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From: lphillips@lpami.van-bc.UUCP (Larry Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Finding The Workbench Screen
Message-ID: <2023@van-bc.UUCP>
Date: 12 Dec 88 01:58:23 GMT
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> Any screen with the "WBENCHSCREEN" bit set in the screen structure
> is a "workbench" screen.  This is the way "multiple wbench screen"
> hacks work.  So, so far as checking this bit, you were correct.

Ahh... _information at last! I appreciate it Jamie. I never thought
about multiple WorkBench screens.

> However, the 'screen list' does not start at YOUR screen.  If there
> are screens behind yours then, yes, the 1st longword in your
> screen struct will be a link to another screen.  *The* place
> to begin scanning the screen structs is at
>   IntuitionBase->FirstScreen

Gotcha. I did specify IntuitionBase, FirstScreen, Flags though. Is there
a way to find the first, default, WorkBench screen as opposed to any
that have been added later?

Thanks again.

-larry

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