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From: maclab@reed.UUCP (Mac DLab)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Bug in Switch Desk Accessory?
Message-ID: <2202@reed.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 27-Nov-85 13:50:49 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 27 13:50:49 1985
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Organization: Reed College, Portland, Oregon
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> My guess is that MacDraw has too full a menu bar for its own good, and
> adding any more titles causes something to overflow.  It goes undetected
> until the DA tries to change its menu (when you use a "Show xxx" function, the
> menu item changes to "Hide xxx").  

My guess is that whenever MacDraw sees an activate event for a system window,
it says "Oh, time to put my menus away."  The problem for Switch, in particular,
is that it puts its menu up right away, before MacDraw sees the activate event,
and therefore the menu gets creamed when MacDraw tries to be clever.

BTW -- I have a version of Switch that works correctly with MacDraw (it
waits until it gets its first update event before putting up the menu).  
If anyone wants a copy of .hqx or .src, send me a message via mail, and
I will send you the stuff.

Scott Gillespie
Reed College

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