Are you sure that the FtrGet is working? you should maybe check for an error...
Alan Pinstein
Synergy Solutions, Inc.
http://www.synsolutions.com
1-800-210-5293
>Can anyone tell me what is wrong with the following basic hack? When I run
>this with the line "handled = oldTrap(event)" commented out, it runs but
>consumes the event, as you would expect. If I un-comment that line, I get
>the "Fatal Error" dialog and a reset for my troubles.
>
>This is a copy of the sample code from the HackAPI html with the change to
>make it handle FldHandleEvent(FieldPtr fld, EventPtr event). I'm using CW5
>and the 0xA13B.rsrc from the traps.zip published on www.roadcoders.com.
>This seems too simple to be causing these kind of problems! What am I
>missing?
>
>#include <Pilot.h>
>
>#define myCreator 'test'
>#define myResID 1000
>
>Boolean MyFldHandleEventTrap(FieldPtr fld, EventPtr event);
>
>Boolean MyFldHandleEventTrap(FieldPtr fld, EventPtr event)
>{
> Boolean (*oldTrap)(FieldPtr, EventPtr);
> DWord value;
> Boolean handled = false;
>
> // Get the old trap address from HackMaster.
> FtrGet(myCreator, myResID, &value);
>
> // Set the procedure pointer and initialize
> oldTrap = (Boolean (*)(FieldPtr, EventPtr))value;
>
> // Test - something more significant will be added here ...
> SndPlaySystemSound(sndWarning);
>
> // If not handled, call the old routine
> if (!handled) {
> //handled = oldTrap(fld, event); <-- This seems to be the problem line
> }
>
> return handled;
>
>}
