RandomSignature is a demonstration of some of the advanced features that Internet Config makes possible. RandomSignature is a component that captures the Internet Config component and overrides the ICGetPref to return a random signature. This demonstrates the power of using an API to get components as opposed to a shared preference file.
Installation
Drop RandomSignature into your Extensions folder and reboot. Your signatures will be chosen from any text files in the “Random Signatures” folder within the Preference folder.
Caveats
RandomSignature is a technology demonstration, not a final product. It has never been tested properly and we do not support its use production systems.
RandomSignature depends on applications to implement their Internet Config support properly, ie using the On Demand or Cache Watching mechanisms described in the documentation. RandomSignature will not randomise your signatures unless your application supports this perfectly.
One of the nastiest problems with this component overriding mechanisms is that the load order is important. Thus Random Signature needs to load after the Internet Config component. This can be sorted out using code (there’s a very informative develop article on this, develop 15) but we’re ignoring it because “RandomSignature is a technology demonstration, not a final product.”
