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From: Timo Karjalainen <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Q: Can I close ALS reqs from code?
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 18:38:04 +0200
Organization: University of Oulu
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I have a problem that makes my code a little user-hostile.

I'm using the ASL tags to get the IDCMP messages arriving at the
IDCMP port that aren't for the ASL requester. The problem is that
I can't see any way I could CLOSE THE REQUESTER programmatically.
Is there any way (except inserting a fake input event of mouse click
over the close gadget of the requester...)

An example: The user has an ASL requester open, lets say a screen mode
requester. Suddenly (s)he wants to quit my program, so (s)he selects the
program's window, then "Quit" from the Project menu. Obviously the
program must get the ASL requester window closed, but how? Currently I
just keep track of open ASL reqs and, if I need them closed, tell the
user to close them.

The IDCMP sharing / message processing hook is a clean way of being able
to respond to user actions while the requester is open, but it is
essential that the req can be closed from code. If it can't be done,
please someone tell the Amiga Tech. people to add such a possibility into
the asl.library. An LVO of something like CloseAslRequest(req) would be
useful!!

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