Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!hyper.hyper.com!bonneau
From: bonneau@hyper.hyper.com (Paul Bonneau)
Subject: Re: CreateWindows() with BC++ gives exception 13 / error 0
Message-ID: <1991Mar16.184505.18776@hyper.hyper.com>
Reply-To: bonneau@hyper.UUCP (Paul Bonneau,,)
Organization: HyperCube Inc.
References: <21029@shlump.nac.dec.com> <1991Mar14.071522.21044@ciba-geigy.ch>
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1991 18:45:05 GMT

In article <1991Mar14.071522.21044@ciba-geigy.ch> whkr@ciba-geigy.ch (Hans Kraft) writes:
>Don't put a pointer into the extra data area of a window, as that
>pointer could refer to a movable or even discadable segment. After
>reload or move of the according segment (done without notice by
>windows) the pointer is obsolete.

I missed the parent article, so I don't know if the pointer
was FAR or not, but...

There is no problem with storing NEAR pointers.  If the
default data segment moves, so does the pointer.

cheers - Paul Bonneau.