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From: jimm@amiga.UUCP (Jim Mackraz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Activate StringGadget in Requester
Keywords: StringGadget, Requester
Message-ID: <4542@amiga.UUCP>
Date: 13 Sep 89 18:57:16 GMT
References: <9085@zodiac.ADS.COM>
Reply-To: jimm@batgirl.UUCP (Jim Mackraz)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Commodore-Amiga Inc, Los Gatos CA
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In article <9085@zodiac.ADS.COM> jdepp@ADS.COM (Joe Depp) writes:
)I am having difficulty opening a StringGadget in a Requester which will allow
)the user to type without first clicking the mouse.  I have set RELVERIFY
)and ENDGADGET in the Gadget structure and I set SELECTED before I issue my
)Request(&reqtr,window).  Everything works except that I must click the LMB
)in the gadget window before I can type text to the window.
)
)Can someone provide a little help?

Sure.

Forget that SELECTED bit crap, and do the following:

After the Requester is put up (Request()), wait back on your
idcmp for the REQSET message (which means that Intuition has gotten
around to putting the requester all the way up and is happy with it).

At that point, call ActivateGadget( gadget, window, request );

Note: be sure you wait for REQSET.  Some people do a simple (stupid)
Delay(), which only works when the system is not bogged down or
doing something else (e.g., menus) that will defer the requester.

You might also want to get tricky and reactivate the gadget when
you get ACTIVEWINDOW while the requester is up.

	jimm
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