Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote:

> Hi Alain,
>
> Alain Pastor wrote:
>
> > Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote:
> >
> > > Hi  Guys;  Here's a real good one!
> > >
> > > For the Apple Menu:
> > >
> > > In the LOCAL FN doMenu:
> > > In one Program, menuID% = MENU (_menuID) produces a value of 254.
> > > In a second Program, it produces a value of 127 (the one I thought it should
> > > be)
> > >
> > > I can't see any place where my set up code is any different.
> > >
> > > In the first one, everything is "apparently" fine, and no extraneous beeps are
> > > generated.
> > > In the second, the only way I can get the About to be selected at all is to
> > > use
> > > IF menuID% = 127 then menuID% = 254;
> > > which calls the appropriate routine, but gives me an extra beep; AND when I
> > > close the Dialog, I get an extra couple of beeps. Also it was crashing on me
> > > until I upped the memory with a SYSTM 600000 call at the start.  This is using
> > > the Scrolling About "we" developed for use in "the Book".  In fact, the "first
> > > one" I referred to IS "the Book"; the second is a private application upon
> > > which I am also working.
> > >
> > > Both programs are using similar, scrolling About Dialogs.
> > >
> > > Any clues?  TIA,
> > >
> >
> > Hi Joe,
> >
> > Don't know if it will help, but in the Ref manual under the menu function, it
> > reads that if you install your Apple menu via an MBAR resource the constant to
> > check is _appleResMenu which is 127 otherwise it is 254 (the value of
> > _appleMenu).
>
> Thanks, that would appear to answer my question; although I'm still disturbed by
> all of the beeps.  The Program that's doing the beeping didn't have a MBAR
> Resource, so I created one.  Still beeps as before.  I did set up the Menus a bit
> differently.  All of the menus in the 127 program are Resources.  Most in the other
> one are not.  Am I correct in assuming that Andy G. has put beeps in the Runtime
> where things are going wrong?  This isn't my first "beeping" experience!!! <smile>
>

Hi Joe,

There are a lot of beeps scattered all over the runtime, perhaps you
have collected
them all for you alone ;-)
I've no idea why the beeps, it is even more difficult without seeing
code. I suppose
you have checked that your about box is not an alert resource which
can automatically
trigger a beep and sometimes more than one I think.

Cheers

Alain