Re: When no printer is selec

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From: MARSHALL_CLOW
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 09:36

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From: "Marshall Clow" <marshall_clow@hpsdr163.sdd.hp.com>
To: CSX.TECH.DEV@AppleLink.Apple.COM,  macapp3tech$@applelink.apple.com

        Reply to:   RE>When no printer is selected

> Does anyone know the proper way to detect that the user has not selected a
> printer in the Chooser? The MacApp printing mechanism is not very
well-behaved
> under this circumstance, so I'd prefer to avoid calling InitUPrinting and to
> disable the Print menu item when this is the case.

> Thanks ahead of time!

> Jim Stead
> CSX Technology

The name of the currently selected printer driver is stored in the system file
in resource 'STR '(-8192). If the user has never selected a printer, that
string
will be empty. A more subtle problem occurs if the user has selected a printer
and the printer driver had been moved, renamed, or deleted. This is left as an
exercise for the user. (Don't forget to look in both the Syustem folder and the
Extensions folder under System 7, and to resolve aliases! )

-- Marshall

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