Inside Macintosh: Mac OS 8 Toolbox Reference /

Chapter 4 - Dialog Manager Reference / Dialog Manager Functions

Manipulating Items in Dialog and Alert Boxes /

MoveDialogItem

NEW WITH THE APPEARANCE MANAGER

Moves a dialog item to a specified location in a window.

pascal OSErr MoveDialogItem (
                     DialogPtr inDialog,
                     SInt16 inItemNo,
                     SInt16 inHoriz,
                     SInt16 inVert);

inDialog

A pointer to a dialog structure.

inItemNo

A signed 16-bit integer representing the number of the dialog item within the item list.

inHoriz

A signed 16-bit integer representing the horizontal coordinate to which the dialog item should be moved.

inVert

A signed 16-bit integer representing the vertical coordinate to which the dialog item should be moved.

function result

A result code; see "Result Codes".

DISCUSSION

The MoveDialogItem function moves a dialog item to a specified location in a window. MoveDialogItem ensures that if the item is a control, the control rectangle and the dialog item rectangle (maintained by the Dialog Manager) are always the same.

SEE ALSO

"Appearance Manager Gestalt Selector Constants".