C.S.M.P. Digest Mon, 28 Oct 96 Volume 4 : Issue 16 Today's Topics: Are SetDialogDefaultItem, etc. supported? Code snippet to find edge of main monitor? Directory Names? Extension woes... Getting-Setting sound volume Info on library formats? Looking for TrueType to Polygon Font Conversion library Mac-hosted UNIX? Math…

C.S.M.P. Digest Mon, 04 Nov 96 Volume 4 : Issue 18 Today's Topics: 3d buttons Background computations & threads CW C++ compiler doesn't compile c code??? Custom CIcon Plotter EPS Foreign speech synthesizer for the Macintosh Gestalt check for Drag Manager HFS: copying, etc. Help Engine How To Get The Computer's Name H…

C.S.M.P. Digest Tue, 19 Dec 95 Volume 3 : Issue 128 Today's Topics: Apple Multiple Scan Color Modes Best Installer package for freeware software Detecting color video Doubles Vs BlockMove Hiding the menu bar MoveControl and popup menus Non-resource custom PowerPC LDEF OpenDoc lingo Palettes and QuickTime Passing a me…

C.S.M.P. Digest Thu, 16 Feb 95 Volume 3 : Issue 84 Today's Topics: A portable random generator Dlog code snippet request FindWorkBreaks quirky? Looking for Get-Put URL AE suite info Random() replacement anyone? UnloadSeg - unloading code segments Where to send applications I've written? The Comp.Sys.Mac.Programmer D…

C.S.M.P. Digest Mon, 11 Dec 95 Volume 3 : Issue 127 Today's Topics: Audio CD related toolbox routines? Changing default directory of StandardGetFile Creating AppleEvents Curious question about process mgr-A4 Determining if a volume is local or not Developer VISE Code Resources? Experience with Zinc-Galaxy-Neuron Data…

C.S.M.P. Digest Wed, 05 Feb 97 Volume 4 : Issue 35 Today's Topics: Copybits Question Deferred Task Manager - Conflicting info... FSSpec, Filenames & Parent Directories Finder Icon Changes Fixed vs. Float Fun with TextEdit's scrap Getting RGB Colors from Sys 7.5 Color Picker HardCoding LDEF or other resources with CW …

C.S.M.P. Digest Tue, 07 Mar 95 Volume 3 : Issue 87 Today's Topics: Aliases How to write to same directory as App?? INITGestalt Proposal Information on installer maker companies Sound Manager clicking with sampled sounds VBL, time manager interrupts on PPC anything *bad* about mixing alignment types in CW? custom Clik…

C.S.M.P. Digest Wed, 25 Jan 95 Volume 3 : Issue 80 Today's Topics: Any special tricks for patching _Launch? Auto Power on-off info anyone? Bad Error in new MacTCP.h universal header file Help! Regarding INITs How do I do a scrolling list box? Latest QuickTime Tech Notes OpenDoc mailing list or FAQ? Q: Bedrock Excepti…

C.S.M.P. Digest Wed, 08 Feb 95 Volume 3 : Issue 82 Today's Topics: Bit Blitting vs. CopyBits File system persistence HandAndHand Question MacOS SDK quick impressions NIM Routines that Move or Purge Memory Simulating Drag-to-Trash Sprite Animation Toolkit 2.3a2 available StandardGetFile behavior What causes "odd addre…

C.S.M.P. Digest Thu, 15 Feb 96 Volume 3 : Issue 136 Today's Topics: ATM Interface? Controls in GWorlds not drawing properly? Format 'drag' resource wanted How to walk the driver table? OpenDoc and C (not ++) PICT output from CGrafPort (plea for help) Pascal or C++? PixMap pmVersion field TextEdit: how to stay in one …

C.S.M.P. Digest Fri, 02 Jun 95 Volume 3 : Issue 99 Today's Topics: Async MacTCP PowerPC woes... C++ Working Paper Error Checking How to program network licence Keyboard events from a background application MIDI Books & other stuff New PowerPC Assembly Language Book Printing Styled TextEdit QuickDraw 3D Info QuickTake…

C.S.M.P. Digest Sun, 19 Nov 95 Volume 3 : Issue 122 Today's Topics: Asynchronous Serial Com. Auto-Installing Software Deferred Task Help... GX Font menus GetWRefCon returns NULL if app is in background? How to add plug-in`s to an application How to call 68K code from Power PC (Was: Apple OneScanner Libraries: how to …