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From: jay@argosy.UUCP (Jay O'Conor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Comm Toolbox Confusion.
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Date: 31 Mar 91 07:07:53 GMT
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Organization: MasPar Computer Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA
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I'm writing my first Comm Toolbox program and I've run into some
confusion.  I'm just using the Connection Manager.
To create a Connection Record, I need to call CMNew(), right?  Well, to
call CMNew, I need to know the procID of a tool - no problem, I'll just
call CMChoose to let the user choose a tool, and then I'll have a
procID.  BUT CMCHOOSE NEEDS A VALID CONNECTION RECORD!!!
What am I missing here?  This would appear to be something of a
catch-22.  Initially, I thought CMChoose would create the Connection
record for me but this doesn't appear to be the case.
CMChoose is declared as CMChoose(VAR hConn:ConnHandle; where:Point;
idleProc:ProcPtr):INTEGER.  I'm passing the address of where I want the
handle returned, the location where I want the dialog, and NIL for the
idleProc.
Does CMChoose create a Connection Record?  If not, how do I call CMNew
without knowing a tool name?

Thanks

Jay O'Conor
Maspar Computer Corporation
jay@maspar.com