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From: beard@ux1.lbl.gov (Patrick C Beard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: 2-16-256-million color mode
Keywords: standards, color, monitors
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Date: 7 Jul 90 20:48:22 GMT
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In article <1037@swan.ulowell.edu> jkeegan@hawk.ulowell.edu (Jeff Keegan) writes:
#Is there ANY "acceptible" way to change the color mode other than telling
#someone to go change it?

There is a new call that is documented in the latest batch of Tech Notes
called "SetDepth()".  This lets you do precisely this from software.

On the other hand, the user interface guidelines for this aren't really
spelled out.  I think that an application should notify the user that
it is about to change the depth of the monitor, and allow the user to
quit if that is not what he wants to do.

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