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From: davidj@cbmvax.commodore.com (David N. Junod)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: What the #&%@?
Message-ID: <19559@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 6 Mar 91 14:11:42 GMT
References: <7823@crash.cts.com>
Reply-To: davidj@cbmvax.commodore.com (David N. Junod)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <7823@crash.cts.com> lkoop@pnet01.cts.com (Lamonte Koop) writes:
>
>I have come face to face with a rather perplexing problem involving a project
>I am currently working on, to which I cannot find the answer.  I'm hoping
>
>while(keepgoing) {
>   Wait(1L << BenchWindow->UserPort->mp_SigBit);
>   while((msg = (struct IntuiMessage *)GetMsg(BenchWindow->UserPort))) {
>     code = msg->Code;  class = msg->Class;
>     gad = ((struct Gadget *)msg->IAddress)->GadgetID;

You can not assume that IntuiMessage->IAddress is always a gadget!  You're
referencing 'random' memory.  Only pull the GadgetID on GADGETDOWN and
GADGETUP events.

>                             LaMonte Koop
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> "It's a dog-eat-dog world...and I'm wearing Milk Bone underwear"--Norm

~DNJ~