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From: dmmg1176@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (David M Marcovitz)
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Subject: Re: Dialogs and TCL
Message-ID: <1991Feb4.175325.2342@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 4 Feb 91 17:53:25 GMT
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Lawson.English@p88.f15.n300.z1.fidonet.org (Lawson English) writes:

>David M Marcovitz writes in a message to All

>DMM> Are there classes in TCL to handle dialogs? I just learned how 
>DMM> to use the CBartender class to play with menus, and it makes 
>DMM> life really easy. I would think there would be something similar 
>DMM> to handle dialog boxes. Is there anything

>The closest thing to it is the CAboutBox in the More Classes folder, which is
>a real kludge.

I don't have a CAboutBox in my More Classes folder.  The only place I
can find a CAboutBox class is in the Art Class Folder.

>What I've been thinking about is to create a new SwitchBoard class and Window
>class that handle dialogues the way MacApp does. 

... preliminary algorithm deleted

I was hoping for something simple.  At least to start with, I just
want a very simple dialog that allows me to input a string (that I
will add to a menu).  The menu part is so easy.  Is there an easy way
to do something simple that I can add onto later?

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