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From: kaufman@neon.Stanford.EDU (Marc T. Kaufman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Check DialogPtr returned by GetNewDialog?
Message-ID: <1991Apr1.224254.5399@neon.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 1 Apr 91 22:42:54 GMT
References: <1991Apr1.052536.27902@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <4143@uakari.primate.wisc.edu>
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University, Ca , USA
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In article <4143@uakari.primate.wisc.edu> bin@primate.wisc.edu writes:
>From article <1991Apr1.052536.27902@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, by johnsone@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Erik A. Johnson):
-> Do any of you check to see if the DialogPtr that GetNewDialog returns is
-> valid in any way?  Is there any way to determine that GetNewDialog had no
-> problems (i.e. it found the necessary resources and got the necessary
-> memory allocated)?

>You want to read Technical Note 4 and then hold your breath in awe
>at the advice it gives:

>	Assume there is no error

So what do you want do if there IS an error... put up an ALERT dialog?
[Use the sound manager to SAY the alert.  Use the CLUT to flash morse code
messages on the screen.  Initiate a shutdown.  Send Email.  Draw directly
to the desktop]

Marc Kaufman (kaufman@Neon.stanford.edu)