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- From: udmorrow@mcs.drexel.edu (Daniel Morrow)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
- Subject: help with IPCListPorts (was IPCListPorts hell)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.172316.24594@mcs.drexel.edu>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 17:23:16 GMT
- Sender: udmorrow@mcs.drexel.edu (Daniel Morrow)
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- Organization: Drexel University
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- Recently I posted a question about IPCListPorts (saying that I was
- in hell and was ready to pull my hair out).
-
- Anyway, I've narrowed down the problem.
-
- I've noticed that when a program launches, a port is created for it
- (by what, I don't know.)
-
- Anyway, I've noticed that the "portTypeStr" (of the PPCPortRec which you
- are interested in) is _always_ a Pascal string.
-
- This Pascal string always looks something like this:
- <length-byte><4-byte app creator type> 'ep01'.
-
- What is this 'ep01' and why is it there?
- Who puts it there?
-
- Also, how can I change this portname from within the application it
- belongs to?
-
- Thanks, I haven't been able to find any info about this in IM-6.
-
- -Dan.
-