[futurebasic] Re: [FB] print record definition?

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From: Alain Pastor <apastor@...>
Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2001 19:33:31 +0200
jonathan wrote:
> 
> le 2001/09/07 1:30, Alain Pastor à apastor@... a écrit :
> 
> > I would try this instead:
> [snip and a half]
> 
> apart from the fact that you've been drinking too much wine again alain,
> particularly inadvisable when playing tennis, this is so complete that i'm
> lost! i was working from a version of thinkref dating from around 1886, so i
> expected the info to have changed slightly [i believed that the record size
> would be the same, but that the field content would have changed]

I thought you might be interested by all the definitions. That said,
it is better to work starting with the Apple Headers directly. They
are available at Apple web site, albeit a huge download for a slow connection.
I think also that Heather has posted at the fborg site her
conversion work almost finished.
> 
> it looks like you have translated all the headers so i will have to pick
> through and look for just the print record, but what is better: to put in in
> morceaux, like you do, or to have it all in one record, like i tried?
> 
> i can imagine the advantage of the cutup approach if the particular
> [sub]records were reused elsewhere, other than that...
> 
> would you care to educate me on this matter?
> 
At the moment, I cannot think of any problem with the way you did
the things (well other than the inconvenience you have already
mentioned). Perhaps, it is better to stick with Apple's definitions.
I know that the work on the header files started a very long time
ago, but I would have loved to see those files more in line with
Apple's documentation. Correctly translated they could hold plenty
of useful information (cf. my sound header file).
> 
> ps. can't find your revised dragmanager stuff, can you backchannel it to me
> directly.
> 
Sorry to be late in answering, I was off today. The work I've done
is for the PG Filter (I've corrected a couple of minor bugs and
added the translucent feature for the PICT fields). If you want to
have a look, it is at:
<http://euro.futurebasic.com/download/DNDNew2.sea.hqx>

> pps. for our north american friends: no, the dragmanager is not a guide to
> dressing up for men who think different.

Why not?

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Cheers

Alain

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