Just to re-cap:

>So the ways to fix the problem (in order of ease) are:
>1) Install the latest printer driver or,
>2) Remove the 'icod' from your app/project or,
>3) Re-write the 'icod' to not expose the drivers bug or,
>4) If all else fails, I can give you a patch for the runtime
>that disables the printer check at startup
>

So don't forget the icod option.  I will send you a patched copy of your "Tesseract" app.  You will need to test this against the old printer drivers, and let me know if it fixes it for you.


Jamin


On Tuesday, 2 January 2001, Charlie Dickman <charlied@...> wrote:
>Some time ago someone (I apologize for not remembering who) helped me
>determine that there is an error in an HP print driver that causes the FB
>runtime to bring up a dialog that says that the driver can't be loaded when
>an application is started under MacOS 9.
>
>One of the options for fixing the problem was to download the newest driver
>that corrected the flaw. I did this but found that the new driver, aside
>from correcting the problem, created some other highly undesirable side
>effects.
>
>Another option was a patch to the FBII runtime that would, if I remember
>correctly, not try to load the print driver (perhaps under certain
>circumstances).
>
>If the offer of the patch still stands (again I apologize for not
>remembering who offered it) I would really appreciate it.
>

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