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From: siegel@endor.harvard.edu (Rich Siegel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: SetUpA4() and RestoreA4()
Message-ID: <2275@husc6.harvard.edu>
Date: 19 Mar 90 16:28:31 GMT
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In article <3819@sage.cc.purdue.edu> ar4@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Piper Keairnes) writes:
>
>    Well, I've just converted one of my applications into a DA. All has
>gone well except what to do for the SetUpA4() and RestoreA4(). I'm working
>with ThinkC 4.0 and using the "DA Main.c" code as instructed so the DA works
>fine when run under the ThinkC environment.
>
>    BUT, when I remove the "DA Main.c" file from my project, rename the
>"_main" back to "main", compile the project as a desk accessory and then
>run it....
>		LA BOMBA !!
>
>    So, I placed the SetUpA4() and RestoreA4() pair inside of two functions:
>doControl and doClose.  Still bombed...

	If your DA is multiple-segmented, or uses globals, then SetupA4()
and RestoreA4() should be used at the beginning and end of main() itself.

R.
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 Rich Siegel
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 Symantec Corporation, Language Products Group
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