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- /* This example shows the CloseWindowSafely() function. Use this
- ** function to close any windows that share an IDCMP port with another
- ** window.
- **
- ** CloseWindowSafely.c
- **
- ** these functions close an Intuition window that shares a port with other
- ** Intuition windows.
- **
- ** We are careful to set the UserPort to NULL before closing, and to free
- ** any messages that it might have been sent.
- */
- #include "exec/types.h"
- #include "exec/nodes.h"
- #include "exec/lists.h"
- #include "exec/ports.h"
- #include "intuition/intuition.h"
-
- /*
- ** function to remove and reply all IntuiMessages on a port that have been
- ** sent to a particular window (note that we don't rely on the ln_Succ
- ** pointer of a message after we have replied it)
- */
- VOID StripIntuiMessages(struct MsgPort *mp, struct Window *win)
- {
- struct IntuiMessage *msg;
- struct Node *succ;
-
- msg = (struct IntuiMessage *)mp->mp_MsgList.lh_Head;
-
- while (succ = msg->ExecMessage.mn_Node.ln_Succ)
- {
- if (msg->IDCMPWindow == win)
- {
- /* Intuition is about to free this message.
- ** Make sure that we have politely sent it back.
- */
- Remove(msg);
-
- ReplyMsg(msg);
- }
- msg = (struct IntuiMessage *)succ;
- }
- }
-
- /*
- ** Entry point to CloseWindowSafely()
- ** Strip all IntuiMessages from an IDCMP which are waiting for a specific
- ** window. When the messages are gone, set the UserPort of the window to
- ** NULL and call ModifyIDCMP(win,0). This will free the Intuition arts of
- ** the IDMCMP and trun off message to this port without changing the
- ** original UserPort (which may be in use by other windows).
- */
- VOID CloseWindowSafely(struct Window *win)
- {
- /* we forbid here to keep out of race conditions with Intuition */
- Forbid();
-
- /* send back any messages for this window that have not yet been
- ** processed
- */
- StripIntuiMessages(win->UserPort, win);
-
- /* clear UserPort so Intuition will not free it */
- win->UserPort = NULL;
-
- /* tell Intuition to stop sending more messages */
- ModifyIDCMP(win, 0L);
-
- /* turn multitasking back on */
- Permit();
-
- /* Now it's safe to really close the window */
- CloseWindow(win);
- }
-