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From: jmh@ns.network.com (1606)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Dialog problems
Summary: response to tim's comments
Keywords: Dialog
Message-ID: <1426@ns.network.com>
Date: 2 Jun 89 19:10:42 GMT
Sender: jmh@ns.network.com (Joel Halpern 424-1606)
Reply-To: jmh@ns.UUCP (Joel Halpern 424-1606)
Organization: Network Systems Corporation
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I attempted to mail this to Tim, but my mailer can not find
tim@hoptoad.uucp, so I am posting this.

Thank you for taking the time to respond. I appreciate your
suggestion that I need a DisposDialog rather than a CloseDialog
(yes, I pass NIL for the space to GetNewDialog).  Unfortunately,
that is actually what I do.

Yes, I know that mopre accurate and complete information would
make it easier to help out.  Unfortunately, the code is on the MAC
at home, and I am composing mail/news at work.  Thus, I have to write
down the code at home, and rekey it at work.  I make some typos.

To answer the specific question you asked, val is a static int.
The processing code uses a local int variable i:

	for (i = 1; i <= strbuf[0]; i++) {
		if (strbuf[i] < '0' || strbuf[i] > '9') break;
		val = val*10 + strbuf[i] - '0';
	}

For completeneww, the routine begins by copying val to a local
variable, and if the user clicks cancel, val is restored to
its initial value.  Otherwise, if ok or return was hit,  I do
some calculations to select a spot in the main window.

Yes, I did not use proper internationalization or strs/str#
resources.  This is a simple program for my own use.
While I have been a programmer for a long time (I am the in house
consultant to the software development organization and reasonably 
fluent in C unix), this is only the second Macintosh program I have
ever written.

While I appreciate any assistance you can give me, please lighten
up just a litttle in the accusatory tone.

Thanks,
Joel M. Halpern			jmh@nsco.network.com
Network Systems Corporation	612 - 424 - 1606