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From: mui@atari.UUCP (Derek Mui)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech
Subject: Re: Box w/o form_do() causing PRG lock up. Solution sought.
Message-ID: <2728@atari.UUCP>
Date: 1 Nov 90 01:21:48 GMT
References: <8978@ncar.ucar.edu>
Organization: Atari Corp., Sunnyvale CA
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in article <8978@ncar.ucar.edu>, moses@hao.ucar.edu (Julie Moses) says:
> 
> 
>    I have a program in which one of the dialogue boxes are handled
> without using  form_do(). Yes, form_do() is the easiest way to
> handle dialogue boxes but I am doing some trickier things than
> what form_do() can handle.
> 
> Problem -   If I depress the mouse button outside the dialogue box
> which is being handled without form_do() and atop the slider bars,
> or GEM dropdowns (anything GEM itself is taking care of through
> evnt_messages), it locks up the program completely; only the mouse
> can move yet do nothing.
> 
> Ques. -How is it I can disable GEM so that this will be prevented
> while I am using this dialogue box?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> J.Moses


	Use the wind_update( TRUE ) in the beginning of your function
and use wind_update( FALSE ) at the end of it.


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