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From: new@udel.edu (Darren New)
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Subject: Re: Your undivided attention.
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Date: 30 Nov 89 01:00:50 GMT
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In article <4995@nigel.udel.EDU> Craig Scott Lennox <acm131@eric.ccs.northeastern.edu> writes:
>What is the way, under AmigaDOS, to put up a dialogue box which prompts the
>user for information, and disallows context switches, opening new windows,
>pulling down other screens, etc.  

Well, DisplayAlert() is pretty evil.  However, it only gives you
a boolean choice.  I'm not exactly sure what it disables.
Exactly what "states" are you trying to avoid?  There is 
almost certainly a better way (like locking intuition,
coding in semaphores, ...).    -- Darren