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- Subject: Re: Data transfer to !StrongEd crashes sender
- Message-ID: <2+UOW4j017n@bridge.welly.gen.nz>
- From: julian@bridge.welly.gen.nz (Julian Wright)
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 00:32:02 +1200
- Reply-To: wright_j@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz (Julian Wright)
- References: <9207191912.AA15107@sand.sics.bu.oz.au> <DBH.92Jul21111444@wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk> <1992Jul21.120846.27445@bnr.co.uk>
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- row@bnr.co.uk (Reuben Wells) writes:
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- > In the referenced article dbh@doc.ic.ac.uk (Denis Howe) writes:
- > >There's something funny about !StrongEd's data transfer. When I drag
- > >a file into !StrongEd from !PlaceIt's backdrop, !PlaceIt usually
- > >crashes although !StrongEd carries on and loads the file as expected.
- >
- > There is a problem with !SrcEdit as well, try dragging a file zero
- > bytes long (can't remember whether this has to be from another
- > application or not ?) and you get an error message, I thought this
- > was my fault and spent ages checking and re-checking my code :-(
- > but no it was Acorn !
-
- I have tried drag-saving an empty file from Edit into SrcEdit (and
- StrongEd) on an A5000 and there was no problem at all. I have had no
- trouble with my own programs transferring data to StrongEd either,
- after I fixed up my newsreader code to implement the transfer
- properly. Before that the only problem I had was StrongEd refusing
- to accept that I file I saved from it was 'safe'.
-
- StrongEd refuses to accept that a file is safe until it receives a
- Message_DataLoadAck (4) to end the transfer. It is one of the few
- programs I have seen which does anything with this message, and as
- such can be considered a very strict implementation of the Acorn
- standard in this area...
-
- Cheers, Julian.
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