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From: sean@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Sean Sterling Foiles)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech
Subject: MWC & hiding objects in resources
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Date: 18 Apr 91 11:27:00 GMT
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I'm having trouble hiding objects within a resourcce.  I've tried
changing the object's flag (i.e. obj.ob_flag = HIDETREE) and redrawing
the tree - but no go.  I can do anything else (make selectable, crossed,
deselected, etc...) but I can't hide the object.

I'm sure this is possible (the Resource Construction Kit allows it).
Also, when I decompile a resource containing both hidden and unhidden
objects (using the resdecomp) the listing states those objects that
were hidden with the entry "OPTION: hidden".  And when I execute the
resource, sure enough, the objects with "OPTION: hidden" are hidden 
and those without are displayed.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
 Sean Sterling Foiles  / Univ. Texas Comp Sci Grad / sean@happy.cc.utexas.edu