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From: billkatt@mondo.engin.umich.edu (billkatt)
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Subject: Re: Wanted: a window that comes up in black
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Date: 5 Jul 90 15:04:37 GMT
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In article <3315@usceast.UUCP> jwwalker@usceast.UUCP (Jim Walker) writes:
>
>I thought of another "not so good way" that Keith Rollin didn't mention:
>Before showing your window, temporarily change the bkPat of the Window
>Manager port to black.  Be sure to change it back to white once the window
>is drawn! You may also need to set the window's bkPat to black to prevent
>a flash.  And you would probably need a custom WDEF that can draw its frame
>properly when the bkPat is black.  (I did enough experimentation with this
>to convince myself that it could be made to work.)

Careful.  Many of these "black background" solutions work differently under
classic and color QuickDraw.

-Steve