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Inside Macintosh: Macintosh Toolbox Essentials /

Chapter 4 - Window Manager / Window Manager Reference

Window Manager Routines / Manipulating the Desktop

GetWMgrPort
Use the GetWMgrPort procedure to retrieve a pointer to the Window Manager port on a system with only the original monochrome QuickDraw.
PROCEDURE GetWMgrPort (VAR wPort: GrafPtr);
wPort
A parameter in which GetWMgrPort returns a pointer to the Window Manager port.

DESCRIPTION
The GetWMgrPort procedure places a pointer to the Window Manager port in the parameter wPort.
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.