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- From: jwil1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (TMOTA)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.tech
- Subject: Re: RISC OS 3.1 WIMP Message...
- Message-ID: <1993Jan6.005437.28766@cs.aukuni.ac.nz>
- Date: 6 Jan 93 00:54:37 GMT
- References: <memo.842686@cix.compulink.co.uk>
- Sender: jwil1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (TMOTA)
- Organization: Computer Science Dept. University of Auckland
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- pmoore@cix.compulink.co.uk (Paul Moore) writes:
- >Message_MenusDeleted (&400C9). It is sent when a menu is deleted, without a
- >selection having been made (mouse click outside the menu, another task pops
- >up a menu, this task pops up a different menu). Message block+20 contains
- >the menu pointer for the menu tree which was deleted.
- >
- >Not too sure why you would use it, the draft PRMs don't suggest a use...
-
- If you've ever tried hanging a non-permanent dialogue box off a menu tree
- you will be most pleased to hear about such a message - normally the WIMP
- closes (but doesn't delete) your window without telling you *anything*
- about it. The only way (previously) to detect this was to continuously
- poll the window to see when it is shut... Argh!
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