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From: resnick@cogsci.uiuc.edu (Pete Resnick)
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Subject: Re: Hierarchical Menus in DAs
Keywords: DA hierarchical menu resource
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Date: 12 May 91 19:07:40 GMT
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barry@world.std.com (Barry L Wolman) writes:

>IM-V page 236 says that the ID for hierarchical menus used by a DA must
>be in the range 236-255.  Fine, but how do I number my two menus so as
>to avoid a conflict with hierarchical menus used by some other DA.  If
>my DA is accessed via Suitcase II or MasterJuggler, there doesn't seem
>to be a problem.  But, if I've used Font DA mover to move my DA into a
>suitcase, how can I determine the new IDs assigned by Font DA mover?
>I suppose I could assign names to them, load them via GetNamedResource
>and then use GetResInfo to determine the ID.  Is there a better way?

The menu *IDs* have to be in the range 236-255, not the *resource*
numbers.  The resource numbers should be set up as usual for DA owned
resources.

>Suppose I try to put multiple DAs into a suitcase, each of them having
>some hierarchical menus.  Font DA mover will renumber the menu IDs, but
>there are only twenty available numbers.  What happens if there are more
>than twenty hierarchical menus?

Check me on this, but so long as you have unique resource numbers,
duplicate menu IDs should not be a problem.

pr
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