[comp.sys.mac.programmer] Question on the crOnly field in a TE record

noeler@prism.CS.ORST.EDU (05/01/91)

The crOnly field in TErec is specified to be important only
as a positive or negative number. I would like to use this
field for my own purposes by keeping a integer in the field.
My TEKey catches all returns before TE gets them. What are
any negative consequences if I do this? I have tested it with
as many situations as I can think of and TE hasn't changed it
so far. Does anyone know for sure what it does with this field,
and is it safe to use in this manner?  My problem is that I have
around 15 different TE records on the screen at the same time, and
would like an easy way before calling TEKey to know how to screen 
input going to the active TE record. I'd rather not have to make
an extra variable that has to passed all over the place just to do 
this. If the crOnly field is not feasable, is there any other way
to do it?

Thanks,
Eric Noel