Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois
From: dubois@uwmacc.UUCP (Paul DuBois)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Closing DAs
Message-ID: <213@uwmacc.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 27-Aug-86 18:08:13 EDT
Article-I.D.: uwmacc.213
Posted: Wed Aug 27 18:08:13 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 27-Aug-86 21:26:52 EDT
References: <49@runx.OZ>
Organization: UW-Madison Primate Center
Lines: 15


> If you have a number of open DAs, and you quit from the current application, 
> all the DAs are killed without allowing them to clean up (save files,etc.).
> Isn't it possible for an application to keep track of the open DAs, and their
> refnums (which can be found from the windowKind field of its window), so that 
> when it exits to shell, it first calls CloseDeskAcc for all open DAs??

Won't a properly written DA set its flags to request a goodbye kiss from
the OS in case the application exits out from under it?
-- 
Paul DuBois     UUCP: {allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois    |
                ARPA: dubois@easter                               --+--
                                                                    |
Begin at my sanctuary...                                            |
                          Ezekiel 9:6