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From: rosenkra@hall.cray.com (Bill Rosenkranz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: where is gem desktop resource?
Keywords: desktop resource replacement
Message-ID: <12375@hall.cray.com>
Date: 24 Dec 88 03:37:13 GMT
Reply-To: rosenkra@hall.UUCP (Bill Rosenkranz)
Organization: Cray Research, Inc., Mendota Heights, MN
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the AES wind_set () call to replace the desktop works just fine. but how
can you set it back to what it was after a program exits? if allan's
listening, i'd appreciate the "legal, official atari sanctioned" way.
in lieu of that (i have not found any pointers/calls to do it), if anybody
knows the addr of the DESKTOP.RSC (tos 1.0?) and HDESKUSA.RSC (tos 1.2/mega?)
and foreign versions (if any) could u mail them to me?

i'm trying to write an application which installs a column of icons on
a desktop-like window. i can do it by just writing on the desktop and then
openning my application windows, but redraws (as i have them anyway) draw
the wrong desktop. i've tried openning a window as a deaktop and trapping
any topping messages but am having some problems. i suppose i'll end up
doing it the hard way (i.e. try a zillion things until i find one that works).

i have grepped memory for the string "RSC" and have found them around
0x10000 on old and mega roms.

thanx much and merry christmas...

-bill

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