Re: Make running tests on a visible desktop a mandatory requirement

> > - if (!running_on_visible_desktop ()) {
> > -
> >    report (R_ERROR, "Tests must be run on a visible desktop");
> > -
> >    exit (2);
> > - }
> > - /* initialize the revision information first */
> >    extract_rev_infos();
>
> Apart from the fact whether winrash should be 'fixed' or not, this patch
> doesn't seem to do what it is supposed to do. Put in other words the
> running_on_visible_desktop is not correct (enough).
>
> I've downloaded
> http://www.astro.gla.ac.uk/users/paulm/WRT/CrossBuilt/winetest-200503091000-...
> and ran it (interactively of course) on my win98 and win2000 box. It
> doesn't start and complains with the error (as in the patch) "Tests must
> be run on a visible desktop".

Dito for Windows XP. Just tested it too.

That, and why put up a dialog with "Tests must be run on a visible desktop"
when there shouldn't be any desktop to see the message. :-)

regards,
Jakob