Re: Finding The Workbench Screen

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From: Larry Phillips
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 1988 14:36

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> How can I find the screen structure for the current Workbench
> Screen short of opening a window on it and then looking in
> the Window structure? 

  Easiest path for finding the WB screen is through IntuitionBase,
FirstScreen, Flags. Just walk the screen list until you find the
one with the Flags bit ($0001) set. This is the WB. It's always
been first whenever I've looked.

-larry

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