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From: jdm@ut-emx.UUCP (Jim Meiss)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Accessing other layers' windows; MF DA bug
Summary: similar problem solved
Keywords: MultiFinder DA Window bouncing dot paranoia
Message-ID: <15705@ut-emx.UUCP>
Date: 25 Jul 89 14:50:21 GMT
References: <616852908.5378@minster.york.ac.uk> <1234@uvm-gen.UUCP>
Reply-To: jdm@emx.UUCP (James Meiss)
Organization: UTexas Computation Center, Austin, Texas
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>..... description of a problem with Multifinder and a Desk Accessory....

I had a problem like the one you described with a DA I wrote.
If I held down the option key to launch it in an applications layer,
then tried launching it again, through the menu, MF would get confused
and try to open the DA handler.  CRASH, etc!
        My problem turned out to be that I'd allocated a window record
as one of my Global variables (didn't pass NIL to GetNewWindow). If I
change that, MF nolonger had the problem.
        Since you claim you have no windows, this does not seem to be your
problem. 

	Jim Meiss
	jdm@emx.utexas.edu