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From: kk@mcnc.org (Krzysztof Kozminski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: How to hilite(255) the OK button in SF dialogs?
Message-ID: <2418@speedy.mcnc.org>
Date: 16 Jul 90 13:22:27 GMT
Reply-To: kk@mcnc.org.UUCP (Krzysztof Kozminski)
Organization: MCNC; RTP, NC
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The subject says it almost all: I want to make the OK button inactive
in the standard file dialogs, in which I have sevaral additional
items.  Some values of these items make it illegal to save or open a
selected file.  Due to other considerations, I cannot just remove the
file name from the list, so I tried to hilite the Open/Save button to
255 from the dialog hook, but the SF package promptly reactivates it
with the resulting wild blinking.  So for now I just hide the button
and display a short explanation at the bottom of the dialog, but I
would like to do it more elegantly, i.e., keep the button where it is,
only inactive.  Any hints how to tell the SF package to keep off the
hiliting status of the default button?

Thanx in advance for any suggestions.

KK
-- 
Kris Kozminski   kk@mcnc.org
"The party was a masquerade; the guests were all wearing their faces."