backgroundPattern

[hershbp at verizon.net]

Thanks,
On Monday, June 14, 2004, at 06:41 AM, Klaus Major wrote:

> Hello hershbp at verizon.net,
>
>> Hi ,
>> How can I know what id# background a certain icon or back groud is ? 
>> I'm trying to figure out the mac backgroundpattern is what # ?
>> I did put the backgroundpattern of this stack in the message box it 
>> came up 210091.
>> What I want ,
>> if the platfrom is "MacOS" then set the background to "the mac 
>> background" else to "nothing".
>> if I put
>> if the platform <> "MacOS" then set the background to none , then it 
>> is some kind of black background on the pc platform.
>> Thanks
>
> If i understand you right you want to set the backgroundpattern to 
> "the mac pattern" on startup on your
> standalone on the mac and NO pattern on other paltform(s)?
Yes.
>
> As you already learned the "pattern" is simply an image (it is the 
> image id that you provide with the
> "pattern" hanlder...) that is tiled...
Yes.
>
> And even the "mac background" is in this case an image with the id 
> 210091...
Yes.
>
> HINT: There is no "background" keyword in RR in THIS context!
> You mean "backdrop" or "backgroundpattern" probably...?
Sorry , I meant "backgroundpattern"
>
> You can use "backpattern" instead of "backgroundpattern", less typing 
> ;-)
Good to know.
>
> So what you might be looking for is this one:
>
> on preopenstack ## or whenever...
>    ...
>    if the platform = "MacOS" then
>        set the backpattern of this stack to xyz
>       ### the id of the image you want to have as a pattern...
Thats the question , what is this xyz ? I did 210091 this is what came 
up writing in the message box " put the backgroundpattern of this 
stack, and it didn't come out the "mac os" backgroundpattern
and while pointing on the back ground image it shows  200270 with the 
same result.

>
>    else
>    ## windows or *nix
>       set the backpattern of this stack to none
I did "set to none , and it came out some black striped boxes.
>      ### will remove an eventually set pattern!
>    end if
>  ...
> end preopenstack
>
> The "else" case might not be necessary, but won't hurt ;-)
>
> Hope that helps...
>
>
> Regards
>
> Klaus Major
> klaus at major-k.de
> http://www.major-k.de
>
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