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- Subject: Re: ST-Guide AND Geneva Help?
- Date: Thu, 21 Jul 1994 10:06:29 +1000
- From: Warwick Allison <warwick@cs.uq.oz.au>
- Precedence: bulk
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- Timothy Miller wrote:
-
- >Oh, and BTW, I don't see a problem with a DA for help taking up a little
- >memory (like 10k)... it's the slot I'm worried about.
-
- If an ACC doesn't call menu_register, does it still take up a `slot'?
-
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- >Someone mentioned using the WM_TOPPED message for getting clicks on
- >background windows. This works for single clicks, but the signal doesn't
- >go through until the button is released, so I can't effectively work with
- >sliders and other thigs that require dragging.
- >
- >How do you do this?
-
- On older TOS's this is exactly the case - no dragging. But with WINX or
- with newer TOS versions, the BEVENT flag of a window can be set, thus
- allowing it to perform drags. Sliders generally provide paging or lining
- areas/buttons, so they are still usable via single clicks, just not as
- much as when topped.
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- Warwick
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