[comp.binaries.mac] Macintosh Technical Notes - 251 Safe cdevs

bytebug@dhw68k.cts.com (Roger L. Long) (09/11/89)

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This Technical Note describes a potential  problem  with  Control  Panel
devices (cdevs) that contain EditText fields and presents a way to avoid
it.

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