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@Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 09:13:57 -0600
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In , on 03/19/03 
   at 01:05 PM, norbkohl  said:

>--- In os2user{at}yahoogroups.com, Gerry Chilibeck  wrote: >
>Here is the problem. From my eCS1.01ONLY, when I open any > PMView
>version and then close it, the window closes...BUT, there is > a thread
>left on in the WC kill list. If I open then close 5 JPG > images, I end
>up with 5 threads open in the kill list. And, I can kill > them here (one
>at a time). None of these "unclosed" threads show in > the
window list. I
>can tell that the thread is not closed because the > icon of the JPG or
>program stays "crosshatched" (is: open) on the > WPS 

>Did you install NewView replacing view.exe (with helpmagr.dll)?

>If yes - this causes this behaviour.

>Peter Nielsen, the author of PMView wrote this in newsgroup
>de.comp.os.os2.apps:

>>Hallo!
>>
>>NewView is the cause of the problem. The new HELPMGR.DLL in NewView
>>causes any application developed with the IBM Open Class Libraries
>>(OCL) to not terminate properly.
>>
>>I've helped Aaron Lawrence (the author of NewView) to debug IBM OCL in
>>order to find out why OCL applications do not terminate when NewView
>>v2.2.19 is installed. (The problem shows up even with the simplest
>>"Hello World" OCL tutorial applications).
>>
>>The reason for the problem is because NewView creates the help window 
>>using the desktop as the owner and parent. Because of this, OCL
>>mistakes the help window for being a primary window of the
>>application. Consequently OCL will sit and wait for somebody (the user
>>or the application) to close that window.
>>
>>Aaron just reported back that he successfully fixed the problem by
>>following my suggestion to use a different owner/parent combination so
>>that the help window is not mistaken for a primary window by OCL.
>>
>>I do not know when this fix will be available. You will need to
>>contact Aaron for more info.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Peter Nielsen
>>[Author of PMView]

It seems that this quite probably the culprit.  The description fits here
too.

I'll be on the lookout for Aaron's update.  

Many thanks!!

Regards,
-Mark
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