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Chapter 4 - Window Manager / Window Manager Reference

Window Manager Routines / Manipulating the Desktop

GetCWMgrPort

Use the GetCWMgrPort procedure to retrieve a pointer to the Window Manager port on a system that supports Color QuickDraw.

PROCEDURE GetCWMgrPort (VAR wMgrCPort: CGrafPtr);

wMgrCPort

A parameter in which GetCWMgrPort returns a pointer to the Window Manager port.

DESCRIPTION

The GetCWMgrPort procedure places a pointer to the color Window Manager port in the parameter wMgrCPort. The GetCWMgrPort procedure is available only on computers with Color QuickDraw.

The Window Manager port is a graphics port that occupies all of the main screen. Ordinarily, your application doesn't need to access the Window Manager port.

Note

Do not change any regions of the Window Manager port. If you do, the Window Manager might not handle overlapping windows properly.