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From: andrew@cs.utk.edu (Andrew Krzywdzinski)
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Subject: Re: Argh.  Not again. (Re: Location of variables in executable files.)
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Date: 16 Nov 90 20:32:11 GMT
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Everybody hold your horses. I seemed to have (unintentionally) started
another virus discussion (but I was suckered into it, you see).
I like to torture my ST with interesting projects (and isn't this a
perfect machine for such a purpose ?). In particular, I was trying
to think of a way to write a demo program which, by a simple bit
toggle in the executable (once some kind of password is entered),
becomes a fully-functional program. Of course an external data
file would do as well, but I know how to do that already...
Anyway, I have absolutely no interest in viruses, except possibly
how to get rid of one once I have it. There.

Since I'm posting this, I might as well ask a few more questions.

1) What's the deal with the mouse display ? It seems that when I call
   graf_mous (or whatever the name of the AES routine is) to turn
   the mouse on several times, the levels get nested, and the mouse
   display becomes very queer (i.e. leaves a trace, or sometimes
   disappears, etc.). Is there a way (short of installing my own
   mouse handler) to tell on which 'display level' the mouse is, and
   to set it straight ?

2) In dialog boxes: if there are several editable fields, is there
   a way to specify in which field the cursor should be ?
   Is this a random process, or does the cursor default to the top
   field ?

Thanks for your answers in advance.

-andrew krzywdzinski  (andrew@cs.utk.edu)