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From: norman@d.cs.okstate.edu (Norman Graham)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Drawing in the menu bar (AGAIN)
Message-ID: <1990Aug3.023818.13999@d.cs.okstate.edu>
Date: 3 Aug 90 02:38:18 GMT
References: <1816@mountn.dec.com>
Organization: Oklahoma State University
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From article <1816@mountn.dec.com>, by minow@mountn.dec.com (Martin Minow):
> To return to the original question, there are two techniques you can use
> to draw over the menubar:
> 
> -- save the old MBarHeight, set it to zero and (I'm not sure what happens next,
>    but I think you can now open a window that covers the screen).
>    Advantage: SuperClock and notification stuff shut up.
>    Disadvantage: Better restore the MBarHeight before your program exits!

As of MultiFinder 6.0.5, each process gets its own MBarHeight; thus if
your process crashes or you forget to reset MBarHeight, it won't have
an effect on other processes' MBarHeight. 

Disclaimer: That's what the System 6.0.5 Draft Change History said anyway.

Norm
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