AmigaOS3.5 (916/967)

From:Marion E. Wyatt
Date:29 May 2000 at 04:13:27
Subject:Re: System hangs on WB menu selection during icon update

On 27-May-00 at 14:18:04, Alan W. Rateliff, II wrote these words of wisdom:
> I've noticed something. When I'm working on the Workbench and YAM is
> checking email, if I happen to select a menu item at the same time that
> YAM updates its dock icon, the whole system hangs.
>
> Initially this only happened with AppMenuCx, but I've tested it with all
> other menus now and it is consistant. It's clever timing to duplicate the
> problem, but when I'm not trying, it's very easy to accomplish.
>
> I'm not sure if this is a YAM problem or an OS problem. No other program I
> use actively updates its dock icon like YAM does.

It happens here a few times per week. It's a bug in the OS (workbench)... I
think it is fixed already for BB2 like a lot of other bugs :-) We'll see it
soon as they think the update is proven worthy and all bugs are smashed.



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