Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!snorkelwacker!ira.uka.de!smurf!urlichs From: urlichs@smurf.sub.org (Matthias Urlichs) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: FKEY to change LaserWriters?? Message-ID: Date: 11 Sep 90 19:26:13 GMT References: <1327@radius.com> <7263@umd5.umd.edu> Organization: University of Karlsruhe, FRG Lines: 20 In comp.sys.mac.programmer, article <7263@umd5.umd.edu>, zben@umd5.umd.edu (Ben Cranston) writes: < < Seems easy enough to do. System file STR resource -8192 contains the current < type of printing (name of PMRF in system folder), if this is not LaserWriter < then beep and exit. < As an aside, it would probably be a good idea to check for the driver's file signature (in the System Folder), rather than comparing against the hard-coded string "LaserWriter" somewhere in your code. < So, if caps key is on suck in these resources and if caps key is not on < then blast them out. One day of work tops. Then two weeks getting the < error alerts right and making a first class Macintosh user interface... An FKEY with a Mac user interface? What a novel concept. ;-) -- Matthias Urlichs -- urlichs@smurf.sub.org -- urlichs@smurf.ira.uka.de Humboldtstrasse 7 - 7500 Karlsruhe 1 - FRG -- +49+721+621127(Voice)/621227(PEP)