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From: mithomas@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Michael Thomas Niehaus)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: CommToolbox: What the heck is going on?
Message-ID: <10135@bsu-cs.bsu.edu>
Date: 15 Sep 89 05:20:02 GMT
Organization: CS Dept, Ball St U, Muncie, Indiana
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If someone out there could explain the CommToolbox SendProc sample routine
on page 103 of the manual, I would greatly appreciate it.  As it stands
now:

1.  What is a WindowP?  And where is it declared?
2.  Where is the function GethConn defined (assuming it is a function and
    not a type cast)?  (And all of the other GethXXX routines.)
3.  Why is theConn assigned a value only to be
    reassigned a different value a couple of lines down?
4.  Why is theTerm even there when it is not ever used, just assigned to?
5.  Where is flags declared?

Here are some general comments:

1.  I have never before needed to pass a pointer to a handle (for example,
    in TMChoose).
2.  In Think's C, before I would get lots of "Illegal Pointer/Integer
    Combination" errors.  Now, with the prototypes, I get loads of these
    "Call of XXX does not match prototype" or something similar, which is
    not very helpful (since I then have to locate the prototype).
3.  Why do some buttons have to be clicked?  Is there no default on the
    return key?  (For example, after a connection has been made by the
    Modem tool.)
4.  A direct connection tool would be extremely helpful.

That should about cover the questions of the last 5 hours.  Thanks for any
help you can give.

-Michael

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