#: 17639 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    07-Mar-93  00:51:26
Sb: #17613-C help
Fm: LARRY OLSON 72227,3467
To: Mike Haaland 72300,1433

Mike,
   That is what I finally found out. The code does move the mouse pointer to a
particular position, but then locks back on to the mouse. It was just a case of
in one part of the program I wanted the mouse pointer to start at a specific
location. I guess I was under the impression that the data coming from the
mouse was relative, not absolute.
   The problem was in my sloppy programming, at one point in the program the
user needs to select an item from a menu, but the menu routine gave random
results unless the mouse pointer started at the first menu item, so instead of
fixing the real problem I was going to try forcing the pointer to be where I
wanted it to be. Needless to say but that was dumb, I went back through the
menu routine and fixed it (I hope!!!), now it works correctly and it doesn't
care where the pointer starts from.


   Any tips you can give me on things that are essential to check for when
getting a file name from a user and then attempting to open the file.
   larry