Great! I will look into .onAttach, .onLoad, and packageStartupMessage.

Thanks so much!

-Thomas

On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 4:27 PM, Thomas J. Leeper <thosjlee...@gmail.com>wrote:

> I'm currently working on a new package for R that interfaces with an API.
> Most of the package's functionality requires users to supply an access key
> that allows the package to work with the API. I want to display text
> immediately upon loading the package that instructs/reminds users to enter
> their access key before attempting to do anything (as the package won't
> really work without it). I've searched the relevant help files for creating
> packages but haven't been able find anything about how to do this. As an
> example, library(Zelig) does what I'm trying to achieve.
>
> Thanks for your help! And sorry if there's an obvious answer to this that
> I am oblivious to.
> -Thomas
>
> --
> Thomas J. Leeper
>
> PhD Candidate, ABD
> Department of Political Science
> Northwestern University
> lee...@u.northwestern.edu
> http://www.thomasleeper.com
>
>


-- 
Thomas J. Leeper

PhD Candidate, ABD
Department of Political Science
Northwestern University
lee...@u.northwestern.edu
http://www.thomasleeper.com

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