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From: ari@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Ari Halberstadt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: INIT Help (Clear the DeskHook and DragHook to display dialogs)
Message-ID: <1991Jan10.222531.10336@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
Date: 10 Jan 91 22:25:31 GMT
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In article <47924@apple.Apple.COM> stevec@Apple.COM (Steve Christensen) writes:
>jcocon@hubcap.clemson.edu (james c oconnor) writes:
>>I am writing an init that needs to put up a dialog box.  My question is
>>this:
>>	Can I use the normal methods for getting and putting up a
>>	dialog?  
>>	If not, do you have any suggestions?
>
>Yes, once the environment is set up.  You'll need to initialize QuickDraw, the
>Font Manager, Window Manager, TextEdit, and the Dialog Manager before you can
>actually display the dialog...
>

Don't forget to clear the DeskHook and DragHook low memory
globals. Otherwise, your INIT will crash on older Mac's.