Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Paul Stewart Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.programmer Subject: Re: TaskWindow Messages - output Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 17:51:42 GMT Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 45 Message-ID: <167a00b85c.Paul@phorefaux> References: <61f8e2b75c.Paul@phorefaux> <5cb7e6d170News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk> Injection-Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 17:56:07 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="f4044449e3235a58c5443bedcc2a762d"; logging-data="1395410"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/utF8wgXJII3gEc9HvzNsz" User-Agent: Messenger-Pro/9.00 (MsgServe/9.00) (RISC-OS/4.42) NewsHound/v1.54 Cancel-Lock: sha1:nIH9ECm1QmwvrT8inSZrxe8y72A= X-Editor: EmailEdit 2.04 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.acorn.programmer:6614 In message <5cb7e6d170News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk> Martin wrote: > In article <61f8e2b75c.Paul@phorefaux>, > Paul Stewart wrote: >> Help Please!!! >> I think I am probably misunderstanding something and so far appear >> to be doing nothing but going around in circles. I've searched >> through CSA programmer archives on Google Groups also before >> posting. >> So I've started a task using SYS"Wimp_StartTask" That is working >> fine. >> Listening for message &808C2 (TaskWindow_Ego) to grab correct task >> handle Again, working fine. >> (I can have also tested &808C4 (TaskWindow_Morite) to kill the task) >> Now I'm thinking I should be listening for &808C1 >> (TaskWindow_Output) to receive the contents of the TaskWindow. Is >> that correct? > Yes, that is how you see the output to display yourself, interrogate, > or lose. > You can also send input to the TW by sending a TaskWindow_Input > message. > Remember to Ack where appropriate! Well it's good to know my understanding is correct, so must be something else I'm not doing right. Issue I have is that I am not receiving the &808C1 message. I get the &808C3 when it has finished, but I also want the output that would usually be in the Task Window (if I was to manually run it, rather than run via Wimp_StartTask). -- Paul Stewart Sent from A9home running RISC OS 4.42