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From: tappan@bbn.com (Dan Tappan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Chooser Interface Problem (kind of long)
Keywords: Chooser RDEV
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Date: 6 Jun 89 13:55:05 GMT
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In article <2094@oakhill.UUCP> tomj@oakhill.UUCP (Tom Johnson) writes:
>I'm having a little problem writing an RDEV.  As an (almost) last resort
>prior to tearing my hair out and becoming a Buddist monk, I though I might
>see whether anyone out in netland has a solution.
>
>Scenario:
>  RDEV which issues its own NBP call to fill a list.
> ...
>The Problem:
>  Regardless of the setting of the flags long word, the code NEVER receives
>a "fillList" message as per IM-IV p.220, and ALWAYS receives a getSel msg!

What you may be running into is that the Chooser caches the flag settings from
RDEV's. There is a resource in the system file called 'clst'.

The effect of this is that if you built your RDEV the first time without that
bit set then forever afterword the Chooser will ignore your new setting.