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From: peter@cbmvax.commodore.com (Peter Cherna)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: 2.0 Screens
Message-ID: <20376@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 4 Apr 91 20:21:18 GMT
References: <4503@orbit.cts.com>
Reply-To: peter@cbmvax.commodore.com (Peter Cherna)
Organization: Commodore-Amiga, Inc.  West Chester, PA.
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In article <4503@orbit.cts.com> chucks@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Erik Funkenbusch) writes:
>files.  any help from anyone out there?  the guru is 8500 0009, which
>according to my RKM's is an unknown screen type.  here is a fragment.

I presume you mean 8400 0009.

>struct TagItem scrtags[7] = {{SA_Overscan, OSCAN_TEXT},{SA_Pens, ~0},
>                            {SA_FullPalette, TRUE},{SA_Type, CUSTOMSCREEN},  
>                            {SA_Title, "BBS Screen"},{SA_Width, 640},        
>                            {TAG_END, NULL}};                                

SA_Pens takes a pointer to an array of UWORDs, which must be terminated
in ~0.  Do not pass it a ~0.  You want:

UWORD mypens[] =
{
	/* set up your pen choices if any, here */
	~0,	/* terminator */
};

Then later, {SA_Pens, mypens},
                                                                             
>So does anyone have any ideas?  this is a headache.

This guru usually appears if you have a bad NewWindow.Type.  Check
that.

     Peter
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