Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Path: utzoo!utgpu!topix
From: topix@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (R. Munroe)
Subject: "About Box" Animation
Message-ID: <1990Jun29.030522.7791@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>
Keywords: About Box, animation, free RAM
Sender: Bob Munroe  topix@utcs.utoronto.ca
Organization: UTCS Public Access
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 90 03:05:22 GMT

I am somewhat new to mac programming and, although I have been reading just
about everything on mac programming ever written, I am left with numerous
questions.  Two, however, are important at the moment:

	1. What is the best way to implement an animation in my application's
	   "About Box"?  For example, I may want to animate a light bulb 
	   turning on and off when the About Box is active.  What is the best
	   way to do this?

	2. I can find the amount of disk space remaining on the default volume
	   by calling GetVInfo.  However, I can't figure out how to get the 
	   amount of remaining RAM (such as in the Finder slider in
	   About The Finder).  I thought FreeMem would return that value but
	   it only returns the amount of free space in the current heap zone.

Any and all help is appreciated. Thanks

Bob Munroe
topix@utcs.utoronto.ca