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From: Martin <News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: TaskWindow Messages - output
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 23:28:42 +0000 (GMT)
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In article <88a00ab85c.Paul@phorefaux>,
   Paul Stewart <phorefaux@gmail.com> wrote:
> In message <85de05b85c.harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk>
>           Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> wrote:

> > On 11 Mar 2026 as I do recall,
> >           Paul Stewart  wrote:

> >>>> 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.

> > [snip]

> >> 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).
> >> 
> > I've never tried to intercept and display taskwindow output
> > manually, but is it possible that you have to register yourself
> > as an official 'taskwindow handler' with the Wimp first in order
> > to prevent its being intercepted and displayed by Edit or
> > StrongED or some other recognised handler?

> > And - the usual question - have you added TaskWindow_Output to
> > the list of Wimp messages to be passed on to Wimp_Poll, or is it
> > getting masked out by default?

> Well at the moment I have added &808C0 - &808C6 to Wimp messages

> Looking at PRM3, page 263,TaskWindow_Ouput  - this message is sent
> to the Parent when one of it's children has produced output.

What command have you passed to the TaskWindow command?
What did you provide for the -task and -txt values?

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