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From: parent@Apple.COM (Sean Parent)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Dialogs in Init Code
Summary: Init dialogs
Message-ID: <23784@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 11 Jan 89 23:55:42 GMT
References: <20488@ames.arc.nasa.gov> <10050065@accuvax.nwu.edu> <11712@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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In article <11712@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU>, erics@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Eric Schlegel) writes:
> In article <10050065@accuvax.nwu.edu> bob@accuvax.nwu.edu (Bob Hablutzel) writes:
> >> I am trying to display a dialog window in Init code, and am
> >> having problems. Is there some limitations on the dialogs 
> >> within init code. I just want to display a dialog with 
> >> a static text item when the init boots up. I am using
> >> aztec v3.6c. 
> 
> I recall hearing that Mac DTS recommends not using the Dialog Manager during
> INIT time. A better solution is simply to use QuickDraw directly to draw
> the dialog.

I would also not recommend putting up a dialog at init time because it will
blast out the show init icons. I would use show init and if more information
was needed then display a dialog after the machine is fully started. This could
be done with a patch to GetNextEvent or SystemTask. If you must display
something at startup then set up A5 and currentA5 and call InitGraph. Restore
A5 and current A5 on the way out. You could also init the rest of the system
after this and pop up a dialog. If you do this you will need to set deskHook
to nil and restore it on the way out.

Disclaimer: I do not recommend any of the above methods and they may break on
some future release.

Sean