Re: Multiple Users - Script Problem
Re: Multiple Users - Script Problem
- Subject: Re: Multiple Users - Script Problem
- From: Jim Baskins <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 08:42:48 -0600
On 3/19/01 7:13 AM, Tod Hallberg email@hidden wrote:
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Unfortunately, the control panel has to enabled to the current user. At least
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for a script that easy.
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There may be other ways to change to monitor resolution, however I don't know
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waht they are.
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Perhaps Akua Sweets has a command.
Thanks, it probably would although I haven't tried it. I did find out that
Jon's Commands has some monitor bitdepth commands and works just fine when
the script is run from a Panel Users startup folder. Apparently Apple's
security (I'm guessing that why the "network permissions" error) for
Applescript in Panel Users is circumvented by OSAXen. I'm going to give
AKUA's commands a try in the next few days to see if that also works.
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The easiest way is to just re-enable the control panel for the user, then your
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script should work fine.
The user is a barely 6 yo with very limited reading skills, wanted to remove
as many complications from achieving the bit depth change as possible. Thank
you Tod for your help.
Best regards,
Jim Baskins
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Jim Baskins wrote:
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> A friend wrote me of a problem getting a monitor resolution script to run
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> while logged in as Panel user. The script is for his son, to change
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> resolutions to 256 colors to make it easier to read the screen and play
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> games that require 8-bit color, the user does not have control panel access,
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> and his father reports it wouldn't do him much good anyway :-) (He's 6 years
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> old and has trouble reading, one of the programs requiring 256 colors is
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> Reader Rabbit). I didn't find any information in the AS Help modules and
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> I've never worked with Multiple Users before. Any help would be appreciated.
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> Here is the note my friend sent me:
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> The script is
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> tell application "Finder"
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> set monitor depth 8
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> end tell
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> the problem is
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> The script runs fine when logged on as the owner but when logged on
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> as a panel user, the script produces this error message "network file
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> permission error". Does anyone know what this error message means,
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> and even better, what to do to get the colour change script to run
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> for a panel user?
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> Regards,
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> Jim Baskins