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From: peter@cbmvax.commodore.com (Peter Cherna)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: ActivateGadget in Requesters
Message-ID: <20726@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 17 Apr 91 22:57:56 GMT
References: <1991Apr17.151553.29314@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu>
Reply-To: peter@cbmvax.commodore.com (Peter Cherna)
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In article <1991Apr17.151553.29314@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu> jwb@cis.ksu.edu (Jeff W. Brogden) writes:
>
>I am trying to get a single string gadget to auto select in a requester when
>the requester first comes up.  I call Request(Window), and then
>do a ActivateGadget(&Gadget, Window, Requester), but every time, 
>ActivateGadget returns a FALSE.

Bringing up requesters is asynchronous.  You must wait for the REQSET
IDCMP message before calling ActivateGadget().  Likewise, if you
open a window and want a gadget in it active right away, you
must wait for the ACTIVEWINDOW IDCMP message before calling ActivateGadget().

>Jeff Brogden					| Kansas State University
>Internet: jwb@cis.ksu.edu          		| Manhattan, KS.  66506

     Peter
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