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#82: Controlling the Control Manager

Author: Dave Lyons (rev. Matt Deatherage)
Year: 1990

... describes an anomaly in the NewControl2 call in System Software 5.0.2 that was fixed in 5.0.3.

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Apple II
Technical Notes
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Apple IIgs
#82:    Controlling the Control Manager

Revised by:     Matt Deatherage                                 November 1990
Written by:     Dave Lyons                                           May 1990

This Technical Note describes an anomaly in the NewControl2 call in System
Software 5.0.2 and provides a solution.
Changes since May 1990:  Noted that System Software 5.0.3 fixes this anomaly.
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This Note formerly advised of a problem with NewControl2-the current port was
not set before adding the controls, which gave unpredictable results.  System
Software 5.0.3 and later fix this problem.