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Subject: Problems in Macintosh Programming Secrets
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Date: 4 Sep 92 01:01:09 EST
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I'm trying to get the example programs to work from the Second Edition of
Macintosh Programming Secrets by Scott Knaster and Keith Rollin.  I'm having
a little trouble with the program in Chapter 4, specifically with the changes
to the MainEventLoop function in Standard Stuff.c.  The line in question is:

    itemWasHit = DialogSelect(&event, &theDialog, &itemHit);

When I try to compile the source file, I get the message " 'theDialog' has
not been declared."  There is another occurrance of 'theDialog' a couple of
lines later, so I don't think it's a typo.

As far as I can tell, there is no function prototype in any of the files
for DialogSelect.  I'm assuming there should be. (?)

There were other variables in MainEventLoop that no declaration was listed
for, including passToDialog, itemWasHit, and sleepyTime.  I made some
assumptions which I think are correct - I declared the first two as
Booleans, and sleepyTime as a long.

Anyway, can someone tell me what theDialog should be?  A DialogPtr perhaps?
Also, are there any other gotchas to watch out for in the rest of the book?

Thanks for any info.
--
Don Rainwater, Systems Manager, Univ. of Cincinnati Center for IT Services
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