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In article <108749@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> cmcmanis@sun.UUCP (Chuck McManis) writes:
>I wrote : 
>>Why don't you use SetWindowTitle()?
>
>In article <d2YG02GD32Hm01@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> (Dave Lowrey) writes:
>>I need to get the address of the current title, as well as
>>setting a new title.
>>
>>So I guess I am asking if it is safe to access this info
>>without any locking.
>
>Hmmmm, why do I get the feeling that you aren't doing something that 
>one my consider "normal" programming practice? :-) 

That's why I am asking these questions. I would like to remain
"normal" (Whatever that means). :-)

>
>So to be completely blunt and open about this :
>
>       You opened a window, so you have a pointer to the window...

You assume wrong. The "shell" has opened the window, so I don't
own it.

The program I am writing puts the Current Directory into the
title bar. It works now, without ANY locking, but I suspect that
I am inviting trouble by not preventing other processes from accessing
the data.

>
>By the way, I couldn't find any reference in IntuitionBase that had
>to do with titles anyway. Where were you looking?
>
You are correct. But, in intutitonbase.h (I think, tne I am at work,
and the RKM is at home), it says that whenever referencing IntuitionBase,
you should use LockIbase and UnlockIbase. I access IntuitionBase to
get the pointer to the current screen.

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