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From: shores@fergvax.unl.edu (Shores)
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Subject: Where to use GetWVariant()?
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Date: 22 Jun 91 06:51:57 GMT
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I've managed to get a simple WDEF to work properly under System 7.0.
But buried in the memory manager chapter in IM 6, it says that to be
32-bit clean, one should call GetWVariant.  I have a Mac SE, so I can't
run in 32-bit mode, so I can't test it and make sure that it works for
folks that are running in 32-bit mode.  I'm also irked by the fact that
GetWVariant and GetCVariant are not defined anywhere!

pascal long main 
    (short varCode, WindowPtr theWindow, short message, long param)
{
    long result = 0L;

    varCode = GetWVariant(theWindow);   /* Is this right??? */        
    switch (message) {
        case wFoo: 
            result = DoFoo(varCode, theWindow, param); break;
        [...]
    }
    return (result);
}

Since the varCode is passed to me, why do I even need GetWVariant?  Why
can't the system worry about it (or does it?) and give it to me?


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