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| From | "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: Quit from TaskManager |
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.acorn.programmer |
| Date | 2011-09-30 09:56 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <521abb8f4bUCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> (permalink) |
| References | <521a6ee763UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> |
| Organization | League of Underpaid, Overworked, Undervalued, and Overwhelmed |
On 29 Sep, UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk wrote: > I have 'whipped-up' a quick multitasking application to check my 'Deleted' > SysLog file (AntiSpam deletions) every 5 minutes which opens the file in > the default text editor if it is of more than zero length. > It seems to work OK. > Unfortunately I notice I can't quit it from the task manager. It turns out that my concept of WIMP programming and the required structure was entirely trousers. I also failed entirely to handle returned reason codes, so it's not surprising that I failed to act on the message the WIMP was sending to me! However, a private tutorial from Rick - always ready to help - sorted me out. Thanks also to Steve for spotting the core of the problem, though I needed a bit more hand-holding. John -- John Williams, Brittany, Northern France - no attachments to these addresses! Non-RISC OS posters change user to johnrwilliams or put 'risc' in subject! Who is John Williams? http://petit.four.free.fr/picindex/author/
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Quit from TaskManager "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2011-09-29 19:59 +0200 Re: Quit from TaskManager Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-09-29 20:07 +0200 Re: Quit from TaskManager Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2011-09-29 20:00 +0100 Re: Quit from TaskManager "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2011-09-30 09:56 +0200
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