Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU!mcs.kent.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!neoucom!sam From: sam@uhura.neoucom.EDU (Scott A. Mason) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: Drawstring Problem Message-ID: <1990Oct16.123951.18792@uhura.neoucom.EDU> Date: 16 Oct 90 12:39:51 GMT References: Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine Lines: 18 In article rg2c+@andrew.cmu.edu (Robert Nelson Gasch) writes: >I'm using graphics and the Drawstring function. I need to use Drawstring >since I have to display status lines that get updated. The problem is, Why not just use a static text item in the window and use that to display your status line. You'll have to excuse errors on parameters due to the fact that IM is not here in front of me. The code would look something like this. short itemType; Handle itemHandle; Rect itemRect; GetDItem (theDialog, &itemType, &itemHandle, &itemRect); SetItemText ("\pYour update here", itemNumber, itemHandle); -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "If it ain't broke, don't fix it," and certainly don't blame me. UUCP: {pitt,lll-winken,usenet,aablue}!neoucom!sam INTERNET: sam@neoucom.EDU Scott A. Mason, Coordinator of Systems Operations, NEOUCOM