"SCoTT SMeDLeY" wrote in
news:20030801.141807.933110197.27335@aaopcss.aao.g ov.au:
> When my app receives the PropertyNotify event I wish to look up the new
> value of WM_NAME & so I make a XGetText() call, but the window has been
> destroyed & hence I get a 'BadWindow' error.
>
> Is there any way to prevent this?

Use an error handler to catch the BadWindow and do something other than exit.

Ken Lee, http://www.rahul.net/kenton/