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From: oldfield@bnr-rsc.UUCP (John Oldfield)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Problem with menu_text()
Keywords: menutext,crash,AES
Message-ID: <1616@bnr-rsc.UUCP>
Date: 19 Dec 89 16:21:11 GMT
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
Lines: 34


This is from a friend who doesn't have net-access....
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Every time I try to update the text in a menu item,
my program crashes.  The call I am using to change
the text is

menu_text(menu_ptr, ITEM_CONST, new_text);

   menu_ptr   - a pointer to the menu tree
   ITEM_CONST - index of a menu item
              - from the .H file created by a
                resource construction program
   new_text   - pointer to a null-terminated
                character string 

I have tried using strings that are shorter, the same 
length and longer than the existing menu item text.

I have tried putting wind_update(BEG_UPDATE) before
the menu_text call and wind_update(END_UPDATE) after.

I have tried putting menu_bar(menu_ptr, FALSE) before
the menu_text call and menu_bar(menu_ptr, TRUE) after.

I have also tried surrounding the menu_text call with
both wind_update and menu_bar calls.

What am I doing wrong?  Please help.

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from John Oldfield oldfield@bnr-rsc