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From: weyand@csli.Stanford.EDU (Chris Weyand)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Think C StaticText Panes
Message-ID: <14702@csli.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 28 Jul 90 21:59:16 GMT
Sender: weyand@csli.Stanford.EDU (Chris Weyand)
Organization: Center for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford U.
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I have an application for which I am currently using a lot of StaticText
(Think C 4.0) panes to display small pieces of text.  Is this a bad idea in
terms of memory?  What are some other alternatives; DrawString directly on the
window?  Comparisons?

On a related note: some of the above mentioned StaticText panes are serving
as buttons.  Basically I wanted buttons without borders that would not just
blink but turn on (hilite) and stay on until clicked on.  There doesn't seem
to be built in facilities in Think C for this (are there?).  I guess what I 
need to do is write a CDEF for a borderless button however I'm not too clear
on how to do this.  Undoubtedly this has been done before.  Can anyone help
me on this?


Thanks,
Chris Weyand
weyand@csli.Stanford.edu