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From: FATQW@USU.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: HELP!! (programming)
Message-ID: <8802210455.AA14301@jade.berkeley.edu>
Date: 21 Feb 88 03:50:00 GMT
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Ok, I've got this really strange problem.  For some reason, a few of the new
1.2 function interfaces in Amiga.lib, such as RefreshGList(), import something
that imports something called __ProgramName (_ProgramName from C).  No
problem.  Just define _ProgramName to be something - I defined it as an
array of characters naming my program.  But that's not the problem.  That's
a *warning*.

Now I've got this real useful module in my custom library which defines
IntuitionBase and GfxBase, and provides functions for opening and closing
them.  (OpenGraphics() and CloseGraphics(), they work on IntuitionBase too.)
Well, here's the problem.  I can't use these functions when that
symbol _ProgramName is needed.  It gives a software error (GURU number
00000000.0000A708) when the program starts, and calls OpenGraphics().  It
doesn't do this if I don't use OpenGraphics() and CloseGraphics().  It
also doesn't do this if I don't use those new functions which generate
an indirect (through another function, cxerr I think) reference to
_ProgramName.

Any ideas?  I'd be glad to spill out all my code and write 20 pages about
this thing - JUST TO FIX IT!!  Thanks in advance.

                                Bryan

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