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From: toml@ninja.Solbourne.COM (Tom LaStrange)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: the magic number 32637 in Athena form widget
Message-ID: <1990Nov1.180217.10045@Solbourne.COM>
Date: 1 Nov 90 18:02:17 GMT
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|> Does anybody have any idea what I may be doing wrong with 
|> the form widget?  I can only get its height to at most
|> 32637 pixels.  Everything has been working perfectly until
|> I needed more real estate.  I created its children fine,
|> but when it is realized, it would only grow that high.  So
|> all the children locating lower than that magic number 
|> weren't exposed.  Help!

Window dimensions are unsigned, but window coordinates are signed
numbers which means that the largest possible positive coordinate
will be 32637.  It basically means you can create a much larger window
than you can effectively use.

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Tom LaStrange

Solbourne Computer Inc.    ARPA: toml@Solbourne.COM
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