> > My desktop Mac (a
> > G3/300 uprated clone) and my PowerBook both run MacOS 8.6, have the
>> same amount of RAM (128Mb), and identical copies of the MetaCard
> > "Player" (I've copied from one system to the other to be sure). I've
>> tried both MC 2.2.5 and MC 2.3 gamma. Both versions work fine with
> > my desktop Mac (and with my laptop Win 98 PC), but not my PowerBook???
>...
>
>Anybody else with a PowerBook see this? You should be able to test it
>with something as simple as the following in the Message Box:
>set the screenMouseLoc to 10,10
Well, here on my G3 333 minitower (last of the beiges!) , it doesn't
work. I remember trying it awhile ago, and it worked fine. That was
when I was running 8.1.
I now have Mac OS 9 (believe me, if you're running pre 8.5, get it...
it's great!) , and it doesn't work worth beans. I am using a third
party (macally) ADB mouse, but I highly doubt that's it. The problem
is mac os 9 specific, I'm sure.
I believe there's something about Mac OS 9 taking away quite a few
functions of QuickDraw, one including the ability to delay the
updating of a window. However, apps that do that will just crash
instantly in 9... maybe you wanna check if that's anywhere in there
scott, eh? :)
> Regards,
> Scott
>
>PS: I don't really understand the engine code that does this, but do
>know that it's one of the things that isn't Carbon compliant and so
>will have to be changed...
You're probably thinking the same as me... you guys would know the
actual code problems, I suppose... if not, talk to the apple.
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