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Subject: Re: INIT wants to access text in other's window
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Date: 15 Dec 89 00:03:00 GMT
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From article <22362@ut-emx.UUCP>, by ifab623@walt.cc.utexas.edu (moon):
> How does a INIT access TEHandle in a Word or MacWrite text window?

Ugly news: MacWrite and Word don't use TextEdit. They use their own
internal format. They use QuickDraw to put that format on the screen.
I'm willing to bet Microsoft will be very quiet about what their memory
format is for any given version of Word. Apple might be a little more
sympathetic about a particularly old version of MacWrite, but that
sympathy would not remove the barrier of difficulty. (Y'see, these programs
aren't written with INIT twiddling in mind -- they could be, but they
aren't.) Claris would probably act the same as Microsoft about newer
MacWrites.
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