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From: jg@hpldola.HP.COM (Joe Gilray)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Designing HIs under GEM
Message-ID: <11830050@hpldola.HP.COM>
Date: 28 Aug 89 21:35:01 GMT
References: <11830048@hpldola.HP.COM>
Organization: HP Elec. Design Div. -ColoSpgs
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Some seem to dislike the idea of nested dialogs, and I concur that they
can complicate unnecessarily.  The reason I am using them (besides the
unsubstantiated 255 editable character limit that I mentioned earlier) is
that for my application, the user will be creating a "header" with an
unlimited number of "attachments".  The header dialog box will allow the
user to enter header information, then upon clicking a button the user
will be offered a box (box 2) to enter a single attachment.  Another click
and the user can return to the header, exit, or add another attachment
(in which case s/he will be offered another box 2).  You see, this could
not be achieved easily with a single box (I have thought of having a single
box with an "attachment" section, which could be redrawn, but this
is essentially the same as what I've described above, and uglier I think,
(what do you think?)). <---- nested parentheses!!!!

About the 255 editable (FTEXT or FBPOXTEXT) character limit per box that
I mentioned earlier, I am using MWC (v3.0.6), the MW resource constructor,
and original ROM TOS (v1.0?).  Am I the only one who has noticed this?
What might I be doing wrong?  Any suggestions as to how I might test to
be sure this is the problem?

Thanks for any help
-Joe Gilray