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From: pepke@gw.scri.fsu.edu (Eric Pepke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Scrolling lists in dialogs
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Date: 12 Dec 90 16:22:08 GMT
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Two things:

1) The piece of code you are looking for is the List Manager.  It is 
documented in IM-IV.  Some programmers have difficulty determining how to 
use it from the description.  For them there is an entire chapter in the 
USENET Macintosh Programmer's Guide.

2) I agree wholeheartedly with Rich Siegel about dialogs.  I think they 
work great, even with a modicum of complexity.  I wouldn't use them for 
sizeable windows or moveable items, but for scrolling lists, progress 
indicators, complex controls in UserItems, they work just fine.  They have 
two really big advantages.  The first is that they automatically deal with 
small text entry fields.  The second is that the layout is defined by 
resources.

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