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From: Lawson.English@p88.f15.n300.z1.fidonet.org (Lawson English)
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Subject: Scrolling lists in dialogs
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Date: 13 Dec 90 14:08:53 GMT
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Mark Summerfield writes in a message to All

MS> however one of the things I am going to need is a dinky little 
MS> scrolling dialog box showing all the other machines on the network 
MS> providing my service (like the ones the chooser has for selecting 
MS> zones and printers). 
MS> What I want to know is: is there a standard way of easily implementing 
MS> one of these things, or do you have to do everything yourself 
MS> (run the control, scroll the list, check which item gets selected 
MS> etc etc)?

Look at the List Manager routines in Inside Mac Vol IV, page 260 on. They 
implement
a simple text lister ala the File Manager (I believe that the File Manager USES
the List Manager). The main lack is a way to (easily) draw 'n' scroll leetle
beety ICONS.

Lawson
 

 

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