Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!comp.vuw.ac.nz!actrix!templar!jbickers From: jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz (John Bickers) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer Subject: Re: Dumb windows from SAS/C programs on Workbench Message-ID: <3931.tnews@templar.actrix.gen.nz> Date: 23 May 91 07:09:56 GMT References: <1991May17.022136.1539@NCoast.ORG> <1991May20.020743.14630@NCoast.ORG> Organization: TAP, NZAmigaUG. Lines: 31 Quoted from by chopps@ro-chp.UUCP (Chris Hopps): > In article <1991May20.020743.14630@NCoast.ORG> davewt@NCoast.ORG (David Wright) writes: > > The only problem with this is that the window that SAS/C opens is very > >small, and most certainly not large enough to display and "real" text, > > enough to alert you to the problem... What would be much nicer is plugging a single line error message ("can't open foobar.library", say) into the Workbench title bar, like Workbench itself does. Is there a nice way to do this? There are several advantages I can think of off-hand, as opposed to not using the DEFINE __main thing. * No annoying window. * No need to delay after displaying the error so the user has time to read it. * The user can recall the error message using the "Last Error" thing. * It fits in with the way Workbench works. The "version" program appears to be able to do this... > The Royal Oak Chophouse Chris Hopps -- *** John Bickers, TAP, NZAmigaUG. jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz *** *** "Endless variations, make it all seem new" - Devo. ***