Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!purdue!bu-cs!dartvax!eleazar.dartmouth.edu!isle From: isle@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Ken Hancock) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: Making a control in the Print Job Dialog inactive Message-ID: <14709@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> Date: 27 Jul 89 23:03:06 GMT References: <56212@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Sender: news@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU Reply-To: isle@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Ken Hancock) Distribution: all Organization: Computer Resource Center, Dartmouth College Lines: 24 In article <56212@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Scott Sutherland writes: >Does anyone know of a reasonable way to call HiliteControl on an item in >the Printer Job Dialog. Since my application can't print in draft mode >on an ImageWriter, I'd like to dim the Draft radio button and make it >inactive if the chosen printer is an ImageWriter. > >Any suggestions will be *much* appreciated! > >- Scott The answer is you're not supposed to. Touching anything in the print record is a big no-no. I sympathize with you. I'm currently writing a DA which wanted to do a bunch of things that the Print Manager SHOULD allow you to do, but doesn't. All I can say is if they choose draft and it looks like garbage, that's life... Ken Ken Hancock '90 | E-mail: (BITNET/UUCP/INTERNET) Computer Resource Center Consultant | isle@eleazar.dartmouth.edu ------------------------------------+--------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER? I don't get paid enough to worry about disclaimers.