[NTLK] Load package

[Simon Bell]

On 23 Sep 2013, at 11:15, Moshe Waisberg <pnemonic at gmail.com> wrote:

> For Docking protocol:
> How do I cancel "load package" from the desktop?

Clearly, the dock protocol does not allow you to interrupt any command part way through, so once transmission of a package has begun (kDLoadPackage command) it must run to completion.

If you start the Install Package on the desktop, the command sequence looks like:

  Desktop                Newton
kDDesktopControl    >
kDRequestToInstall  >
                    <  kDResult
kDLoadPackage       >
                    <  kDResult
kDLoadPackage       >
                    <  kDResult
kDOperationDone     >

so you would simply not send kDLoadPackage and terminate the sequence with kDOperationDone.

If you start the Install Package on the Newton, after browsing for the package file the command sequence looks like:

  Desktop                Newton
                    <  kDLoadPackageFile
kDLoadPackage       >
                    <  kDResult

so you would send kDOperationCanceled instead of kDLoadPackage.

Simon