Yo compacters everywhere, A status report of success with some good help from our listers. And I've changed the name of the thread because we are moving on from the Appearance Extension issue-I think we have a definitive solution.
Lister Bob aka: ELN/rlf9 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> put me on to: <ftp://ftp.apple.com/developer/Development_Kits/> where I FTPd the Appearance SDK <Appearance_SDK_1.0.4.sit.hqx> and the Drag+Drop SDK <Macintosh_Drag_-_Drop.sit.hqx> The Appearance SDK solved all of my Appearance Extension issues with some compromises. Originally, I had followed instructions posted here long ago about dragging the Appearance set back onto System 7. The earlier instruction was to drag the Appearance Extension, Appearance control panel, and the Date & Time control panel from OS 8.1 back into System 7. This gave me my problems and original thread here. This Apple Appearance SDK has all the right pieces and instruction to enable OS 8.1 appearance features all the way back to System 7.1. Specifically, it involves the use of an AppearanceCDEV (which is actually an application) in lieu of the Appearance control panel to control the features of the Appearance Extension. It works well on a Classic II. I doubt that you are going to find this unique AppearanceCDEV application anywhere else though I haven't looked. This one needs to be archived. The results are facinating. The pieces of the Appearance SDK give a Classic II running System 7.1 WindowShade, drag edges on windows, sticky menus, and the 3D platinum appearance. The WindowShade and platinum appearance features may be switched on or off. 3D platinum on a one bit screen is a bit of a zero but you do get the Copeland icons. If you have SmartScroll installed, it is enabled along with the platinum appearance also improving the texture of the proportional scroll bars. If you have DoubleScroll installed, the mere presence of this Appearance set disables DoulbleScroll; damn. At the FTP site, there is also a v1.0.3 of this Appearance SDK kit. It contains the same versions of the needed pieces. The slightly larger download must be later developer stuff. The Drag+Drop SDK download gives the full measure of all drag and drop features on even a plain Jane System 7.1 even on the crippled Classic II. Again, following information from this forum, I had already dragged the Mac Drag and Drop extension back which worked within a document. This D&D SDK contained other extensions and a new Finder 7.1.3 to enable text clippings and all those other kinds of drag and drop too. Be careful here. When you swap in that new Finder, you gotta keep the faith and add all of the pieces too. I was quite surprised to discover I could not empty the trash until I had installed all of the pieces. This Finder 7.1.3 is also the key to bringing AppleScript to System 7.1. The new Finder is in and working. So soon I will be looking at adding AppleScript. To my thread here about formatting drives for our beloved 68000 and '030 compacts with the Apple HD SC Setup 7.3.5 utility or Apple's Drive Setup utility, our Saul Brody <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> responded: >This might be helpful: <http://www.macfaq.de/macfaqdaten/minifaqs/dspg.html> Thus, I look next to trying trying the HDSC driver to see if this helps my remaining big problem with inappropriate application quittings in my quest to achieve my Classic II cum iMac. My current questions are: 1: Is any version of the Monitors control panel ever needed or even useful in a Classic II? Somewhere I think I read... 2: Is there any way to create a functioning Shutdown Items folder in System 7.1? 3. Where do I find Hangman 3.0, the equivalent of Hangman 2000 purpose built for us small screen black and white compact 030 Macs? 4. Is there an extension enabling Command + Delete to empty the trash? My Finder Options control panel does not seem to do it any more if it ever did in a Classic II. The purpose of my project suggests an extension solution rather than going the Quickeys application route. Any and all advice is appreciated. It has got me to this point. Bye the waye. All of this stuff is in or readily achived with MacOS 7.6.1 which runs on a Classic II just fine except it is slower. For one of us familiar with Macs, the OS 7.6.1 trade off of speed for features may be acceptable. For training first time folks up at the senior center, I want the speed of System 7.1 so I must fight for the features. Thanks guys. Bill -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
