Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site topaz.RUTGERS.EDU Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!whuxl!whuxlm!akgua!gatech!seismo!columbia!topaz!shulman From: shulman@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (Jeff Shulman) Newsgroups: net.micro.mac Subject: Delphi Digest Volume 1 Issue 9 Message-ID: <4217@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> Date: Mon, 18-Nov-85 19:56:06 EST Article-I.D.: topaz.4217 Posted: Mon Nov 18 19:56:06 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 20-Nov-85 08:04:17 EST Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 193 Delphi Digest Monday, 18 Nov 1985 Volume 1 : Issue 9 Today's Topics: RE: Drafting Software (Re: Msg 3326) MacDraft quirk RE: Usenet Digest Volume 1 Issue 6 (Re: Msg 3159) RE: Usenet Digest Volume 1 Issue 8 (Re: Msg 3301) RE: Usenet Digest Volume 1 Issue 8 (Re: Msg 3301) TMON pictures RE: pictures (Re: Msg 3377) RE: pictures (Re: Msg 3397) Big Memory ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MACINTOUCH (3360) Subject: RE: Drafting Software (Re: Msg 3326) Date: 16-NOV 16:33 Business Mac There are some significant disadvantages to MacDraft. - It requires 512K and cannot be used in Switcher with MacPaint as can MacDraw. - Bitmaps pasted from MacPaint cannot be resized by the handles. - There is no reduce to fit option. - MacDraft is copy-protected. MacDraw isn't. In addition, although rotation of some objects is supported, rotation of bitmaps and text can only be done in 90 degrees increments. MacDraft also works differently in the way one selects and manipulates objects. Some may find it easier, others will find it harder than MacDraw. I think each program has uses it's better suited for... Ric Ford MacInTouch ------------------------------ From: MACMAG (3320) Subject: MacDraft quirk Date: 15-NOV 23:03 Bugs & Features If you happen to try printing files created by MacDraft on the Laser, be carefull... We had this perticular file we wanted printed. We chose the print command and all was fine... 2... 3... 5... 10... 30 minutes go by, no printing, no errors, no messages. The yellow light on the Laser keeps flickering.. " Must be a pretty complica ted drawing " we told ourselves, so we waited a bit more. After 45 minutes, still no picture. We then just gave up. After ejecting the disks, we noticed that they were Locked!! We simply unlocked them and the file printed rather quickly. Morality: When you print, leave the disks unlocked, otherwise it won't print and your machine won't tell you why. Rich. ------------------------------ From: ASMCOR (3308) Subject: RE: Usenet Digest Volume 1 Issue 6 (Re: Msg 3159) Date: 15-NOV 22:06 Mousing Around To reply to Phil Polli - You can use the application PRAM here in the database to modify the baud rate of the ports... try that. Jan [PRAM was posted to Usenet a few weeks ago - JSS] ------------------------------ From: ASMCOR (3331) Subject: RE: Usenet Digest Volume 1 Issue 8 (Re: Msg 3301) Date: 16-NOV 00:25 Mousing Around Reply to Tom Milligan - When using dialog boxes in a DA you must be careful. In order for the system to pass you your events, your DA's reference number must be in the windowKind field of the window, BUT the dialog manager expects all dialog windows to be marked as dialogKind (2). In order to insure that dialog manager calls will work, you must mark the windowKind field of the window as dialogKind before calling the dialog manager, then re-mark it with the dCtlRefNum when you are done. Fun Huh? Jan ------------------------------ From: NANOCHIP (3361) Subject: RE: Usenet Digest Volume 1 Issue 8 (Re: Msg 3301) Date: 16-NOV 16:47 Mousing Around MacDraw Print problem: For Bob Suyehara: I too have encountered the bug in MacDraw (v1.7) which messes up the document printing as relates to page orientation. I believe it occurs when the user changes from the default page orientation (Wide) to Tall Adjusted and then changes *back* to Wide. I did the above and had a document that would print in wide orienataion but was selecting the pages in vertical strips (!) (kindof a wierd mutant of both formats!), and leaving lots of side margin too. The only way I know to avoid the problem is to use the "Save As" menu command to make up 'practice' docs as you go along. Use these to change the orientation of your drawing. This way you can see if the presentation could be better suited using a different view; it also helps avoid page breaks at critical locations. But remember, once you change from the default, you will not be able to change back without encountering the same problem (as far as I've seen in limited instances). It does seem OK to reduce the *size* of the drawing, or print at 50%. Wish I knew of a *fix* for your doc, but I learned the hard way too .