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From: toddpw@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: drawing windows
Message-ID: <1991Feb23.223910.3395@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
Date: 23 Feb 91 22:39:10 GMT
References: <2589@kluge.fiu.edu>
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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acmfiu@serss0.fiu.edu (ACMFIU) writes:

>why is it when i draw a window with border { 0, 0, 200, 640 } it does not
>cover up the menu bar?

because the user is supposed to be able to see the menu bar at all times.
It's a user interface issue and I agree with it in most cases. Full-screen
views are an exception however, and LHG will be using the calls below when
I finally feel up to putting a real desktop interface on the thing. (jeez-
I'm having enough trouble deciding what the initial release should look like.)

>and how do i get the window to cover up the menu bar?

With HideMenuBar ($450f) and ShowMenuBar ($460f), which are fully documented
in the menu manager chapter of toolbox ref 3. There's not much to document;
they handle things intelligently (with regard to other menubar commands and
to the extra palettes used for the apple logo) according to the description
that's there.

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu


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