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From: fgreco@dprg-330.GOVt.shearson.COM (Frank Greco)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: XView and static text
Message-ID: <9012101947.AA16400@islanders.>
Date: 10 Dec 90 19:47:24 GMT
Sender: daemon@athena.mit.edu (Mr Background)
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> 
> I would like to use in my XView application either:
> 
>     a) multi-line static text items within a scrollable Panel
> 
> or
> 
>     b) some other type of object for displaying multiple lines of static
>        text.
> 
> The XView Programming Manual page 136 footnote says that a) is not
> supported. Is there any hope for me?
> 
> mike


	If you can live with one font for all your text, you could
	create a read-only TEXTSW.  This is extremely trivial.
	There's a whole section devoted to TEXTSW's in Dan Heller's 
	XVPM.  Scrollbars/Scrolling and (multi-view) Splittability comes for free.

	Or for more flexibility, you could create a CANVAS and go 
	wild with colors and fonts.  There's just a little bit more 
	work you have to do (e.g., taking care of repainting and handling
	events) but its still very easy.



	Frank G.