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From: R_Tim_Coslet@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Open Files at AC_CLOSE
Message-ID: <19732@cup.portal.com>
Date: 21 Jun 89 12:55:17 GMT
References: <1158@gmdzi.UUCP> <1574@atari.UUCP>
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
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In article: <1574@atari.UUCP>
	apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt) writes:
>One crucial thing to remember is that desk accessories are meant to
>be like the Control Panel or a calculator or something -- you open
>them, use them, and close them.  Desk accessories which do things in
>"background" are an extension to this concept, and much trickier.
	[...]
>Therefore: DESK ACCESSORIES SHOULD NOT OPEN FILES OR ALLOCATE MEMORY
>WHEN THERE IS ANY CHANCE OF THE MAINLINE PROCESS TERMINATING.
	[...]
>However, not all processes which run are AES processes, so you can't
>count on getting AC_CLOSE before process termination.
	[...]
>I hope this clears up some of the remaining confusion about desk
>accessories. 

So THAT is why NeoDesk's "Printer Queue" accessory occasionally (but not
always) aborts or errors in the middle of printing a file when I exit
the program I have been running!!!!

                                        R. Tim Coslet

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