Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Harriet Bazley Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.programmer Subject: Re: TaskWindow Messages - output Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 18:50:36 GMT Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 32 Message-ID: <85de05b85c.harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> References: <61f8e2b75c.Paul@phorefaux> <5cb7e6d170News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk> <167a00b85c.Paul@phorefaux> Injection-Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 18:53:32 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="f5d0131e828b0660c61974bebad397d7"; logging-data="1436365"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX190XJ3QO98BS1l50Ppklj91mD/1wuoecY8=" User-Agent: Messenger-Pro/8.04 (MsgServe/8.04) (RISC-OS/5.31) NewsHound/v1.53-32 RC1 Cancel-Lock: sha1:ot0W7Y6kdu83gHnbyY+aFVI8NLA= X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.acorn.programmer:6615 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? -- Harriet Bazley == Loyaulte me lie == He that would govern others, first should be master of himself.