Allocation !Allocate request type Restrictions on name Case-sensitive? Included with allocation
Message_DeviceClaim device number Devices – Yes –
DrawFile object type Draws object block – Yes –
DrawFile tagged object type Draws tag block – Yes –
Error block (256 errors) Error block – Yes –
Filetype Filetype <= 8 chars No System variables File$Type_XXX, Alias$@LoadTypeXXX, Alias$@PrintTypeXXX, Alias$@RunType_XXX and Wimp sprites file_XXX, small_XXX
Filing system number and name Filing system – No Block of 256 error numbers
Wimp message block (64 messages) Messages – Yes –
Expansion card ID Podule – Yes –
Application or shared resource directory Reservation (AppName) unlimited, but first 9 chars must be unique No System variables AppName$* and Wimp sprites !AppName, sm!AppName, ic_AppName
File in Devices:$ Reservation (DeviceFS) – No –
System variable Reservation (EnvVar) include at least 1 ’$’ No –
Font name Reservation (FontName) – No –
Module name Reservation (ModName) – No System variables ModName$*
Directory in ResourceFS Reservation (ResourceFS) – No –
Directory in Wimp$ScrapDir Reservation (ScrapDir) – No –
Star command Reservation (StarComm) – No –
Utility name Reservation (Transient) – No –
Sprite name in Wimp sprite pool Reservation (WimpSprite) <= 12 chars No –
Service call block (64 service calls) Service block – Yes –
SWI chunk (64 SWIs) and name prefix SWI chunk – Yes Wimp message numbers in same range as SWI chunk
Buffer – – Yes –
CMOS RAM byte – – Yes –
Ethernet driver suffix – 1-char suffixes exhausted, now unlimited but keep short No –
Environment handler – – Yes –
Event – – Yes –
Freeway type number – – Yes –
Printer driver – typically 2 chars No –
Printer dumper – typically 2 chars No –
Printer type number – – No –
Reason codes to all vectors, including vectored SWIs – – Yes –
Service calls and SWIs in system range (0-&FF) – – Yes –
Territory, country, alphabet, keyboard – – Yes –
UpCall block (256 UpCalls) – – Yes –
Vector – – Yes –