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From: Lawson.English@p88.f15.n300.z1.fidonet.org (Lawson English)
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Subject: Window Flickering
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Date: 21 Jan 91 15:51:20 GMT
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Jacob W Anderson writes in a message to All

JWA> I am making a program that requires a window to be in the front 
JWA> at all times, I realize that this is probably not Apple standard. 
JWA> 
JWA> My problem is that when I overlap any windows on this frontmost 
JWA> window, it does all kinds of flickering, but if you hold down 
JWA> the command key while you drag the windows, it does not flicker. 

I don't know why you don't get flickering, but the TCL's have a special Floating
Window Class in the "More Classes" folder and the ArtClass example uses it.
Check out ArtClass, and see if the Pallettes it uses are what you need, if so,
look at the source code, and cut'n'paste...


Lawson
 

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