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From: jspencer@p510.f22.n282.z1.mmug.edgar.mn.org (Jim Spencer)
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Subject: Disabling menus when DA's are closed
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Date: 3 Mar 91 00:04:44 GMT
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Eric Hicks writes in a message to All

EH> Just a quick question that is quite probably rather simply solved. 
EH> An application I'm writing never uses the edit menu while my 
EH> main window is frontmost. (ie active) I've dimmed the menu, which 
EH> is easily accomplished in ResEdit. My problem occurs with DA 
EH> suppport. I can enable the menu when the DA comes up easily, 
EH> and I also figured out how to tell when the user has chosen close 
EH> from my file menu as a way to close a DA. My Problem occurs when 
EH> the user, clicks the close box of a DA. How can I find out when 
EH> this has happened so that I can dim the edit menu? I have a solution 
EH> that "works" but it's so ugly that it's not worth posting. E-mail 
EH> response is fine and I'll summarize to the net if there seems 
EH> to be a need and the solution isn't obvious. Code fragments in 
EH> either Pascal or C are fine, as they are relatively easy to inter-translate. 
EH> If it's any help, I'm using THINK C 4.0. Thanks in advance... 

You should be disabling the menu whenever the DA's window is not in front.  In your main event loop, check FrontWindow.  If it is your window, then disable the menu.
 

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