Re: 'Choices' problems

In message <3d49a5904d.druck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
druck <news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 26 Jul 2005 M P Churchill <mpc1@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> However (!) there is something odd. It seems to involve 'Choices'. I
>> notice that while booting up to RO 4.39, the files in
>> Choices.Hardware.Disabled are run, followed by those in
>> Choices.Users.Single. Is this right?
>
> Yes this is right. 'Disabled' just means the default actions when hardware
> profiles are not enabled (a feature which isn't normally enabled yet due to
> the lack of a user interface). 'Single' means the default user before you've
> set up any user accounts - which does have a user interface via !Configure.
>
OK. But how does an application know where to save changes to its
choices? I reckon that my problems in the past have been with apps
which loaded Choices from Disabled, but saved them to Single!

>> I wondered becasue it seems that some settings are not successfully
>> saved from Configure and used on the next boot-up. For example, I have
>> a file !Boot.Choices.Hardware.Disabled.Boot.PreDesk.Configure.VRAM
>> which has in it
>> If "<ViewFinder$Enable>"="1" Then WimpMode V X1280 Y1024 C16M F70 Else
>> WimpMode X800 Y600 C256 F80 and yet another mode is selected on
>> booting up and none of the Viewfinder modes can be selected via the
>> Viewfinder Display Manager.
>
> Check that there aren't any other WimpMode commands else where, such as in
> the user.single.boot directory such as if you have restored an old Desktop
> file.
>
I've checked, and there are no others.
I wonder if the Viewfinder stuff has been corrupted. Trouble is, I
don't know how to check. It's just that I can't select any Viewfinder
modes - either via the VF manager or by entering them into the Mode
dialogue box of Display on the icon bar.

>> My problem really is that I don't know whether I've got one big
>> problem, or separate ones left after re-building !Boot.
>
> Dont worry, not much of a problem.
>
>> Can anyone suggest any approach which is obviously worth taking from
>> the symptoms I have described?
>>
>> I'm going to look at some of my Backups to compare files and see if
>> anything pops up as a solution, but any comments you can make in the
>> meantime would be appreciated.
>
> Thats the best solution.

That approach seems to confirm that I cannot find the source of this
display problem!

>
> ---druck

Thanks for your helpful comments

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Malcolm
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