msl5864@ritcv.UUCP (Michael S. Leibow) (04/07/88)
Hi,
I am writing a program which lets the user open up windows on demand. In
each window I set up a double menu requester so the user can change
preferences on demand.
Situation:
User brings up requester in window 1.
User selects window two and brings up same requester.
My program can't handle same requester in two windows.
Solution:
After first requester appears (REQSET) do a ClearDMRequest
on all windows.
When I get a REQCLEAR, do a SetDMRequest on all windows.
Problem:
ClearDMRequest has no effect. I can still bring up the second
requester and guru my program. Without fixing my whole
interface, is there a way to fix this?
--
Michael S. Leibow
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CSNET: msl5864%rit@csnet-relay.ARPAcmcmanis@sun.uucp (Chuck McManis) (04/15/88)
In article <345@ritcv.UUCP> msl5864@ritcv.UUCP (Michael S. Leibow) writes: >I am writing a program which lets the user open up windows on demand. In >each window I set up a double menu requester so the user can change >preferences on demand. > >Situation: > User brings up requester in window 1. > User selects window two and brings up same requester. > My program can't handle same requester in two windows. > >Solution: > After first requester appears (REQSET) do a ClearDMRequest > on all windows. > > When I get a REQCLEAR, do a SetDMRequest on all windows. Wrong solution :-). Why can't your program handle multiple people using the requester? Is it because you can't tell who is giving you the clicks or is it that the information is unique to each window and you are sharing the requester data? If it is the former you can figure out which window sent you the message with the window pointer in the intuition message. If it is the latter you should make your requester 're-entrant'. Basically clone all of the 'variables' in the requester. Each instance of the requester can share pointers to borders, intuitext, and imagery. Note that the reason the ClearDMRRequests don't work is that Intuition sets a flag in the requester (and links it into the windows requester list) when it is "up" and the call to ClearDMRequest fails. It sounds like an interesting problem to be sure! -- --Chuck McManis uucp: {anywhere}!sun!cmcmanis BIX: cmcmanis ARPAnet: cmcmanis@sun.com These opinions are my own and no one elses. But you knew that, didn't you.