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From: darweesh@zephyrus.crd.ge.com (Michael Darweesh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Getting Events in GetNextEvent patch
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Date: 13 Nov 90 18:04:23 GMT
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>> During your popup dialog, you just can call GetNextEvent.
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>But will this cause problems.  I don't want to allow a context-switch under
>MultiFinder while the dialog is popped up.  Can this happen if I use
>GetNextEvent.  I remember reading something about putting some magic value
>in the windowkind attribute of a window to disallow a context-switch when
>that window was frontmost am I on the right track.

Well, if the fronmost window is a dBoxProc (standard for Modal Dialog etc.), 
then GetNextEvent will disallow context switching under any normal/reasonable
circumstances.

-Mike Darweesh
weesh@crd.ge.com