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From: ech@cbnewsk.att.com (ned.horvath)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Hierarchical Menus in DAs
Message-ID: <1991May12.205320.21492@cbnewsk.att.com>
Date: 12 May 91 20:53:20 GMT
References: <1991May11.214528.18598@world.std.com>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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From article <1991May11.214528.18598@world.std.com>, by barry@world.std.com (Barry L Wolman):
> 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...

Don't confuse the menu's resource ID (which should be in the range "owned"
by your DA, hence no conflicts with other DAs) with the menuID, which is
the short integer given by the first two bytes of the MENU resource.  Most
app writers keep these identical to avoid confusion, but they needn't be,
and in the original (pre-7.0, no Suitcase-like utility installed) they 
pretty well have to be different: Font/DA Mover will remap the resourceIDs
when there's a conflict, but won't modify that menuID (as far as I know!).

=Ned Horvath=
ehorvath@attmail.com
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=Ned Horvath=
ehorvath@attmail.com