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From: chaffee@uvm-gen.UUCP (Alex D. Chaffee,,,6581273)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Accessing other layers' windows; MF DA bug
Message-ID: <1246@uvm-gen.UUCP>
Date: 26 Jul 89 17:58:40 GMT
References: <15705@ut-emx.UUCP>
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From article <15705@ut-emx.UUCP>, by jdm@ut-emx.UUCP (Jim Meiss):
> 
>>..... description of a problem with Multifinder and a Desk Accessory....
> 
> ...
>         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. 

No, but thanks for the tip.  I wrote this DA a while ago, before I
understood globals very well; it might be a similar faux pas.  I'll re-check
the code with a fine-toothed comb.

> 	Jim Meiss
> 	jdm@emx.utexas.edu

	        A Presentation Manager (PM) program explictly creates one or
		more windows to present functions to the user. A PM
		APPLICATION SHOULD INTERACT IN A COMPATIBLE WAY WITH OS/2,
		AND OTHER PM APPLICATIONS (INCLUDING THE USER SHELL). In
		particular, A PM APPLICATION SHOULD CATER TO THE NEEDS OF
		THE USER. Unlike CONVENTIONAL PC programs, these
		requirements directly affect how you design and write your
		applications, and mean that YOU MUST PUT CODE IN YOUR
		APPLICATIONS TO FULFILL THEM.

			OS/2 v1.1 Programmer's Toolkit Manual
			quoted by Mark Smith
Alex Chaffee
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