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From: niebres@mct-1.UUCP (Caroline Niebres)
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Subject: Re:  Widget questions2
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Date: 12 Apr 91 15:31:36 GMT
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>From: uunet!sierra.crd.ge.com!montnaro (Skip Montanaro)
>Subject: Widget questions2

>Why not use a radio box or pulldown menu to select the units? Presumably you
>can only handle a finite set, and this would save validating the user's
>input.

>Skip (montanaro@crdgw1.ge.com)

	This is a good idea, but I still have to do this for each
	individual value to enter.  Part of the problem is that I
	also need to read the status of the intrument this is connected
	to.  These values are returned as doubles.  I then need to
	convert them to engineering notation.  Not all values are
	of the same type in that some are current, some are voltage,
	and others are time.

				Caroline

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