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From: trajmar@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Peter Trajmar)
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Subject: dialogs with ModalDialog()
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Date: 27 Jul 90 20:49:10 GMT
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I have two questions about dialogs (using ModalDialog()).

1) How can I dim a static text item? I know I can make it a control
such as a check box and then do it. The problem is I don't want the
check box part to be drawn. Covering this with a user item does not
work very well since you can briefly see the box when ModalDialog()
redraws. I could also make a custom control but that seems like more
trouble than it's worth.

2) Is there a good way to right align the text in an editText item?
I was able to do this using the DialogPeek handle. The problem is
that the text ends up being outside of the viewing area. I have not
seen any application that does not have its text left aligned.
Perhaps this is also more trouble than its worth. What I would ideally
like do do is decimal align floating point numbers that are in a
column of editText items.

I would appreciate any pointers you can give me.

Peter Trajmar
(trajmar@cs.ucla.edu)