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From: boyd_m@intertel.UUCP (Mark Boyd)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Re: question regarding catch/throw
Keywords: catch throw setjump longjump
Message-ID: <360@intertel.UUCP>
Date: 27 Mar 91 22:53:03 GMT
References: <1991Mar27.182820.17579@cuff.uucp>
Organization: Inter-Tel, Inc., Chandler, AZ
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In article <1991Mar27.182820.17579@cuff.uucp>, boag@cuff.uucp (Scott Boag) writes:
> We are about to implement a generalized error handling scheme that uses 
> catch/throw (i.e. setjump/longjump).  I am a bit worried about the 
> behavior of these functions in the MS Windows environment.  Has anyone 
> had prior experience with using these?  Thanks in advance.

We used these in our Windows program but to a slightly different tune.  We did
the CATCH right before the message loop in the WinMain routine. We then used
THROW to get back to this location when we needed to terminate the system due
to a fatal error.  It worked fine and we never had any problems.

Mark Boyd
Inter-Tel, Inc.