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Chapter 1 - Appearance Manager Reference / Appearance Manager Functions

Drawing Appearance-Compliant Controls /

DrawThemeSecondaryGroup

NEW WITH THE APPEARANCE MANAGER

Draws a secondary group box frame consistent with the current theme.

pascal OSStatus DrawThemeSecondaryGroup (
                     const Rect *inRect,
                     ThemeDrawState inState);

inRect

On input, a pointer to a rectangle.

inState

A value specifying the state in which the secondary group box frame is to be drawn; see "Appearance-Compliant Draw State Constants". The frame can only be drawn as active or inactive; passing kThemeStatePressed will result in an error being returned.

function result

A result code; see "Result Codes".

DISCUSSION

The DrawThemeSecondaryGroup function allow you to nest a secondary group box frame within the primary group box frame. The secondary group box frame is drawn inside the rectangle that is passed and is a maximum of 2 pixels thick.

SEE ALSO

"Control Guidelines" in Mac OS 8 Human Interface Guidelines.