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From: a447@mindlink.UUCP (Colin Fox)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Scrollable text windows
Message-ID: <4215@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 22 Dec 90 08:54:14 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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> carpente@corinth.uucp writes:
> 
> Msg-ID: <677@roo.UUCP>
> Posted: 14 Dec 90 17:19:46 GMT
> 
> Org.  : Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
> Person: Michael A. Carpenter OSBU North
> 
> I am looking for some example source code for scrollable text windows. What
> I mean by this is a window like a text editor has, with a scroll bar and
> scrolling gadgets on one side, so you can use the mouse to scroll through
> the text in the window.
> 
> I would like to use such a window as a message window in another program.
> Does anyone know where I could get such a source code example?  I can ftp,
> so pointers to ftp sites are fine.  C language is preferable...
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Michael
> Please reply via e-mail:
> carpente@parc.xerox.com

There is a routine in req.library called RealTimeScroll() that does just this
very thing. It is used in CygnusEd to great effect.

If you have any questions, or would like some specific source, my e-mail
address is "Colin_Fox@mindlink.uucp". I am one of the authors of this library.